UMPIRY

Kayla Day vs Ella Mcdonald — W50 Berkeley Semi-final

W50 BerkeleySemi-finalHardSat 26 Sept · 11:43Final
Kayla Day(1)WTA #112 · USA
Ella McdonaldWTA #423 · GBR
SetsGames2
796
0
673

Kayla Day defeated Ella McDonald in the semifinals of the W50 Berkeley tournament, advancing with a 7-6, 6-3 victory. Day served six aces to McDonald's four and converted one service break, while committing just one double fault to McDonald's five. Day converted 8 percent of her break points, while McDonald did not convert any.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

  • Match story: Kayla Day closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

How the match was decided

Auto-generated

Day K. took it in straight sets, with one break of serve.

  • Breaks of serveDay K. 1 · McDonald E. 0
  • 1st-serve points wonDay K. 67% · McDonald E. 75%
  • AcesDay K. 6 · McDonald E. 4

Turning points

When the match moved
  1. Set 22–0BreakDay K. · Broke, never broken back
Serve flowDay K. unbroken · McDonald E. broken once.
  • Hold to love/15
  • Hold to 30
  • Hold to 40 / deuce
  • Broken
  • Result unknown
Day K.
11/11McDonald E.
9/10
Set 1Set 2

Match momentum

Whole matchDay K.McDonald E.
EvenDay K.McDonald E.
Late momentumDay K.11
6Last 12 points6
8Last 3 games9
1/13Break points0/2

Break of serve

Match statistics

Day K.McDonald E.
Serve
  • 6Aces4
  • 1Double faults5
  • 67%1st serve points won75%
  • 100% · 11/11Service games held90% · 9/10
Return
  • 8%Break points won0%
  • 1Breaks of serve0

Serve & return performance

Key performance gaps
Double faultsDay K. served 1 double fault, McDonald E. 5. Largest performance gap of the match.+4Day K.1McDonald E.5
First-serve pointsMcDonald E. won 75% of points behind the first serve, Day K. 67%.+8 ptsDay K.1st-serve pts won67%McDonald E.1st-serve pts won75%

Common opponents

1 shared · last 12 months

Day K. and McDonald E. faced 1 of the same opponent in the last 12 months. Day K. went 1–0 (100%) against them, McDonald E. 0–1 (0%).

1–0100%Day K. · better vs 1Record vs common opponents0–10%McDonald E. · better vs 0
Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines
2–0Sets1–2
13–10Games16–16
1–0Tiebreaks0–1
0–0Deciding sets0–1

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

Head-to-head

1 meeting · Day K. leads 1–0
10

Draw

Closing odds

Next up

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Player context

Before the match
Day K.McDonald E.1 787ELO1 6151 685Hard ELO1 6006–4Last 108–226Age21Career $1.6M2026 $261KEarningsCareer $163K2026 $41K

Match info

  • Started11:43 local

Cite this

Kayla Day beat Ella Mcdonald 7-6(7) 6-3. Umpiry, "Kayla Day vs Ella Mcdonald — W50 Berkeley Semi-final", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-09-26/day-vs-mcdonald-w50-berkeley-sf?utm_source=cite (as of 26 September 2026).