By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday, July 4, 2022
The quarterfinals are set at the Championships! Let’s have a quick glance at the matchups on the women’s side:
Ajla Tomljanovic v [17] Elena Rybakina
Head-to-Head: Rybakina d. Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-0 at Madrid, 2021
Key Stat: Rybakina leads all remaining player with 87 percent of service games won; Tomjlanovic has won 71 percent of her service games, lowest of the eight quarterfinalists.
[16] Simona Halep v [20] Amanda Anisimova
Head-to-Head: Halep leads 2-1, including a 6-2, 6-1 victory at Bad Homburg QF last month
Key Stat: Halep has won 11 consecutive matches at Wimbledon and owns a 28-8 lifetime record at SW19; Anisimova is 5-2 at Wimbledon and making her first trip to a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Roland-Garros in 2019.
Maria Bouzkova v [3] Ons Jabeur
Head-to-Head: First meeting
Key Stat: Jabeur is returning to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon for the consecutive year, and she has yet to drop a set. Bouzkova had never been past the second round at a major prior to this Wimbledon – the World No.66 has wins over No.7-seeded Danielle Collins, No.28-seeded Alison Riske and Caroline Garcia.
Tatjana Maria v Jule Niemeier
Head-to-Head: First meeting
Key Stat: Maria, a 34-year-old mother of two, is into her first Grand Slam quarterfinal on her 35th appearance at a major. Niemeier, 22, is into her first major quarterfinal on her second Grand Slam appearance.
Women’s Quarterfinals, By the Numbers:
4- Unseeded players to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals, with 103-ranked Maria the lowest-ranked.
1 - Top-10 players remaining in the draw. World No.2 Jabeur.
3 - First-time Grand Slam quarterfinalists in the draw: Niemeier, Maria and Bouzkova.
57 - percent of return games won by Halep through four rounds, the most of the eight remaining players.
40 - Anisimova leads all remaining players with 40 forehand winners. The American also leads all remaining players with 37 bacihand winners.
1 - Former Wimbledon champions remaining in the draw: Halep.