Kimberly Birrell vs Katie Volynets | Katie Volynets Wins 6-7 7-6 6-3

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WuhanR64HardTue 13 Oct · 11:00Final3h 06m

Kimberly BirrellWTA #40 · AUS

Katie VolynetsWTA #88 · USA

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Katie Volynets defeated Kimberly Birrell in the Round of 128 at the Wuhan hard-court tournament. The match ended with a score of 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 in favor of Volynets. Volynets hit one ace and four double faults, winning 61 percent of her first serves and converting 36 percent of break points, while Birrell had five aces, eight double faults, 60 percent first-serve wins, and 67 percent break-point conversions.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

Match story: Katie Volynets dropped the opening set before beating Kimberly Birrell 6–7 7–6 6–3.

How the match was decided

Auto-generated

Volynets K. came through in three sets, with eight breaks of serve.

Breaks of serveVolynets K. 8 · Birrell K. 6
1st-serve points wonVolynets K. 61% · Birrell K. 60%
AcesVolynets K. 1 · Birrell K. 5

Turning points

When the match moved

Set 21–2Break backBirrell K. · Broke back
Set 25–5Break backVolynets K. · Broke back
Set 32–2Break backBirrell K. · Broke back
Set 32–3BreakVolynets K. · Broke, never broken back
Set 33–6SetVolynets K. · Broke to take the set

Serve flowBirrell K. broken 8 times · Volynets K. broken 6 times.

Hold to love/15
Hold to 30
Hold to 40 / deuce
Broken
Result unknown

Birrell K.

9/17Volynets K.

10/16

Set 1Set 2Set 3

Match momentum

Whole matchBirrell K.Volynets K.

Late momentumVolynets K.43

5Last 12 points7

7Last 3 games9

6/9Break points7/21

Break of serve

Match statistics

Birrell K.Volynets K.

Serve

5Aces1
8Double faults4
60%1st serve points won61%
53% · 9/17Service games held63% · 10/16

Return

67%Break points won36%
6Breaks of serve8

Serve & return performance

Key performance gaps

Double faultsVolynets K. served 4 double faults, Birrell K. 8. Largest performance gap of the match.+4Birrell K.8Volynets K.4

Common opponents

11 shared · last 12 months

Birrell K. and Volynets K. faced 11 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Birrell K. went 6–6 (50%) against them, Volynets K. 6–5 (55%). Results against comparable opponents are close (3 : 3 better-results split).

6–650%Birrell K. · better vs 3Record vs common opponents6–555%Volynets K. · better vs 3

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

15–16Sets14–11

134–137Games125–114

0–2Tiebreaks2–0

4–2Deciding sets1–3

vs Bartunkova N.#29W1-6 6-1 6-3Chennai · hardL4-6 5-7Austin · hard
vs Li A.#31L2-6 6-2 3-6Miami · hardL6-4 5-7 2-6Hobart · hard
vs Vekic D.#36W6-4 6-0Chennai · hardL3-6 6-3 4-6Linz · hard

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vs Valentova T.#62W0-6 6-3 5-0Dubai · hardL2-6 4-6Miami · hard
vs Rakhimova K.#69L2-6 2-6Cincinnati · hardW6-3 6-0Korea Open - Seoul · hard
vs Maria T.#71W6-4 3-6 7-5Dubai · hardW7-5 6-1Ostrava · hard
vs Golubic V.#72L6-7(7) 4-6Toronto · hardW7-5 2-6 7-6(3)Memphis · hard
vs Korneeva A.#74W6-3 0-6 6-2Wimbledon · grassW6-1 6-4Paris 125 · clay
vs Udvardy P.#80L4-6 6-1 1-6Madrid · clayW7-5 6-2Nottingham · grass
vs Vidmanova D.#90L6-7(2) 3-6Monterrey · hardL4-6 7-6(5) 1-6Memphis · hard
vs Sramkova R.#134W6-4 3-6 6-3Brisbane · hardW6-1 0-0Indian Wells · hard

Head-to-head

6 meetings · level 3–3

Hard: level 2–2 · Grass: level 1–1

Volynets K.October 2026WuhanThis matchHard7-6(1) 6-7(3) 3-6
Birrell K.September 2026Korea Open - SeoulHard6-2 2-6 5-7
Volynets K.June 2026NottinghamGrass2-6 6-4
Birrell K.February 2026DubaiHard6-3 6-1
Volynets K.October 2025OsakaHard6-4 6-3

Draw

Closing odds

Next up

vs Guo H.View match

Player context

Before the match

Birrell K.Volynets K.1 835ELO1 8691 743Hard ELO1 7297–3Last 105–528Age24170 cmHeight170 cmRightPlaysRightCareer $3.2M2026 $1.1MEarningsCareer $3.1M2026 $566K

Match info

Started11:00 local
Duration3h 06m

Cite this

Katie Volynets beat Kimberly Birrell 7-6(1) 6-7(3) 3-6. Umpiry, "Kimberly Birrell vs Katie Volynets — Wuhan Round of 64", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-10-13/birrell-vs-volynets-wuhan-r64?utm_source=cite (as of 13 October 2026).