Ekaterina Alexandrova and Julia Riera will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Brisbane International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 14. 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
Julia Riera -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Julia Riera
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Julia Riera since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Alexandrova will start her run in Brisbane after she played her last match in Seoul where she lost 6-3 7-6(6) to Wickmayer in the 2nd round on the 11th of October.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 301-192 record. She has a positive 90-73 record on hard.
Previously in Brisbane
Alexandrova has never competed in this tournament before.
Julia Riera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-24 | 8-10 | 31-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 4-5 | 49-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 8-5 | 42-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-17 | 21-8 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137 (career-high), Riera reached the 2nd round after defeating Priscilla Hon 3-6 7-63 6-3, Mai Hontama 6-73 6-1 6-1 and Viktoriya Tomova 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Tomova (6-2 6-4). During the match Riera scored 62 points vs Tomova’s 45. Julia was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Riera scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Julia Riera was quite effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) 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. Riera broke Tomova 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Riera has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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