Viktoria Kuzmova and Ann Li will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1 pm on Court 15. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.83
Viktoria Kuzmova -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Viktoria Kuzmova vs. Ann Li
There is no head to head record between Viktoria Kuzmova and Ann Li since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Viktoria Kuzmova
Ranked no. 84, Kuzmova got to the qualifications after beating Greetje Minnen 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kuzmova had a good straight sets win against Minnen (7-5 6-2). During the match Kuzmova scored 75 points vs Minnen’s 56. Kuzmova was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzmova bagged 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Viktoria Kuzmova was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of her 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Viktoria broke Minnen 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Kuzmova has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 31% of her matches (481-219). 2-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzmova has a 259-129 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Kuzmova has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Kuzmova lost in the 1st round 6-4 6-4 to Alison Van Uytvanck.
Ann Li
Ranked no. 133, Li got to the qualifications after beating Zarina Diyas 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ann had a good straight sets win against Diyas (6-1 6-3). During the match Li scored 64 points vs Diyas’s 42. Ann was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Li made 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ann Li conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Li put 69% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the 2nd serve. Li broke Diyas 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Li has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 62% of her matches (211-129). 8-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Li has a 105-63 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Ann has a 8-4 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
The American lost in the qualifications 6-4 7-65 to Nina Stojanovic.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzmova | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 75-56 | 64-42 |
| Total Points | 131 | 106 |
| Winners | 23 | 23 |
| %Winners | 31% | 36% |
Both Kuzmova and Li played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuzmova and Li have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kuzmova played 4 games more than Li. Viktoria scored 23 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Ann bagged 23 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzmova | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 27/58 | 34/49 |
| %1st in | 47% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/34 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 12/15 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 80% |
Kuzmova managed to score 5 aces . Li blasted 4 aces . Kuzmova won 85% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Li won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 80% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzmova | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Viktoria broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Ann broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ann was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Kuzmova | |||
| Q1 Minnen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-56 | 75-56 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/58 | 27/58 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Li | |||
| Q1 Diyas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 64-42 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 12/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
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