Peyton Stearns vs Emily AppletonEastbourne Qualifying Semi-final

Eastbourne · WTA · Qualifying Semi-final
#64WTA
1821ELO
1562Grass ELO
$476kYTD
$3.7MCAREER
24 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10
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Sets
Saturday, 20 June 2026 ·
grass
COURT 1 · 2nd on
#444WTA
1267ELO
1286Grass ELO
26 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10
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Stearns P.
vs
Appleton E.

Peyton Stearns faces Emily Appleton in the Eastbourne qualifying semi-final on grass. Peyton Stearns holds the paper edge — ranked #64, defending last year's round of 16, a roughly 280-point grass Elo advantage.

Win Probability

Pre-match · updated 19:21 UTC
Stearns P.88%
Appleton E.12%
Toss-up
50–58%
Slight edge
58–67%
Clear favourite
67–80%
Strong favourite
80%+

Strong favourite · Stearns P. heavily favoured

Calibrated model · 65% favourite accuracy (2025–26, out-of-sample). Probability is a statistical estimate, not a certainty. How it works.

Key context

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
5.6
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
  • Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)
5.4
Clear underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
8.5+276 Grass Elo edge
Surface ELO
1.5Grass Elo 1286
8.3Overall Elo 1821
ELO gap
1.7Overall Elo 1267
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0No prior meetings
3.13 of last 9 on grass
Surface form
3.84 of last 10 on grass
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
3-set count
7.01 three-setter in 14 days
Country comfort
7.0Home country · 1/2 here
3.0Clay → Grass
Surface transition
Context
6.0Reached the last 16 here last year
Defending pts
5.0Didn't play here last year

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Form trajectory

Direction of recent form — results vs Elo expectation blended with serve/return vs each player's baseline, over the last few months. About

21 vs 25 matches

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
60%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Even
58%
58%
Return points won·Even
43%
42%
Break points saved·Even
53%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.3
5.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.1
4.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (21 vs 25). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Serve vs return

This season
Stearns P.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Appleton E.

Appleton E.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Stearns P.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·Slight edge
100
94

Stearns P.: 21 days rest · Appleton E.: 11 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

When it starts

2nd on COURT 1 · not before Followed by · 1 match still to finish ahead

  1. 1Xu M. v Jacquemot E.
  2. 2Stearns P. v Appleton E.This match

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather forecast
20°CPartly cloudy
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 80%

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.