Ann Li and Kamilla Rakhimova will face off in the quarter of the Melbourne Summer Set 2 for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.33
Kamilla Rakhimova -> 3.40
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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
This will be the 3rd time that Ann Li and Kamilla Rakhimova square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Li and Rakhimova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Li won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Courmayeur back in 2021.
Ann Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 15-13 | 22-9 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-14 | 19-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-9 | 17-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 47 (career-high), Li reached the quarter after beating Mayar Sherif 6-2 6-0 and Anastasija Sevastova 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Ann had a good straight sets win against Sevastova (6-1 6-4). During the match, Li scored 67 points vs Sevastova’s 51. Li was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Li managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Ann Li was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Li broke Sevastova 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points she played.
Li has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of her matches (139-79). 2-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Li has a composed93-49 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Li has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Kamilla Rakhimova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-34 | 26-23 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 20-14 | 11-11 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 14-12 | 6-10 | 10-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-22 | 9-7 | 10-7 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-10 | 5-5 | 7-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Rakhimova reached the quarter after defeating Aleksandra Krunic 6-3 6-4, Hailey Baptiste 6-4 6-0, Greetje Minnen 7-5 7-5 and Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-63 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sorribes Tormo (7-63 6-4). During the match Rakhimova scored 87 points vs Sorribes Tormo’s 75. Kamilla was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Rakhimova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Kamilla Rakhimova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rakhimova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sorribes Tormo 4 times after converting 29% of her break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kamilla started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Rakhimova has a composed 4-0 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Li | Rakhimova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 82 |
| Pts | 124-80 | 307-257 |
| Total Points | 204 | 564 |
| Winners | 43 | 113 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Li played 2 matches while Rakhimova competed in 4 matches. Rakhimova started her run from the qualifications while Li had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Li has played 4 set(s) less than Rakhimova (4 vs 8). Therefore, Li played 51 games less than Rakhimova. The American scored 43 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian fired 113 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Li | Rakhimova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 56/103 | 163/254 |
| %1st in | 54% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 113/163 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 26/47 | 50/91 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Li managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Rakhimova fired 8 aces (2 per match). Li won 77% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Rakhimova won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Li | Rakhimova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 16 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 16/47 |
| % Converted | 64% | 34% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Li broke her opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Li lost her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Rakhimova broke her opponents 16 times with a 34% conversion rate. Kamilla conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Li | ||||
| R1 Sherif |
R2 Sevastova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 17 | 31 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 67-51 | 124-80 | |
| Total points | 86 | 118 | 204 | |
| Winners | 18 | 25 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 33/61 | 56/103 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 25/33 | 43/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 16/28 | 26/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakhimova | ||||||
| Q1 Krunic |
Q3 Baptiste |
R1 Minnen |
R2 Sorribes Tormo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 24 | 23 | 82 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 64-46 | 86-77 | 87-75 | 307-257 | |
| Total points | 129 | 110 | 163 | 162 | 564 | |
| Winners | 29 | 19 | 35 | 30 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 30% | 41% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 33/50 | 46/70 | 42/68 | 163/254 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 66% | 66% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 19/33 | 35/46 | 30/42 | 113/163 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 58% | 76% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 13/17 | 10/24 | 13/26 | 50/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 76% | 42% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/14 | 4/10 | 4/14 | 16/47 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 40% | 29% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/6 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 83% | 50% | 25% | 104% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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