Viktorija Golubic and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove will play each other in the 2nd round of the Melbourne Summer Set 1 for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Viktorija Golubic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Viktorija Golubic is the pick to win this match.
Viktorija Golubic -> 1.32
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Viktorija Golubic vs. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
This will be the 5th time that Viktorija Golubic and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Golubic won 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in 2016.
Viktorija Golubic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 13-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 14-9 | 2-5 | 10-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 12-10 | 4-7 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-22 | 15-11 | 9-4 | 12-2 | 9-4 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 7-11 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43 (career-high), Golubic reached the 2nd round after defeating Lauren Davis 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Golubic had a good straight sets win against Davis (7-5 6-1). During the match, Golubic scored 70 points vs Davis’s 51. Viktorija was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Golubic blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Viktorija Golubic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Golubic put 67% of her first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Davis 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Golubic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (318-194). 1-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Golubic has a compiled 113-72 match record in the last years on hard.
Golubic has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Viktorija has never competed in this tournament before.
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-21 | 3-7 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 44-34 | 16-11 | 3-4 | 23-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 22-14 | 0-2 | 9-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-29 | 17-16 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-16 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Lesley reached the 2nd round after beating Dayana Yastremska 6-2 6-2, Kimberly Birrell 6-4 6-4 and Seone Mendez 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kerkhove had a good straight sets win against Mendez (6-3 6-4). During the match Kerkhove scored 74 points vs Mendez’s 63. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kerkhove made 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kerkhove put 72% of her first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Lesley broke Mendez 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Kerkhove has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Golubic | Kerkhove |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 55 |
| Pts | 70-51 | 230-190 |
| Total Points | 121 | 420 |
| Winners | 28 | 71 |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% |
Golubic played 1 match while Kerkhove competed in 3 matches. Kerkhove started her run from the qualifications while Golubic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Golubic has played 4 set(s) less than Kerkhove (2 vs 6). Therefore, Golubic played 36 games less than Kerkhove. The Swiss scored 28 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Lesley fired 71 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Golubic | Kerkhove |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 119/197 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 71/119 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 45/78 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 58% |
Golubic managed to score 2 aces . Kerkhove blasted 8 aces (2.7 per match). Golubic won 62% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kerkhove won 60% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Golubic | Kerkhove |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 15 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 15/42 |
| % Converted | 67% | 36% |
| Conceded | 7 | 23 |
| Saved | 4 | 16 |
| % Saved | 57% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Viktorija broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. The Dutch broke her opponents 15 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Golubic | |||
| R1 Davis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 70-51 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 45/67 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kerkhove | |||||
| Q1 Yastremska |
Q3 Birrell |
R1 Mendez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 19 | 55 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 88-78 | 74-63 | 230-190 | |
| Total points | 117 | 166 | 137 | 420 | |
| Winners | 18 | 24 | 29 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 27% | 39% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 38/71 | 48/67 | 119/197 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 72% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 18/33 | 24/38 | 29/48 | 71/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 63% | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 16/33 | 10/19 | 45/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 48% | 53% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/20 | 5/12 | 15/42 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 42% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 | 8 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/8 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 70% | 63% | 213% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
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