Sara Victoria Balan vs Nicole Gadient — W15 Focsani Round of 16

W15 Focsani · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
ROU
Sara Victoria Balan
#976WTA
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 June 2026
clay
SUI
Nicole Gadient
#1012WTA
27 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLWLWLL
Balan S.
7-5 6-1
Gadient N.
Balan S.
762
Gadient N.
51–

Sara Victoria Balan defeated Nicole Gadient 7-5 6-1 in the W15 Focsani round of 16 on clay. The result followed the form book — Sara Victoria Balan came in ranked #976, defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

  • Match story: Sara Victoria Balan came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Balan S.serving43% hold

wins 47% of points on serve vs Gadient N.

Gadient N.serving47% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Balan S.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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 season
Balan S.Gadient N.
1st serve in·Even
70%
72%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
47%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
47%
56%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
43%
Break points saved·Even
56%
59%
Aces / match·Even
1.3
0.9
Double faults / match·Even
2.3
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (4 vs 8). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Balan S.Gadient N.
Freshness·Even
100
100

Balan S.: 21 days rest · Gadient N.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Yesypchuk D.
Greiner S.
6-37-65
Semi-finals
Yesypchuk D.
Popa M.
6-44-2
Greiner S.
Todoni C.
4-66-47-5
Quarter-finals
Yesypchuk D.
Ogescu S.
4-66-26-4
Popa M.
Simionescu D.
6-36-3
Todoni C.
Balan S.
6-46-2
Greiner S.
Varsa A.
6-36-2
R16
Simionescu D.
Cirstea J.
3-66-26-4
Varsa A.
Safta A.
6-26-2
Popa M.
Cucu S.
6-27-64
Balan S.
Gadient N.
7-56-1
Ogescu S.
Marcu T.
6-26-1
Todoni C.
Nosei A.
6-07-5
Yesypchuk D.
Sanduleasa I.
6-26-1
Greiner S.
Tatu A.
6-26-2
R32
Balan S.
Miron T.
6-06-3
Yesypchuk D.
Parentini Vallega Montebruno G.
4-66-16-0
Gadient N.
Boehner L.
6-46-0
Ogescu S.
Iancu A.
6-36-1
Varsa A.
Rosca M.
6-06-3
Cirstea J.
Pastoric D.
6-26-2
Todoni C.
Amariei I.
3-66-27-64
Cucu S.
Boyden M.
6-37-5
Safta A.
Vasilescu A.
6-27-5
Simionescu D.
Puiac A.
6-26-1
Popa M.
Sandru I.
6-16-1
Sanduleasa I.
Trasca A.
6-46-3
Tatu A.
Kastakova S.
6-36-1
Nosei A.
Soare A.
6-46-0
Greiner S.
Oana A.
7-56-2