Danielle Rose Collins prevails over Clara Tauson 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Collins will face Elise Mertens in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 35 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Collins added to her prize money $ 120,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Collins will add $ 300,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.
Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs. Clara Tauson Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Collins scored 105 points vs. the Dane’s 92.
Collins
Collins served very well to win 81% of the points (43/53) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 48% points (19/40) on her second serve. Collins won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Tauson
On the other side, Clara was effective at converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Collins and Tauson is 2-0 for Danielle.
Draw and next match H2H: Danielle Rose Collins vs. Elise Mertens – stats
Collins will come up against Mertens in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Danielle Rose Collins and Elise Mertens face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Collins and Mertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Collins won 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Chicago back in 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Collins started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Clara Tauson in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the Dane found the way to come back to break Danielle in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Danielle was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-4 to 6-4.
The Dane was perfect in converting all her break points in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Collins was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (3-1 30-40) and the 3rd game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Clara won just 3 points more than the American (31-28). Tauson dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
The American clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The American broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Tauson was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.
The American converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Dane converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Dane (32-25). Collins surrendered 10 points on serve (21-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Tauson conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Danielle conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
The American was unable to convert any of the 6 conquered break points. She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Collins didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 81 points. The American won 9 points more than Clara (45-36). The American surrendered 9 points on serve (25-9). on the other side of the net, the Dane conceded 20 points on serve (27-20).
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