Ons Jabeur gets the better of the defending champion Belinda Bencic 7-6(6) 6-4 in the final in Charleston on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. This is the first time that Jabeur conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Belinda Bencic Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:59
At the end of the match, Jabeur scored 80 points vs. Bencic’s 75.
Jabeur
Jabeur won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Bencic
On the other side, Belinda was battling in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Jabeur and Bencic is 3-2 for Ons.
This was the 4th career title for the Tunisian. She won the previous title in Charleston. (see list of titles and finals). Belinda remains with 8th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Jabeur was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Belinda Bencic in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Ons succeeded in coming back to break Bencic in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
The Tunisian missed the opportunity to break Belinda in the 12th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Ons converted 14% of her break points (1/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-5 30-40), the 12th (6-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Bencic converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 92 points. This set was so close that, Jabeur won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Ons dropped 19 points on serve (30-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Bencic conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).
Jabeur won the set after she broke Belinda in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Belinda tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Nonetheless, the Tunisian didn’t blink to win the set 6-4.
The Tunisian was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Belinda converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (1-4 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 63 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Tunisian won just 3 more points than the Swiss (33-30). Jabeur lost 17 points on serve (19-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Belinda conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
