Danielle Rose Collins surprises the 2023 runner-up Elena Rybakina 7-5 6-3 in the final in Miami on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This is the first time that the American conquered this tournament. Her best result in this tournament so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when her history at this event.
The American added $ 515,000 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 1,100,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Danielle Rose Collins vs. Elena Rybakina Miami Open – Miami
Collins’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:02
At the end of the match, Danielle scored 82 points vs. Elena’s 75.
Collins
Collins served pretty well to win 75% of the points (44/59) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 42% points (15/36) on her second serve. Danielle won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points as she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Rybakina
On the other side, Elena was struggling when converting her break points (only 9% – 1/11). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Collins and Rybakina is 2-3 for Elena.
This was the 3rd career title for Collins. She won the previous title in Miami. (see list of titles and finals). Rybakina remains with 7th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Collins snatched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to eventually conquering the set (7-5).
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Collins was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Rybakina was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).
They played 89 points. Collins won 5 points more than Rybakina (47-42). Danielle conceded 17 points on serve (34-17). On the other side, Elena conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
Collins got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Elena Rybakina in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Collins to win the set since Rybakina found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Danielle kept her cool to break Elena in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Kazakhstani was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Danielle converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Kazakhstani converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 more points than the Kazakhstani (35-33). Danielle surrendered 19 points on serve (25-19). on the other side of the court, Elena conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
