Rebeka Masarova vs Emily Appleton — Birmingham 125 Qualifying Round 1
Birmingham 125 · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
#141WTA
1781ELO
1715Grass ELO
26 yrs · 186 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 June 2026
grass
Masarova R.6-2 6-3
Appleton E.
Masarova R.
662
Appleton E.
23–
Rebeka Masarova defeated Emily Appleton 6-2 6-3 in the Birmingham 125 qualifying round 1 on grass. The result followed the form book — Rebeka Masarova came in ranked #141, defending last year's semi-final.
Key context
- Match story: Rebeka Masarova dropped just 5 games past Emily Appleton.
Head to head
No previous meetings on record.
Serve vs return
This seasonServe advantage — Masarova R.
Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Even
62%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
72%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
44%
Service points won·Even
62%
58%
Return points won·Even
42%
42%
Break points saved·Even
58%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
6.1
5.4
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.3
4.7
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 24). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Freshness
Recent loadFreshness·Even
86
87
Masarova R.: 6 days rest · 2 matches, 35 games (7d) · Appleton E.: 2 days rest · 1 match, 21 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About
Conditions
Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Q2
Krueger A.
Knutson G.
6-47-65
Masarova R.
Naef C.
4-66-46-0
Martincova T.
Xu M.
7-626-1
Minnen G.
Hruncakova V.
7-656-1
Hibino N.
Valdmannova V.
6-46-2
Sawangkaew M.
Ito A.
7-636-3
Q1
Naef C.
Zhao C.
6-46-3
Sawangkaew M.
Miyazaki Y.
6-26-3
Krueger A.
Klugman H.
6-16-2
Knutson G.
Vrancken Peeters A.
4-66-46-2
Masarova R.
Appleton E.
6-26-3
Martincova T.
Allen V.
6-16-4
Xu M.
Cross K.
6-35-76-0
Minnen G.
Burrage J.
7-636-766-1
Hruncakova V.
Watson H.
3-66-47-5
Ito A.
Rajecki A.
6-46-2
Hibino N.
Bolkvadze M.
7-676-1
Valdmannova V.
Ishii S.
3-66-26-4