Ekaterina Alexandrova and Emina Bektas will face off in the quarter of the Libema Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.21
Emina Bektas -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Emina Bektas
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Emina Bektas since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-25 | 22-16 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, the Russian got to the quarter after beating Evgeniya Rodina 6-3 6-4 and Kimberly Birrell 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Birrell (6-4 7-63). During the match, Alexandrova scored 69 points vs Birrell’s 60. Ekaterina was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alexandrova struck 10 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova was quite effective on serve to win 89% (32/36) of her 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexandrova broke Birrell once after converting 33% of her break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ekaterina hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Alexandrova has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (283-182). 2-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Alexandrova has an aggregate25-14 record in the last 9 years on grass.
The Russian has a compiled 15-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Emina Bektas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-21 | 21-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-26 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 9-1 |
| 2023 | 55-20 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 12-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 17-9 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-20 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, the American reached the quarter after beating Miyu Kato 7-5 6-3, Ankita Raina 6-3 5-7 6-3, Dalma Galfi 7-5 7-61 and Sachia Vickery 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Emina had a good straight sets win against Vickery (6-4 6-4). During the match Bektas scored 62 points vs Vickery’s 53. Bektas was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Bektas recorded 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Emina Bektas lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bektas put 71% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Emina broke Vickery 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American 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.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W25 Pretoria where she beat Lina Glushko in the final 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) and the W60 Kurume where she overcame Yexin Ma in the final 7-5 5-7 6-1.
Emina has a compiled 33-9 win-loss record in 2023, 9-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Emina has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 96 |
| Pts | 148-124 | 326-273 |
| Total Points | 272 | 599 |
| Winners | 60 | 145 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Alexandrova played 2 matches while Bektas competed in 4 matches. Bektas started her run from the qualifications while Alexandrova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Emina Bektas conceded 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Alexandrova has played 5 set(s) less than Bektas (4 vs 9). Therefore, Alexandrova played 54 games less than Bektas. The Russian scored 60 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Emina bagged 145 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 71/128 | 198/299 |
| %1st in | 55% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 60/71 | 145/198 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 31/57 | 51/101 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 50% |
Alexandrova blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). Bektas managed to score 17 aces (4.3 per match). Alexandrova won 85% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bektas won 73% of the points behind 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 | Alexandrova | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 16/37 |
| % Converted | 29% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 20 |
| Saved | 4 | 11 |
| % Saved | 80% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
The Russian broke her opponents 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Alexandrova lost her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 16 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R1 Rodina |
R2 Birrell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| pts | 79-64 | 69-60 | 148-124 | |
| Total points | 143 | 129 | 272 | |
| Winners | 28 | 32 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 36/65 | 71/128 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 32/36 | 60/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 89% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 17/29 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 59% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 1/3 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 33% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bektas | ||||||
| Q1 Kato |
Q3 Raina |
R1 Galfi |
R2 Vickery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | 7-5 7-61 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 96 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 104-88 | 90-73 | 62-53 | 326-273 | |
| Total points | 129 | 192 | 163 | 115 | 599 | |
| Winners | 31 | 45 | 41 | 28 | 145 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% | 46% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 59/93 | 53/78 | 42/59 | 198/299 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 68% | 71% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 45/59 | 41/53 | 28/42 | 145/198 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 77% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 15/34 | 11/25 | 9/17 | 51/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 44% | 44% | 53% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/14 | 4/10 | 4/6 | 16/37 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 36% | 40% | 67% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/6 | 4/7 | 1/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 57% | 33% | 108% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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