H2H, PREDICTION Marina Melnikova vs Lara Salden | Prague odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Prague. Melnikova and Salden will play each other in the 3rd round of the Prague Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Marina Melnikova vs. Lara Salden

Marina Melnikova and Lara Salden will face off in the 3rd round of the Prague Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2 pm on SPARTA COURT 10. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marina Melnikova who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Marina Melnikova is the pick to win this match.
Marina Melnikova -> 1.56
Lara Salden -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Marina Melnikova vs. Lara Salden

There is no head to head record between Marina Melnikova and Lara Salden since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Marina Melnikova

Ranked no. 209, Marina reached the 3rd round after defeating Ankita Raina 6-2 7-68 and Anna Bondar 7-5 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Marina had a good straight sets win against Bondar (7-5 6-2). During the match Melnikova scored 85 points vs Bondar’s 75. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Melnikova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Marina Melnikova lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Melnikova put 77% of her first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bondar 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marina hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Melnikova has a losing record in the last 9 years having won 42% of her matches (787-578). 2-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Melnikova has a 284-247 record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W25 Potchefstroom.

Melnikova has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Prague

The Russian lost in the semifinal 7-65 7-5 to Cindy Burger.

Lara Salden

Ranked no. 287, the Belgian reached the 3rd round after defeating Nicoleta Dascalu 3-6 7-5 6-3 and Richel Hogenkamp 6-4 6-74 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Salden defeated Hogenkamp (6-4 6-74 6-2). During the match Salden scored 102 points vs Hogenkamp’s 93. Lara was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Salden scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 9 double faults. Lara Salden lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Salden put 59% of her first serves in, winning 59% (34/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Salden broke Hogenkamp 8 times after converting 67% of her break points (8/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Salden has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of her matches (210-114). 2-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Salden has a 111-64 record in the last 5 years on clay.

The Belgian has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Prague

The Belgian didn’t play in the Prague in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Melnikova Salden
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 6
Tot Games 41 61
Pts 165-140 202-188
Total Points 305 390
Winners 64 63
%Winners 39% 31%

Both Melnikova and Salden played 2 matches. At the moment, Lara Salden lost 2 sets while Marina Melnikova hasn’t lost a set so far. Melnikova has played 2 set(s) less than Salden (4 vs 6). Therefore, Melnikova played 20 games less than Salden. The Russian scored 64 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 63 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Melnikova Salden
Aces 1 3
Avg per match 0.5 1.5
1st in 102/139 107/184
%1st in 73% 58%
1st pts 64/102 63/107
%1st pts 63% 59%
2nd pts 16/37 39/77
%2nd pts 43% 51%

Melnikova recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Salden also blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Melnikova won 63% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Salden won 59% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Melnikova Salden
Won 10 15
Converted 10/25 15/28
% Converted 40% 54%
Conceded 12 19
Saved 7 8
% Saved 58% 42%
Times Broken 5 11

Melnikova broke her opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Melnikova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Lara conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded.

Melnikova
R1
Raina
R2
Bondar
Total
Score 6-2 7-68 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 21 20 41
pts 80-65 85-75 165-140
Total points 145 160 305
Winners 27 37 64
%Winners 34% 44% 39%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 47/68 55/71 102/139
% 1st in 69% 77% 73%
1st pts 27/47 37/55 64/102
% 1st pts 57% 67% 63%
2nd pts 10/21 6/16 16/37
% 2nd pts 48% 38% 43%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/12 4/13 10/25
Converted % 50% 31% 40%
Conceded 5 7 12
Saved 1/5 6/7 7
Saved % 20% 86% 53%
Times Broken 4 1 5
Salden
R1
Dascalu
R2
Hogenkamp
Total
Score 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 6-74 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 30 31 61
pts 100-95 102-93 202-188
Total points 195 195 390
Winners 29 34 63
%Winners 29% 33% 31%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3
Double Faults 3 9 12
1st in 49/86 58/98 107/184
% 1st in 57% 59% 58%
1st pts 29/49 34/58 63/107
% 1st pts 59% 59% 59%
2nd pts 19/37 20/40 39/77
% 2nd pts 51% 50% 51%
Breaks
Won 7 8 15
Converted 7/16 8/12 15/28
Converted % 44% 67% 54%
Conceded 10 9 19
Saved 4/10 4/9 8
Saved % 40% 44% 42%
Times Broken 6 5 11

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Melnikova
LLLWLWWWWL
Salden
LWLLLLWWLW
2024 2023 2022
24 - 19
20 - 13
5-5
Hard
14-7
0-1
I Hard
5-2
18-12
Clay
1-4
1-1
Grass
0-0

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