Ons Jabeur outlasts Ekaterina Alexandrova 2-6 6-3 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Stuttgart on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Jabeur will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd round. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Tunisian scored 91 points vs. Ekaterina’s 87.
Jabeur
Jabeur served very well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind her first serve. Anyhow she won only 48% points (23/48) on her second serve. Ons was well focused in converting 80% of the break points that she conquered (4/5).
Alexandrova
On the other side, Alexandrova didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that she conquered points (5/9). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Jabeur and Alexandrova is 3-6 for Ekaterina.
Draw and next match H2H: Ons Jabeur vs. Jasmine Paolini – stats
Jabeur will come up against Paolini in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Ons Jabeur and Jasmine Paolini clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Jabeur won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Russian in this set was too strong for the Tunisian and finally she won 6-2 after breaking the Tunisian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Ons was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Ekaterina was flawless in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alexandrova didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 56 points. Alexandrova conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Jabeur (31-25). Alexandrova conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Jabeur conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Ons won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game, Ons broke back 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Jabeur converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Ekaterina was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Tunisian won just 3 more points than Alexandrova (29-26). Jabeur dropped 10 points on serve (12-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Ekaterina conceded 17 points on serve (16-17).
Ons won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6th (2-4) game, The Tunisian broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-1.
Tiebreak
Ons won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (3-0), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
The Tunisian won the tiebreak 7-1 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
They played 68 points. The Tunisian conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Ekaterina (37-31). Ons conceded 13 points on serve (24-13). on the other side of the court, Ekaterina conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (2-6 6-3 7-61)
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Donna VekicVekic (6-4 6-3)
- Elise MertensMertens – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-1 4-6 6-0)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Sara ErraniErrani (6-1 6-0)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-3)
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-1)
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (5-7 6-4 6-4)
- Sachia VickeryVickery – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (7-62 7-5)
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-3 6-4)
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-2 5-7 6-1)
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Daniel MasurMasur (6-3 4-6 7-63)
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-2 3-6 6-3)
- Jurgen ZoppZopp – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 3-6 6-1)
- Mikael YmerYmer – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (4-6 6-4 7-5)
- Carlos BerlocqBerlocq – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-77 6-4 6-4)
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-75 7-5 6-0)
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Ricardo Ojeda LaraOjeda Lara (6-3 6-2)
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Matthias BachingerBachinger (6-3 6-4)
- Kevin KrawietzKrawietz – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-3 6-4)
- Tim PuetzPuetz – Casper RuudRuud (6-2 3-6 7-66)
- Gianluca MagerMager – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 3-6 6-2)
- Pedro SousaSousa – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 6-2)
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Oscar OtteOtte (3-6 6-3 7-5)
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Simone BolelliBolelli (6-3 6-4)
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-3 6-7(4) 6-4)
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-4 4-6 6-3)
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