Peyton Stearns conquers Varvara Gracheva 2-6 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Cluj on Tuesday. Stearns is going to play against Lucia Bronzetti in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.

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Stearns's Record

Peyton added to her prize money $ 1,185 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 4,160 after this win. If she wins the next match, Peyton will add $ 2,655 to her earnings to get in total $ 6,815 in total.

Highlights Peyton Stearns vs. Varvara Gracheva Transylvania Open – Cluj-Napoca

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Stearns
Gracheva
2-6 6-2 6-2
1h:55
87
87
Total points
76
76
42
42
Winners
28
28
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
67%
67%
1st in
69%
69%
68%
68%
1st won
57%
57%
42/62
42/62
1st won
28/49
28/49
40%
40%
2nd won
45%
45%
12/30
12/30
2nd won
10/22
10/22
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
3/12
3/12
56%
56%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Stearns scored 87 points vs. the French player’s 76.

Stearns

Peyton was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that she conquered (5/9).

Gracheva

On the other side, the French player wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Stearns and Gracheva is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Peyton Stearns vs. Lucia Bronzetti – stats

Stearns will face Bronzetti in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Peyton Stearns and Lucia Bronzetti square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Stearns (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Stearns won 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the quarter in Rabat back in 2024.

Peyton was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, she conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 61 points vs. Bronzetti’s 41 points.

Live score progression and stats

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

Gracheva in this set was more solid than Peyton and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Stearns in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The French player failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.

The French player was flawless in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (1-6 15-40).

They played 61 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the American (35-26). The French player conceded 8 points on serve (17-8). On the losing side, the American conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).

2nd Set -
Stearns 6-2
StearnsGracheva
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
StearnsGracheva
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
StearnsGracheva
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
StearnsGracheva
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
StearnsGracheva
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
StearnsGracheva
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
StearnsGracheva
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
StearnsGracheva
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Stearns started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Stearns to win the set because Gracheva managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The American kept her focus to break Gracheva in the 7th

(5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

The French player was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Peyton converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40). In addition on the other side, the French player converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 40-A and 40-A).

They played 53 points. Stearns was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Gracheva (32-21

). Peyton conceded 13 points on serve (18-13). on the other side of the court, Varvara conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
3rd Set -
Stearns 6-2
StearnsGracheva
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
StearnsGracheva
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
StearnsGracheva
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
StearnsGracheva
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
StearnsGracheva
4
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
StearnsGracheva
3
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
StearnsGracheva
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Stearns got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Varvara Gracheva in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That break was crucial for Peyton to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.

The American converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Varvara was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 49 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Varvara (29-20). The American conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, the French player conceded 11 points on serve (13-11).

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

Tennis Scores in Cluj

  • Peyton StearnsStearns – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (2-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-3 7-5)
  • Ana BogdanBogdan – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (6-2 6-3)
  • Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Arantxa RusRus (7-5 4-6 7-610)
  • Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Alycia ParksParks (6-3 6-3)
  • Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (6-70 7-5 6-4)
  • Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-4 6-0)
  • Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-2 6-2)
  • Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Simona HalepHalep (6-1 6-1)
  • Suzan LamensLamens – Anna BondarBondar (7-62 7-66)
  • Caroline DolehideDolehide – Daria SnigurSnigur (7-5 2-6 6-4)
  • Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-2 6-3)
  • Marina StakusicStakusic – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-1 1-6 6-4)
  • Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Mayar SherifSherif (3-6 6-4 6-1)

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