Varvara Gracheva conquers Galfi at the 1st round to collide vs Stephens – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Gracheva wins against Galfi to face Sloane Stephens in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Dalma Galfi

Varvara Gracheva overcomes Dalma Galfi 6-4 2-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday. Gracheva will clash against Sloane Stephens in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Gracheva
Paris
Gracheva's Record

Gracheva added to her prize money € 28,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 97,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add € 45,000 to her earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gracheva
Galfi
Varvara Gracheva
6-4 2-6 6-1
1h:56
Dalma Galfi
93
93
Total points
80
80
37
37
Winners
30
30
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
33
33
Unforced
28
28
54%
54%
Ratio Unforced
46%
46%
18/22
18/22
Net Approaches
6/12
6/12
82%
82%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
58%
58%
1st in
64%
64%
66%
66%
1st won
61%
61%
37/56
37/56
1st won
30/49
30/49
53%
53%
2nd won
43%
43%
21/40
21/40
2nd won
12/28
12/28
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
3/8
3/8
67%
67%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 93 points vs. the Hungarian’s 80.

Gracheva

Varvara was effective at converting 67% of the break points that she procured (4/6).

Galfi

On the other side, Galfi was not so effective in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Gracheva and Galfi is 3-1 for Varvara.

Draw and next match H2H: Varvara Gracheva vs. Sloane Stephens – stats

Gracheva will play Stephens in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Varvara Gracheva and Sloane Stephens play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Gracheva won 7-64 6-3 in the quarter in Austin back in March 2023.

Varvara Gracheva Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Gracheva 6-4
GrachevaGalfi
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
GrachevaGalfi
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
GrachevaGalfi
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GrachevaGalfi
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
GrachevaGalfi
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GrachevaGalfi
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
GrachevaGalfi
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
GrachevaGalfi
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
GrachevaGalfi
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GrachevaGalfi
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Varvara conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

The Russian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Dalma wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).

They played 68 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Dalma (38-30). Varvara lost 10 points on serve (24-10). On the losing side, the Hungarian conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).

2nd Set -
Galfi 6-2
GalfiGracheva
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
GalfiGracheva
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
GalfiGracheva
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GalfiGracheva
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
GalfiGracheva
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
GalfiGracheva
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
GalfiGracheva
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
GalfiGracheva
0
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Galfi played much better tennis than Gracheva and without too much hustling she won 6-2. Varvara broke Galfi 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Galfi broke her opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t stop her to conquer the set (6-2).

Varvara was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Galfi was perfect in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Russian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 0-40).

They played 45 points. The Hungarian conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Russian (27-18). Dalma conceded 8 points on serve (13-8). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).

3rd Set -
Gracheva 6-1
GrachevaGalfi
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
GrachevaGalfi
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
GrachevaGalfi
5
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
GrachevaGalfi
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
GrachevaGalfi
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
GrachevaGalfi
2
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
GrachevaGalfi
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Gracheva had a strong start of this set after breaking Dalma Galfi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Varvara extended her lead after breaking Dalma in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Dalma lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. A defining moment of this set was when Gracheva won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

The Russian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, the Hungarian was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (0-4 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 60 points. Gracheva conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Galfi (37-23). Varvara surrendered 14 points on serve (24-14). On the other side, Galfi conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).

1st
Gracheva
Galfi
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Gracheva
Galfi
2-6
2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
3rd
Gracheva
Galfi
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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