Anna Blinkova and Simona Waltert will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Transylvania Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Blinkova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anna Blinkova is the pick to win this match.
Anna Blinkova -> 1.39
Simona Waltert -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Simona Waltert
This will be the 3rd time that Anna Blinkova and Simona Waltert clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Blinkova and Waltert (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Waltert won 7-6(1) 6-1 in the 1st round in the W60 Chiasso back in 2022.
Anna Blinkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-26 | 6-12 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 4-10 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, Anna will start her run in Cluj-Napoca after she played her last match in Linz where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Niemeier in the 1st round on the 30th of January.
Blinkova has a composed 2-4 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Blinkova has an overall 277-198 record. She has a positive 84-43 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Cluj-Napoca
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2022. See her history.
Simona Waltert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-26 | 5-4 | 15-14 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-10 | 12-8 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 9-8 | 23-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 13-5 | 19-14 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 6-1 |
| 2020 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, the Swiss got to the 1st round after defeating Maria Teodorescu 6-0 6-0 and Anna Bondar 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, Waltert had a good straight sets win against Bondar (6-2 7-5). During the match Waltert scored 73 points vs Bondar’s 56. Waltert was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Waltert struck 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Simona Waltert lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Waltert put 63% of her first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Bondar 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simona started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 63% of the points she played.
Simona has a composed 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Emiliana ArangoArango (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – Anna BondarBondar (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Simona WaltertWaltert – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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