Claire Liu and Emma Raducanu will fight against each other in the semifinal of Chicago for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on Stadium. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emma Raducanu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emma Raducanu is the pick to win this match.
Emma Raducanu -> 1.80
Claire Liu -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Claire Liu vs. Emma Raducanu
There is no head to head record between Claire Liu and Emma Raducanu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Claire Liu
Ranked no. 107, Liu got to the semifinal after defeating Ysaline Bonaventure 6-3 6-2, Anna Kalinskaya 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Vitalia Diatchenko 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, Liu had a good straight sets win against Diatchenko (6-2 6-3). During the match, Liu scored 55 points vs Diatchenko’s 39. Claire was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Liu struck 7 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Claire Liu was very effective on serve to win 75% (18/24) of her 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Claire broke Diatchenko 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Claire started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.
Liu has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (164-105). 15-7 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Liu has a composed81-64 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in the W60 Charlottesville where she beat Xin Yu Wang in the final 3-6 6-4 4-1 ret. and in the W100 Charleston where she overcame Madison Brengle in the final 6-2 7-6(6).
Claire has an overall 37-13 win-loss record in 2021, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago
Claire has never competed in this tournament before.
Emma Raducanu
Ranked no. 174 (career-high), the Brit reached the semifinal after beating Alison Van Uytvanck 7-67 6-3, Clara Burel 6-2 7-5 and Jule Niemeier 7-64 0-0 ret..
In the quarter, The Brit defeated Niemeier (7-64 0-0 ret.). During the match Raducanu scored 51 points vs Niemeier’s 46. Raducanu was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Raducanu fired 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Emma Raducanu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of her 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Raducanu broke Niemeier once after converting 33% of her break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Raducanu started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Raducanu has a compiled 12-5 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Liu | Raducanu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 55 |
| Pts | 221-180 | 208-178 |
| Total Points | 401 | 386 |
| Winners | 81 | 83 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Liu and Raducanu played 3 matches. At the moment, Claire Liu surrendered 1 set while Emma Raducanu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Liu and Raducanu have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Liu played 8 games more than Raducanu. The American scored 81 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Emma blasted 83 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Liu | Raducanu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 114/211 | 130/187 |
| %1st in | 54% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 81/114 | 83/130 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 54/97 | 29/57 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Liu blasted 18 aces (6 per match). Raducanu bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Liu won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Raducanu won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Liu | Raducanu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/23 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 57% | 42% |
| Conceded | 18 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
The American broke her opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Liu surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Raducanu broke her opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Raducanu conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Liu | |||||
| R1 Bonaventure |
R2 Kalinskaya |
1/4 Diatchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 17 | 63 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 96-85 | 55-39 | 221-180 | |
| Total points | 126 | 181 | 94 | 401 | |
| Winners | 24 | 39 | 18 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 50/92 | 24/48 | 114/211 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 50% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 39/50 | 18/24 | 81/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 78% | 75% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 21/42 | 16/24 | 54/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/8 | 4/7 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 | 1 | 18 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 8/11 | 0/1 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 73% | 0% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Raducanu | |||||
| R1 Van Uytvanck |
R2 Burel |
1/4 Niemeier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-64 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 13 | 55 | |
| pts | 84-72 | 73-60 | 51-46 | 208-178 | |
| Total points | 156 | 133 | 97 | 386 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 22 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 47/67 | 30/41 | 130/187 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 70% | 73% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/53 | 26/47 | 22/30 | 83/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 55% | 73% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 11/20 | 6/11 | 29/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 55% | 55% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/13 | 1/3 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 46% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 50% | 0% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
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