Lauren Davis victorious over Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-6(0) 6-2 in the final in Hobart on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. This is the first time that Lauren conquered this tournament. Her best result in this event so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Lauren Davis vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto Hobart International – Hobart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Davis scored 81 points vs. Elisabetta’s 66.
Davis
Davis served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 48% points (15/31) on her second serve. The American was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).
Cocciaretto
On the other side, the Italian was struggling when converting her break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Davis and Cocciaretto is 1-1.
This was the 2nd career title for the American. (see list of titles and finals). The Italian lost the opportunity to win her title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Davis had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-0.
Tiebreak
Lauren won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
They contested 104 points. Lauren conquered the set after winning 18 points more than Elisabetta (61-43). Davis conceded 14 points on serve (37-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Cocciaretto conceded 24 points on serve (29-24).
Davis had a great start in this set after breaking Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, there was more to do for Davis to win the set as Cocciaretto succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game. The American maintained her focus to break Cocciaretto in the 8th (6-2) game.
A defining moment of this set was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Davis converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 3rd (3-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Cocciaretto was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 7th game (1-5 0-40).
They played 42 points. Lauren was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Italian (23-19). Davis surrendered 10 points on serve (11-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).