Sofia Kenin and Irina Maria Bara will face off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.57
Irina Maria Bara -> 2.54
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Irina Maria Bara
This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Irina Maria Bara square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 6, Kenin got to the 3rd round after beating Liudmila Samsonova 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Ana Bogdan 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Bogdan, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Kenin scored 86 points vs Bogdan’s 72. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kenin couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 62% of her first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Bogdan 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sofia has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points she played.
Kenin has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of her matches (222-125). 2-1 on clay in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kenin has a 57-40 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in at the Australian Open where she overcame Garbine Muguruza in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2 and in Lyon where she defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in the final 6-2 4-6 6-4.
Kenin has a 20-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Sofia lost in the 4th round to Ashleigh Barty.
Irina Maria Bara
Ranked no. 142, Irina got to the 3rd round after defeating Tereza Mrdeza 6-2 6-2, Harriet Dart 7-5 6-2, Richel Hogenkamp 6-2 7-64, Donna Vekic 6-3 6-4 and Alison Van Uytvanck 6-1 4-0 ret..
In the 2nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Van Uytvanck (6-1 4-0 ret.). During the match Maria Bara scored 46 points vs Van Uytvanck’s 19. Maria Bara was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Maria Bara couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Irina Maria Bara was very effective on serve to win 77% (17/22) of her 1st serve and 88% (7/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Irina broke Van Uytvanck 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Irina’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Mer.
Maria Bara has a 14-9 win-loss record in 2020, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Irina surrendered in the qualifications to Anhelina Kalinina.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Maria Bara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 76 |
| Pts | 173-161 | 279-213 |
| Total Points | 334 | 492 |
| Winners | 64 | 98 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Kenin played 2 matches while Maria Bara competed in 4 matches. Maria Bara started her run from the qualifications while Kenin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sofia Kenin dropped 2 sets while Irina Maria Bara hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kenin has played 2 set(s) less than Maria Bara (6 vs 8). Therefore, Kenin played 22 games less than Maria Bara. Sofia scored 64 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Irina bagged 98 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Maria Bara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 100/163 | 170/227 |
| %1st in | 61% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 64/100 | 98/170 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 29/63 | 34/57 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 60% |
Kenin didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Maria Bara also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kenin won 64% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Maria Bara won 58% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Maria Bara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 24 |
| Converted | 12/23 | 24/46 |
| % Converted | 52% | 52% |
| Conceded | 21 | 27 |
| Saved | 12 | 14 |
| % Saved | 57% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 13 |
Kenin broke her opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Kenin surrendered her serve 9 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponents 24 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 52% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | ||||
| R1 Samsonova |
R2 Bogdan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| pts | 87-89 | 86-72 | 173-161 | |
| Total points | 176 | 158 | 334 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 51/84 | 49/79 | 100/163 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/51 | 34/49 | 64/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 69% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 14/30 | 29/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/10 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 60% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 9/13 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 69% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Maria Bara | |||||||
| Q1 Mrdeza |
Q2 Dart |
Q3 Hogenkamp |
R1 Vekic |
R2 Van Uytvanck |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 7-64 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 87 | |
| pts | 65-44 | 67-48 | 77-65 | 70-56 | 46-19 | 325-232 | |
| Total points | 109 | 115 | 142 | 126 | 65 | 557 | |
| Winners | 25 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 32% | 36% | 37% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/54 | 36/51 | 46/59 | 46/63 | 22/30 | 192/257 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 71% | 78% | 73% | 73% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 25/42 | 23/36 | 25/46 | 25/46 | 17/22 | 115/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 64% | 54% | 54% | 77% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 8/15 | 7/13 | 12/17 | 7/8 | 41/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 53% | 54% | 71% | 88% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 7/13 | 6/14 | 5/9 | 4/7 | 28/53 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 54% | 43% | 56% | 57% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 43% | 43% | 50% | – | 104% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |
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