Alison Riske and Kristina Mladenovic will face off in the quarter of the Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alison Riske who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alison Riske is the pick to win this match.
Alison Riske -> 1.92
Kristina Mladenovic -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Alison Riske vs. Kristina Mladenovic
This will be the 6th time that Alison Riske and Kristina Mladenovic clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Mladenovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Riske won 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in London back in 2017.
Alison Riske
Ranked no. 38, the American reached the quarter after defeating Pia Lovric 7-5 6-3 and Viktoria Kuzmova 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Kuzmova, Riske recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Riske scored 102 points vs Kuzmova’s 91. Riske was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Riske struck 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Alison Riske lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Riske put 62% of her first serves in, winning 74% (39/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kuzmova 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Riske has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (252-219). 4-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Riske has an aggregate 139-126 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Riske has a composed 6-11 win-loss record in 2021, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Portoroz
Alison has never competed in this tournament before.
Kristina Mladenovic
Ranked no. 68, the French player got to the quarter after beating Nika Radisic 4-6 6-1 6-2 and Ana Konjuh 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Kristina had a good straight sets win against Konjuh (6-0 6-4). During the match Mladenovic scored 62 points vs Konjuh’s 47. Mladenovic was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Mladenovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Kristina Mladenovic lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mladenovic put 72% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 31% (5/16) on the 2nd serve. Kristina broke Konjuh 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mladenovic started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Kristina has an aggregate 21-25 win-loss record in 2021, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Riske | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 41 |
| Pts | 174-141 | 150-111 |
| Total Points | 315 | 261 |
| Winners | 62 | 61 |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% |
Both Riske and Mladenovic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alison Riske dropped 1 set, while Kristina Mladenovic conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Riske and Mladenovic have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Riske played 7 games more than Mladenovic. The American scored 62 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Kristina scored 61 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Riske | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 91/139 | 97/134 |
| %1st in | 65% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 62/91 | 61/97 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 15/37 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 41% |
Riske fired 8 aces (4 per match). Mladenovic blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Riske won 68% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Mladenovic won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Riske | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 15 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 15/22 |
| % Converted | 60% | 68% |
| Conceded | 19 | 10 |
| Saved | 12 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Alison broke her opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Mladenovic broke her opponents 15 times with a 68% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 30% of the break points that she conceded.
| Riske | ||||
| R1 Lovric |
R2 Kuzmova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 27 | 48 | |
| pts | 72-50 | 102-91 | 174-141 | |
| Total points | 122 | 193 | 315 | |
| Winners | 23 | 39 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/53 | 53/86 | 91/139 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 62% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 39/53 | 62/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 74% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 15/33 | 25/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 45% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 5/12 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 42% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 9/12 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 75% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Mladenovic | ||||
| R1 Radisic |
R2 Konjuh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 | 41 | |
| pts | 88-64 | 62-47 | 150-111 | |
| Total points | 152 | 109 | 261 | |
| Winners | 33 | 28 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 55/76 | 42/58 | 97/134 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/55 | 28/42 | 61/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 67% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 5/16 | 15/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 31% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 9/13 | 6/9 | 15/22 | |
| Converted % | 69% | 67% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 50% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWWLLLLL Tennis Scores in Portoroz
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Quinton VegaVega (6-0 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo FrigerioFrigerio – Hunter CallahanCallahan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sami ReinweinReinwein – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-73 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Simen Sunde BratholmSunde Bratholm (6-75 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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