Viktoriya Tomova and Irina Maria Bara will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on Court 15. 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 Viktoriya Tomova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Viktoriya Tomova is the pick to win this match.
Viktoriya Tomova -> 1.88
Irina Maria Bara -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Viktoriya Tomova vs. Irina Maria Bara
This will be the 5th time that Viktoriya Tomova and Irina Maria Bara play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Maria Bara (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Tomova won 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the quarter in the W80 Valencia back in 2021.
Viktoriya Tomova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 34-34 | 15-18 | 15-13 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 42-29 | 16-9 | 20-10 | 4-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
2022 | 41-32 | 14-8 | 21-15 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-1 |
2021 | 23-32 | 5-9 | 13-12 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
2020 | 17-10 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 12-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, Tomova got to the qualifications after beating Despina Papamichail 6-2 4-6 6-1 and Katie Swan 6-0 7-5.
In the qualifications, Viktoriya had a good straight sets win against Swan (6-0 7-5). During the match, Tomova scored 71 points vs Swan’s 51. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tomova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Viktoriya Tomova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tomova put 68% of her first serves in, winning 62% (24/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Swan 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Viktoriya started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Tomova has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of her matches (198-153). 2-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomova has an aggregate51-47 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Bulgarian has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Irina Maria Bara
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 26-30 | 2-5 | 23-21 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 42-26 | 1-2 | 37-17 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
2022 | 27-31 | 4-7 | 21-20 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 28-27 | 0-4 | 26-17 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 15-11 | 1-4 | 10-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 136, Irina got to the qualifications after defeating Mariam Bolkvadze 6-1 6-4 and Alexandra Cadantu 5-7 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Cadantu, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match Maria Bara scored 107 points vs Cadantu’s 95. Maria Bara was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Maria Bara wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 8 double faults. Irina Maria Bara lost the serve 7 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Maria Bara put 71% of her first serves in, winning 55% (42/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (10/31) on the 2nd serve. Maria Bara broke Cadantu 10 times after converting 53% of her break points (10/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Maria Bara has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tomova | Maria Bara |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
Tot Games | 43 | 46 |
Pts | 165-121 | 182-153 |
Total Points | 286 | 335 |
Winners | 61 | 68 |
%Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Tomova and Maria Bara played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Viktoriya Tomova lost 1 set, while Irina Maria Bara surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tomova and Maria Bara have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Tomova played 3 games less than Maria Bara. Viktoriya scored 61 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Irina scored 68 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tomova | Maria Bara |
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Aces | 1 | 0 |
Avg per match | 0.5 | 0 |
1st in | 92/138 | 120/162 |
%1st in | 67% | 74% |
1st pts | 61/92 | 68/120 |
%1st pts | 66% | 57% |
2nd pts | 23/46 | 12/42 |
%2nd pts | 50% | 29% |
Tomova managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Maria Bara didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Tomova won 66% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Maria Bara won 57% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 29% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tomova | Maria Bara |
---|---|---|
Won | 13 | 18 |
Converted | 13/25 | 18/35 |
% Converted | 52% | 51% |
Conceded | 12 | 26 |
Saved | 7 | 15 |
% Saved | 58% | 58% |
Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
Tomova broke her opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Bulgarian surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. Maria Bara broke her opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. Maria Bara conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
Tomova | ||||
Q1 Papamichail |
Q2 Swan |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | 6-0 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 43 | |
pts | 94-70 | 71-51 | 165-121 | |
Total points | 164 | 122 | 286 | |
Winners | 37 | 24 | 61 | |
%Winners | 39% | 34% | 37% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 53/81 | 39/57 | 92/138 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 68% | 67% | |
1st pts | 37/53 | 24/39 | 61/92 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 62% | 66% | |
2nd pts | 12/28 | 11/18 | 23/46 | |
% 2nd pts | 43% | 61% | 50% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
Converted | 7/11 | 6/14 | 13/25 | |
Converted % | 64% | 43% | 52% | |
Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
Saved | 4/7 | 3/5 | 7 | |
Saved % | 57% | 60% | 59% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Maria Bara | ||||
Q1 Bolkvadze |
Q2 Cadantu |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-4 | 5-7 6-1 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 46 | |
pts | 75-58 | 107-95 | 182-153 | |
Total points | 133 | 202 | 335 | |
Winners | 26 | 42 | 68 | |
%Winners | 35% | 39% | 37% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
1st in | 44/55 | 76/107 | 120/162 | |
% 1st in | 80% | 71% | 74% | |
1st pts | 26/44 | 42/76 | 68/120 | |
% 1st pts | 59% | 55% | 57% | |
2nd pts | 2/11 | 10/31 | 12/42 | |
% 2nd pts | 18% | 32% | 29% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
Converted | 8/16 | 10/19 | 18/35 | |
Converted % | 50% | 53% | 51% | |
Conceded | 9 | 17 | 26 | |
Saved | 5/9 | 10/17 | 15 | |
Saved % | 56% | 59% | 58% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 7 | 11 |
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