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Anastasia Kulikova vs Irina Balus — W75 Saguenay Round of 32

W75 SaguenayR32HardTue 20 Oct · 10:00Final1h 56m
Anastasia KulikovaWTA #315 · FIN
Irina BalusWTA #478 · SVK
SetsGames2
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0
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Anastasia Kulikova defeated Irina Balus in the Round of 32 at the W75 Saguenay tournament, winning 7-5, 7-6 on hard courts. Kulikova and Balus were even in aces, 5-5, but Kulikova had fewer double faults, 4-6. Kulikova won the match despite having a lower first-serve win percentage and converting a lower percentage of break points.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

How the match was decided

Auto-generated

Kulikova A. took it in straight sets, breaking twice in each.

  • Breaks of serveKulikova A. 4 · Balus I. 3
  • 1st-serve points wonKulikova A. 65% · Balus I. 70%
  • AcesKulikova A. 5 · Balus I. 5

Turning points

When the match moved
  1. Set 15–4Break backBalus I. · Broke back
  2. Set 17–5SetKulikova A. · Broke to take the set
  3. Set 22–1Break backBalus I. · Broke back
  4. Set 23–3Break backKulikova A. · Broke back
Serve flowKulikova A. broken 3 times · Balus I. broken 4 times.
  • Hold to love/15
  • Hold to 30
  • Hold to 40 / deuce
  • Broken
  • Result unknown
Kulikova A.
9/12Balus I.
8/12
Set 1Set 2

Match momentum

Whole matchKulikova A.Balus I.
EvenKulikova A.Balus I.
Late momentumEven
6Last 12 points6
9Last 3 games11
4/9Break points3/10

Break of serve

Match statistics

Kulikova A.Balus I.
Serve
  • 5Aces5
  • 4Double faults6
  • 68% · 65/951st serve %54% · 43/79
  • 65%1st serve points won70%
  • 43% · 13/302nd serve points won39% · 14/36
  • 58% · 55/95Service points won56% · 44/79
  • 75% · 9/12Service games held67% · 8/12
Return
  • 44% · 35/79Return points won42% · 40/95
  • 30% · 13/431st return points won35% · 23/65
  • 61% · 22/362nd return points won57% · 17/30
  • 44%Break points won27%
  • 4Breaks of serve3
Points
  • 90Total points won84
  • 8Most points in a row7
  • 4Most games in a row3

Common opponents

0 shared · last 12 months
No common opponents in the last 12 months. Surface form and ELO carry more weight here.

Head-to-head

1 meeting · Kulikova A. leads 1–0
10

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match
Kulikova A.Balus I.1 640ELO1 6431 607Hard ELO1 5564–6Last 108–226Age21Career $259K2026 $44KEarningsCareer $28K2026 $8K

Match info

  • Started10:00 local
  • Duration1h 56m

Cite this

Anastasia Kulikova beat Irina Balus 7-5 7-6(5). Umpiry, "Anastasia Kulikova vs Irina Balus — W75 Saguenay Round of 32", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-10-20/balus-vs-kulikova-w75-saguenay-r32?utm_source=cite (as of 20 October 2026).