Kristina Kucova and Ivana Jorovic will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Prague Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12 pm on SPARTA CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivana Jorovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivana Jorovic is the pick to win this match.
Ivana Jorovic -> 1.66
Kristina Kucova -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Kristina Kucova vs. Ivana Jorovic
This will be the 2nd time that Kristina Kucova and Ivana Jorovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Jorovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Kristina Kucova
Ranked no. 173, the Slovakian reached the semifinal after beating Tereza Mrdeza 6-4 6-4, Laura-Ioana Paar 6-3 7-63, Kyoka Okamura 6-2 6-1, Clara Tauson 1-6 6-1 6-3 and Francesca Jones 6-0 6-2.
In the quarter, Kucova had a good straight sets win against Jones (6-0 6-2). During the match Kucova scored 62 points vs Jones’s 44. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kucova blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Kristina Kucova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kucova put 55% of her first serves in, winning 83% (19/23) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Kucova broke Jones 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kristina has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Kucova has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (244-188). 5-0 on clay in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kucova has a 147-84 record in the last years on clay.
Kristina has a 13-8 win-loss record in 2020, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague
Kucova didn’t compete in the Prague in 2019.
Ivana Jorovic
Ranked no. 230, Jorovic reached the semifinal after beating Lea Boskovic 6-1 7-5, Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-3 6-4, Mayar Sherif 7-65 6-1, Jessica Pieri 6-0 ret. and Cagla Buyukakcay 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Jorovic had a good straight sets win against Buyukakcay (6-3 6-3). During the match Jorovic scored 73 points vs Buyukakcay’s 59. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Jorovic managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ivana Jorovic lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Jorovic put 64% of her first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Jorovic broke Buyukakcay 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jorovic hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
The Serbian has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2020, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague
Ivana didn’t play in the Prague in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kucova | Jorovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 94 | 76 |
| Pts | 368-290 | 288-222 |
| Total Points | 658 | 510 |
| Winners | 126 | 108 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Kucova played 5 matches while Jorovic competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Kristina Kucova conceded 1 set while Ivana Jorovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kucova has played 3 sets more than Jorovic (11 vs 8). Therefore, Kucova played 18 games more than Jorovic. Kucova scored 126 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Ivana recorded 108 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kucova | Jorovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 193/317 | 153/245 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 126/193 | 108/153 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 55/124 | 45/92 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 49% |
Kucova scored 5 aces (1 per match). Jorovic made 15 aces (3.8 per match). Kucova won 65% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Jorovic won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kucova | Jorovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 30 | 19 |
| Converted | 30/51 | 19/33 |
| % Converted | 59% | 58% |
| Conceded | 44 | 20 |
| Saved | 29 | 13 |
| % Saved | 66% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 15 | 7 |
Kucova broke her opponents 30 times with a 59% conversion rate. Kristina conceded her serve 15 times and she saved 66% of the break points that she conceded. Jorovic broke her opponents 19 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kucova | |||||||
| R1 Mrdeza |
R2 Andrei |
R3 Okamura |
R4 Tauson |
1/4 Jones |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-63 | 6-2 6-1 | 1-6 6-1 6-3 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 94 | |
| pts | 80-71 | 95-79 | 59-34 | 72-62 | 62-44 | 368-290 | |
| Total points | 151 | 174 | 93 | 134 | 106 | 658 | |
| Winners | 24 | 40 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 40/74 | 63/93 | 30/47 | 37/61 | 23/42 | 193/317 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 68% | 64% | 61% | 55% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 40/63 | 19/30 | 24/37 | 19/23 | 126/193 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 63% | 63% | 65% | 83% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/34 | 10/30 | 13/17 | 13/24 | 7/19 | 55/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 33% | 76% | 54% | 37% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 6/12 | 5/7 | 6/9 | 6/12 | 30/51 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 50% | 71% | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 44 | |
| Saved | 11/16 | 10/15 | 3/3 | 3/7 | 2/3 | 29 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 67% | 100% | 43% | 67% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Jorovic | |||||||
| R1 Boskovic |
R2 Gabriela Ruse |
R3 Sherif |
R4 Pieri |
1/4 Buyukakcay |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-65 6-1 | 6-0 ret. | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 82 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 73-54 | 72-59 | 24-4 | 73-59 | 312-226 | |
| Total points | 120 | 127 | 131 | 28 | 132 | 538 | |
| Winners | 30 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 31 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 33% | 32% | 21% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 42/63 | 33/54 | 30/53 | 5/12 | 48/75 | 158/257 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 61% | 57% | 42% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 24/33 | 23/30 | 5/5 | 31/48 | 113/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 73% | 77% | 100% | 65% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 10/21 | 10/23 | 7/7 | 12/27 | 52/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 48% | 43% | 100% | 44% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/8 | 5/10 | 3/3 | 5/8 | 22/36 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 63% | 50% | 100% | 63% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/3 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 8/10 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 60% | – | 80% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Prague
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Francesca JonesJones (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Marina MelnikovaMelnikova (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivana JorovicJorovic – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Ivana JorovicJorovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (2-0) – H2H and prediction
