Sloane Stephens tops Marie Bouzkova 7-5 1-6 6-2 in the final in Guadalajara on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. This is the first time that the American conquered this tournament. She has never played this tournament so far.
The American added $ 12,963 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 31,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Sloane Stephens vs. Marie Bouzkova Abierto De Guadalajara – Guadalajara
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 87 points vs. the Czech’s 86.
Stephens
The American won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Bouzkova
On the other side, Bouzkova had some problems converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Stephens and Bouzkova is 1-1.
This was the 7th career title for Sloane. (see list of titles and finals). This was The Czech’s 2nd final after she lost in Monterrey 2020 and in Melbourne 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
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Sloane conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The American broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Sloane converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Marie was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40).
They contested 68 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Marie (37-31
). The American lost 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the court, the Czech conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).Sherif took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Marie Bouzkova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Marie managed to strengthen her lead after breaking the American in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The Czech was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Marie was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the American (31-17). Bouzkova was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Stephens conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Sloane in this set played much better tennis than the Czech and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Bouzkova in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Czech lost the 6th game (4-2) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. The Czech couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
They contested 57 points. Stephens was the winner of the set after clinching 15 points more than Marie (36-21). Sloane conceded 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the court, Marie conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).