Simona Halep and Varvara Gracheva will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Transylvania Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.181
Varvara Gracheva -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Varvara Gracheva
There is no head to head record between Simona Halep and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 18, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after beating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Halep had a good straight sets win against Gabriela Ruse (6-1 6-2). During the match, Halep scored 63 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s 38. Halep was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Simona Halep was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (25/30) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Gabriela Ruse 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Halep has an extraordinary record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (403-151). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Halep has a compiled 28-19 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Stuttgart.
The Romanian has an overall 19-9 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj-Napoca
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Varvara Gracheva
Ranked no. 81, Gracheva got to the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Petkovic 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gracheva defeated Petkovic (6-4 2-6 6-4).-85) than Petkovic. In fact, the world no. 18 won 85 points vs Petkovic’s. That means that Gracheva was more focused during the important points. Gracheva was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Gracheva managed to score 9 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Gracheva put 59% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Petkovic 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).
Varvara’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Malo and Chicago.
Gracheva has an overall 22-27 win-loss record in 2021, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 28 |
| Pts | 63-38 | 85-96 |
| Total Points | 101 | 181 |
| Winners | 25 | 33 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Halep and Gracheva played 1 match. At the moment, Varvara Gracheva dropped 1 set while Simona Halep hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Halep has played 1 set(s) less than Gracheva (2 vs 3). Therefore, Halep played 13 games less than Gracheva. Halep scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian fired 33 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 9 |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 48/82 |
| %1st in | 60% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 33/48 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Halep blasted 6 aces . Gracheva made 9 aces . Halep won 83% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 27% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Romanian broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Halep pretty solid on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Russian broke her opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Varvara conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||
| R1 Gabriela Ruse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 63-38 | 63-38 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gracheva | |||
| R1 Petkovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 85-96 | 85-96 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 48/82 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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