2023 Match Point Saves

Great Escapes 2023: Winning from match point down

Caroline Dolehide's defeat of Martina Trevisan in the Guadalajara quarterfinals was the 55th WTA main-draw match of 2023 won from match point down.

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Zhu Lin saved one match point in the second-set tiebreak before defeating Madison Brengle 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 in the first round of Auckland.

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Zheng Qinwen, 20, won from match point down for the first time at tour level in Round 1 of Adelaide 1, staving one off in the third-set tiebreak before upsetting Anett Kontaveit 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(7).

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Linda Noskova, 18, had already saved a match point in Adelaide 1 qualifying against Anna Kalinskaya, and fended off another serving at 5-6 in set three en route to a 6-4, 6-7(3), 7-6(6) quarterfinal upset of Victoria Azarenka.

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Elisabetta Cocciaretto saved two match points in the second-set tiebreak en route to beating Bernarda Pera 5-7, 7-6(8), 6-4 in Hobart to reach her second tour-level semifinal.

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Veronika Kudermetova saved five match points serving at 5-6 in the second set against Danielle Collins in the Adelaide 2 quarterfinals, going on to win 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-1.

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Cristina Bucsa saved one match point in the second set tiebreak en route to defeating Bianca Andreescu 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-4 at the Australian Open. The result put the Spanish qualifier into the third round of a major for the first time.

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Belinda Bencic saved three championship points in the second-set tiebreak of the Abu Dhabi final en route to posting her first win in four meetings over Liudmila Samsonova 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 and claiming her second title of 2023.

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Jessica Pegula overturned a 5-2 third-set deficit to beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in the second round of Doha, saving two match points serving down 4-5 in the third set.

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Sorana Cirstea triumphed in a 3-hour, 29-minute battle over Beatriz Haddad Maia 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5 in the first round of Dubai, saving two match points in the second-set tiebreak.

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Wang Xiyu came from 5-3 down in the third set to defeat Alison Riske-Amritraj 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(1) in the first round of Merida. Riske-Amritraj held two match points serving for the win at 5-4.

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Barbora Krejcikova claimed her first Top 10 win of 2023 after coming from 5-3 down in the third set, saving four match points at 5-4, to beat Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in the second round of Dubai.

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Magda Linette came from 5-2 down in the second set, saving two match points in separate games, to defeat Camila Osorio 6-7(2), 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of Merida.

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Erika Andreeva came from 5-3 down in set three, saving two match points, to beat Harriet Dart 7-6(4), 3-6, 7-6(3) in the first round of Austin. The 18-year-old lucky loser had already saved one match point in the first qualifying round against You Xiaodi.

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Qualifier Kamilla Rakhimova saved one match point serving at 4-5 in the third set en route to claiming her first Top 50 win of the season over Katerina Siniakova 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-6(5) in the first round of Monterrey.

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Wild card Katie Volynets saved one match point trailing 5-0 in the third set against Anastasia Potapova in the second round of Austin -- then reeled off seven straight games for a 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 win and a spot in her first WTA quarterfinal.

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Anna-Lena Friedsam came from 5-2 down in the third set and saved one match point in the deciding tiebreak before converting her fourth to beat Erika Andreeva 7-5, 6-7(2) 7-6(8) in the Austin second round.

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Mayar Sherif saved back-to-back match points in the second-set tiebreak to defeat Wang Xinyu 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 in the Round of 16 in Monterrey.

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Anhelina Kalinina faced one match point serving at 2-5 in the third set against Linda Fruhvirtova in the second round of Indian Wells, but pulled back to a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory.

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Bernarda Pera came from a set and 3-1 down, saving three match points in the second-set tiebreak, to upset Liudmila Samsonova 2-6, 7-6(8), 7-6(6) in the second round of Indian Wells.

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Petra Kvitova saved four match points to beat Jessica Pegula 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(11) in the fourth round of Indian Wells -- one as Pegula served at 5-4 in set three, and three in the longest deciding tiebreak of the year so far.

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Having defeated Paula Badosa in the third round of Indian Wells in straight sets, Elena Rybakina reprised the result at the same stage of Miami -- this time saving one match point serving at 4-5 in set two before winning 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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The Miami quarterfinals saw Jessica Pegula escape Anastasia Potapova from a break down in the decider for the second straight tournament. Potapova held two match points serving at 5-4, but Pegula came through 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(2).

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Carol Zhao saved triple match point in the third-set tiebreak to defeat Maria Lourdes Carle 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(6) in the first round of Bogota -- the Canadian's third career tour-level win, and first on clay.

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova led Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 3-1 in set two and 5-3 in set three, but needed to save one match point before converting her fourth to win 6-1, 6-7(5), 7-6(7).

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The Madrid fourth round saw Veronika Kudermetova save two match points serving at 5-6 in the third set en route to her first win in three attempts over Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(2).

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Trailing 5-2 in the third set, Camila Osorio saved three match points against Varvara Gracheva and went on to win their Rome first round 7-6(4), 1-6, 7-6(4).

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Karolina Muchova led Martina Trevisan 4-0 in the third set in their Rome second round, but had to save one match point serving at 4-5 before closing out a seesaw contest 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

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In a seesaw Rome third round, Wang Xiyu came from 5-3 down in the decider to defeat Taylor Townsend 6-2, 0-6, 7-5, saving one match point as Townsend served for the match at 5-4.

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Varvara Gracheva saved two match points in the first round of Strasbourg as lucky loser Bai Zhuoxuan, who was playing her first WTA main draw, served for the match at 5-4 in the decider. Gracheva advanced 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(3).

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In the Strasbourg quarterfinals, Lauren Davis saved two match points as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova served for the match at 5-4 in set two, ultimately winning 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-0.

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Sloane Stephens saved triple match point in the deciding tiebreak to defeat Peyton Stearns 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(6) in an all-American quarterfinal in Rabat.

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With a first major second week on the line for both players in the Roland Garros third round, Beatriz Haddad Maia saved one match point against Ekaterina Alexandrova serving at 4-5 in set three before winning 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.

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Karolina Muchova saved one match point serving at 2-5 in the third set of her Roland Garros semifinal against Aryna Sabalenka, then reeled off the last five games to triumph 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 7-5 and reach her first Grand Slam final.

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Elina Avanesyan saved two match points in the deciding tiebreak to defeat Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(7) in the first round of Berlin -- the second time in as many tournaments that Avanesyan had upset a Top 20 player as a lucky loser.

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Rebecca Marino saved four match points in the second round of Birmingham to beat Emina Bektas 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(1). Bektas held triple match point serving at 5-4 in the decider, only for Marino to win 21 of the last 25 points of the match.

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Cristina Bucsa scored her second Slam win of 2023 from match point down in the first round of Wimbledon, saving four in a row from 9-5 down in the deciding match tiebreak to beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6[9].

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Lesia Tsurenko saved five match points in the longest third-set women's tiebreak in Grand Slam history before converting her seventh to defeat Ana Bogdan 4-6, 6-3, 7-6[18] in the Wimbledon third round.

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Iga Swiatek saved two match points serving at 5-6 in the second set before triumphing 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 6-3 in the fourth round of Wimbledon. With the result, Swiatek completed her career quarterfinal set at each Grand Slam.

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No.441-ranked wild card Fanny Stollar saved two match points in the third-set tiebreak to defeat Tatjana Maria 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(6) in the Budapest second round, reaching her first WTA quarterfinal since Tashkent 2018.

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Elisabetta Cocciaretto came from a set and 5-3 down, saving one match point at 6-5 in the second set, to quell local wild card Celine Naef 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-2 in the first round of Lausanne.

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On her WTA main-draw debut, 19-year-old Noma Noha Akugue defeated Storm Hunter 0-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 in the Hamburg second round, saving two match points as the Australian served for the match at 5-4 in set two.

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In the Warsaw second round, Rebecca Sramkova faced four match points trailing Karolina Muchova 5-1 in the third set -- but reeled off the last six games for a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 win. Sramkova improved to 2-0 against Muchova (as well as one junior win).

Photo by Michal Jedrzejewski/BNP Paribas Warsaw Open

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Elisabetta Cocciaretto came from 3-1 down in the second set, saving one match point in the tiebreak, to defeat Anna Bondar 6-7(3), 7-6(6), 7-5 in the Lausanne semifinals -- her second win from match point down of the tournament.

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Marta Kostyuk saved three match points (one serving at 4-5 in the third set, and two serving at 5-6) en route to notching her first win over Bianca Andreescu 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(5) in the first round of Washington.

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Anna Karolina Schmiedlova saved two match points, both with clean winners, in the third-set tiebreak to defeat Wang Xiyu 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(6) in the second round of Prague.

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Jennifer Brady saved two set points to win the first set, lost nine straight games to trail 3-0 in the decider, then saved two match points in the third-set tiebreak to win a first-round Montreal rollercoaster over Jelena Ostapenko 7-6(7), 0-6, 7-6(8).

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Elena Rybakina faced a match point at 8-7 in the third-set tiebreak of her late-night Montreal quarterfinal, but she won the next three points to oust Daria Kasatkina 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(8).

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Aliaksandra Sasnovich pulled off a comeback from 5-0 down in the third set against Emma Navarro in the first round of Cleveland, winning the last seven games in a row and saving one match point on serve at 5-3.

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Elise Mertens saved triple match point serving at 4-5 in the third set before defeating Mirjam Bjorklund 3-6, 6-3, 7-6[3] in the first round of the US Open. Bjorklund had won their only previous meeting at Bogota 2023 in another third-set tiebreak.

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Elise Mertens fended off match points in a second straight round, saving two in the second-set tiebreak en route to defeating Danielle Collins 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-1.

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Panna Udvardy saved two match points en route to defeating Tatjana Maria 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) in the first round of Osaka -- her first career Top 50 win and a result that snapped a six-match losing streak.

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Hailey Baptiste saved a match point at 5-3 in the third set on the way to a 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-6(4) second-round victory over Karolina Pliskova at the Guadalajara Open Akron. It was Baptiste's second upset win over Pliskova this summer.

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Caroline Garcia saved two match points in the second round of Guadalajara as Aliaksandra Sasnovich served at 6-5 in the second set, ultimately winning 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4.

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Rebeka Masarova saved five match points to defeat Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(7) in the Guangzhou second round -- three serving at 3-5 in the third set and two more in the deciding tiebreak.

Photo by Galaxy Holding Group Guangzhou Open

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Caroline Dolehide saved four match points against Martina Trevisan to make her first WTA 1000 semifinal in Guadalajara -- three serving at 5-6 in set 2 and one more in the tiebreak en route to a 3-6, 7-6(9), 6-3 win.

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