Jelena Ostapenko and Danka Kovinic will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Gippsland Trophy for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2.30 pm on Court 5. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.30
Danka Kovinic -> 3.40

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This will be the 4^th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Danka Kovinic face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Ostapenko won 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in Acapulco back in 2017.

Jelena Ostapenko

Ranked no. 45, the Latvian reached the 1^st round after defeating Sara Errani 4-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Errani, Ostapenko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Ostapenko scored 99 points vs Errani’s 85. The Latvian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ostapenko blasted 5 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko lost the serve 7 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 56% of her first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 34% (13/38) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Errani 10 times after converting 71% of her break points (10/14).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWRem0noZvA

Ostapenko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (273-169). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Ostapenko has a 80-73 record in the last years on hard.

Ostapenko has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Ostapenko lost in the 2^nd round to Belinda Bencic.

Danka Kovinic

Ranked no. 77, the got to the 1^st round after defeating Tamara Zidansek 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Kovinic had a good straight sets win against Zidansek (6-3 6-3). During the match Kovinic scored 64 points vs Zidansek’s 46. Kovinic was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Kovinic made 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Danka Kovinic lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kovinic put 48% of her first serves in, winning 91% (21/23) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Danka broke Zidansek 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Kovinic has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Danka had to surrender in the 1^st round to Elise Mertens.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Ostapenko and Kovinic played 1 match. At the moment, Jelena Ostapenko dropped 1 set while Danka Kovinic hasn’t lost a set so far. Ostapenko has played 1 set more than Kovinic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ostapenko played 8 games more than Kovinic. The Latvian scored 29 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The managed to score 21 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Ostapenko scored 5 aces . Kovinic blasted 6 aces . Ostapenko won 60% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 34% of the points. On the other side, Kovinic won 91% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Ostapenko broke her opponent 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. Ostapenko dropped her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kovinic conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Head 2 Head

• 1Slam
• 8Main
• 1ITF
• 6Minor

• 0Slam
• 0Main
• 11ITF
• 3Minor

Jelena
Ostapenko

3:1

Danka
Kovinic

Rank

15

High

5

3Hard0

0Clay1

Rank

896

High

46

Win Loss

Ostapenko

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Kovinic

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2024 2023 2022

31 - 19

2 - 3

14-10

Hard

1-2

4-0

I Hard

0-0

8-6

Clay

1-1

5-3

Grass

0-0

Tennis Scores in Melbourne

• Timea BabosBabos – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Valeria SavinykhSavinykh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Danka KovinicKovinic – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Saisai ZhengZheng (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Kaia KanepiKanepi – Astra SharmaSharma (1-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Rebecca MarinoMarino (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Bernarda PeraPera – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (6-7² 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-1 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Sara ErraniErrani (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Polona HercogHercog – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Valeria SavinykhSavinykh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Kaja JuvanJuvan – Yafan WangWang (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Kaia KanepiKanepi – Astra SharmaSharma (1-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Polona HercogHercog – Margarita GasparyanGasparyan (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Timea BabosBabos – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Sara ErraniErrani (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Danka KovinicKovinic – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-1 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Bernarda PeraPera – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (6-7(2) 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Saisai ZhengZheng (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression

• Destanee AiavaAiava – Chloe PaquetPaquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nao HibinoHibino – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko – Mayo HibiHibi (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alize CornetCornet – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Simona HalepHalep – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kaja JuvanJuvan – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Kaia KanepiKanepi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Qiang WangWang – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timea BabosBabos – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Danka KovinicKovinic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Johanna KontaKonta – Bernarda PeraPera (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (0-1) – H2H and prediction

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