Sinja Kraus vs Claire Liu — Cincinnati Qualifying Round of 32

CincinnatiQ32QualifyingHardThu 13 Aug · 21:40Final

Sinja Kraus defeated Claire Liu 6-4, 6-3 in the qualifying second round of the Cincinnati hard-court tournament. Kraus hit one ace and two double faults, while winning 68 percent of her first serves and converting 50 percent of her break points. Kraus broke Liu's serve five times, while Liu broke Kraus' serve twice.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

  • Match story: Sinja Kraus closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

How the match was decided

Auto-generated

Kraus S. took it in straight sets, with five breaks of serve.

  • Breaks of serveKraus S. 5 · Liu C. 2
  • AcesKraus S. 1 · Liu C. 0
  • Double faultsKraus S. 2 · Liu C. 5

Turning points

When the match moved
  1. Set 13–2BreakKraus S. · Broke, never broken back
  2. Set 22–2Break backLiu C. · Broke back
  3. Set 23–3Break backLiu C. · Broke back
  4. Set 24–3BreakKraus S. · Broke, never broken back
  5. Set 26–3SetKraus S. · Broke to take the set
Serve flowKraus S. broken twice · Liu C. broken 5 times.
  • Hold to love/15
  • Hold to 30
  • Hold to 40 / deuce
  • Broken
  • Result unknown
Kraus S.
7/9Liu C.
5/10
Set 1Set 2

Match momentum

Whole matchKraus S.Liu C.
EvenKraus S.Liu C.
Late momentumKraus S.100
11Last 12 points1
11Last 3 games6
4/9Break points2/4

Break of serve

Match statistics

Kraus S.Liu C.
Serve
  • 1Aces0
  • 2Double faults5
  • 78% · 7/9Service games held50% · 5/10
Return
  • 50%Break points won50%
  • 5Breaks of serve2

Serve & return performance

Key performance gaps
Double faultsKraus S. served 2 double faults, Liu C. 5. Largest performance gap of the match.+3Kraus S.2Liu C.5

Common opponents

1 shared · last 12 months

Kraus S. and Liu C. faced 1 of the same opponent in the last 12 months. Kraus S. went 1–0 (100%) against them, Liu C. 0–1 (0%).

1–0100%Kraus S.Record vs common opponents0–10%Liu C.
Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines
2–0Sets1–2
13–7Games19–19
0–0Tiebreaks0–2
0–0Deciding sets0–1

Only 1 common opponent — too few for any conclusion. Shown without assessment.

Head-to-head

2 meetings · Kraus S. leads 2–0
20

Hard: Kraus S. leads 1–0 · Clay: Kraus S. leads 1–0

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match
Kraus S.Liu C.1 835ELO1 8451 610Hard ELO1 6816–4Last 107–324Age26RightPlaysRightCareer $1.2M2026 $594KEarningsCareer $2.8M2026 $477K

Match info

  • Started21:40 local

Cite this

Sinja Kraus beat Claire Liu 6-4 6-3. Umpiry, "Sinja Kraus vs Claire Liu — Cincinnati Qualifying Round of 32", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-08-13/kraus-vs-liu-cincinnati-q32?utm_source=cite (as of 13 August 2026).