Cagla Buyukakcay and Natalija Kostic will square off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10 am on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cagla Buyukakcay who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cagla Buyukakcay is the pick to win this match.
Cagla Buyukakcay -> 1.22
Natalija Kostic -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Cagla Buyukakcay vs. Natalija Kostic
There is no head to head record between Cagla Buyukakcay and Natalija Kostic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Cagla Buyukakcay
Ranked no. 174, Cagla reached the qualifications after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 6-2 5-7 6-1.
In the qualifications, Buyukakcay defeated Tsurenko (6-2 5-7 6-1). During the match Buyukakcay scored 106 points vs Tsurenko’s 83. Buyukakcay was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Buyukakcay couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Cagla Buyukakcay lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Buyukakcay put 73% of her first serves in, winning 55% (38/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Buyukakcay broke Tsurenko 9 times after converting 56% of her break points (9/16).
Buyukakcay has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (302-256). 5-3 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Buyukakcay has a 116-82 record in the last years on clay.
Buyukakcay has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
The Turk didn’t play at the French Open in 2019.
Natalija Kostic
Ranked no. 202, Kostic got to the qualifications after beating Bibiane Schoofs 6-2 5-7 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kostic defeated Schoofs (6-2 5-7 6-3). During the match Kostic scored 110 points vs Schoofs’s 99. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Kostic fired 3 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 13 double faults. Natalija Kostic lost the serve 6 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kostic put 59% of her first serves in, winning 64% (45/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (18/48) on the 2nd serve. Natalija broke Schoofs 8 times after converting 57% of her break points (8/14).
The Serbian has a 3-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Kostic didn’t play at the French Open in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Buyukakcay | Kostic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 27 | 29 |
Pts | 106-83 | 110-99 |
Total Points | 189 | 209 |
Winners | 38 | 45 |
%Winners | 36% | 41% |
Both Buyukakcay and Kostic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Cagla Buyukakcay conceded 1 set, while Natalija Kostic dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Buyukakcay and Kostic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Buyukakcay played 2 games less than Kostic. Buyukakcay scored 38 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Kostic struck 45 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Buyukakcay | Kostic |
---|---|---|
Aces | 0 | 3 |
Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
1st in | 69/94 | 70/118 |
%1st in | 73% | 59% |
1st pts | 38/69 | 45/70 |
%1st pts | 55% | 64% |
2nd pts | 11/25 | 18/48 |
%2nd pts | 44% | 38% |
Buyukakcay didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kostic fired 3 aces . Buyukakcay won 55% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kostic won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Buyukakcay | Kostic |
---|---|---|
Won | 9 | 8 |
Converted | 9/16 | 8/14 |
% Converted | 56% | 57% |
Conceded | 13 | 16 |
Saved | 7 | 10 |
% Saved | 54% | 63% |
Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Buyukakcay broke her opponent 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Cagla conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. The Serbian broke her opponent 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Natalija conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
Buyukakcay | |||
Q1 Tsurenko |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 5-7 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
pts | 106-83 | 106-83 | |
Total points | 189 | 189 | |
Winners | 38 | 38 | |
%Winners | 36% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 69/94 | 69/94 | |
% 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
1st pts | 38/69 | 38/69 | |
% 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
% 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 9 | 9 | |
Converted | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
Saved | 7/13 | 7 | |
Saved % | 54% | 54% | |
Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Kostic | |||
Q1 Schoofs |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
pts | 110-99 | 110-99 | |
Total points | 209 | 209 | |
Winners | 45 | 45 | |
%Winners | 41% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 13 | 13 | |
1st in | 70/118 | 70/118 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
1st pts | 45/70 | 45/70 | |
% 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 18/48 | 18/48 | |
% 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 8 | 8 | |
Converted | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
Saved | 10/16 | 10 | |
Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Head 2 Head
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