Petra Marcinko and Tamara Zidansek will square off in the quarter of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Marcinko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Marcinko is the pick to win this match.
Petra Marcinko -> 1.46
Tamara Zidansek -> 2.7
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Prediction and head to head Petra Marcinko vs. Tamara Zidansek
This will be the 2nd time that Petra Marcinko and Tamara Zidansek fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Marcinko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Marcinko won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in the Rome back in 2025.
Petra Marcinko
22 - 21win/loss
81
45
LLLLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-25 | 3-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 63-24 | 34-11 | 18-7 | 11-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-17 | 3-2 | 11-11 | 7-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-18 | 12-7 | 20-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-13 | 2-2 | 25-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45 (career-high), Marcinko reached the quarter after beating Nadia Podoroska 6-2 3-6 6-4 and Elina Avanesyan 7-6(3) 7-6(5).
In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Avanesyan (7-63 7-65). During the match, Marcinko scored 90 points vs Avanesyan’s 88. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Marcinko couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Petra Marcinko lost the serve 8 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Marcinko put 58% of her first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 21% (8/38) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Avanesyan 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marcinko has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points she played.
WTA Iasi - Petra Marcinko's projected path
Marcinko has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (186-99). 14-8 on clay in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Marcinko has an aggregate94-46 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Rabat where she overcame Anhelina Kalinina in the final 6-2 3-0 ret..
Petra has an overall 22-21 win-loss record in 2026, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Iasi
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tamara Zidansek
22 - 13win/loss
142
22
LLLLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-19 | 9-5 | 15-11 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-21 | 3-3 | 31-16 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-25 | 6-10 | 12-11 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 7-8 | 27-11 | 6-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 21-24 | 12-9 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Zidansek reached the quarter after beating Emiliana Arango 5-7 6-2 6-3 and Anna Bondar 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Tamara defeated Bondar (7-65 6-75 7-5). During the match Zidansek scored 142 points vs Bondar’s 134. Zidansek was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Zidansek managed to score 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Tamara Zidansek lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zidansek put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (54/77) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (23/50) on the 2nd serve. Zidansek broke Bondar 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tamara has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
WTA Iasi - Tamara Zidansek's projected path
The Slovenian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya.
The Slovenian has a compiled 22-13 win-loss record in 2026, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marcinko | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 67 |
| Pts | 195-186 | 234-223 |
| Total Points | 381 | 457 |
| Winners | 74 | 87 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Both Marcinko and Zidansek played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Petra Marcinko surrendered 1 set, while Tamara Zidansek dropped 2 sets. Marcinko has played 1 set(s) less than Zidansek (5 vs 6). Therefore, Marcinko played 14 games less than Zidansek. The Croatian scored 74 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian made 87 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marcinko | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 120/210 | 133/218 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 74/120 | 87/133 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 35/90 | 37/85 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 44% |
Marcinko didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zidansek bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Marcinko won 62% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Zidansek won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marcinko | Zidansek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 14 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 14/34 |
| % Converted | 50% | 41% |
| Conceded | 31 | 21 |
| Saved | 20 | 10 |
| % Saved | 65% | 48% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 11 |
Petra broke her opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian surrendered her serve 11 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. Tamara broke her opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. Tamara conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded.
| Marcinko | ||||
| R1 Podoroska |
R2 Avanesyan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | 7-63 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 26 | 53 | |
| pts | 105-98 | 90-88 | 195-186 | |
| Total points | 203 | 178 | 381 | |
| Winners | 42 | 32 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 68/120 | 52/90 | 120/210 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 58% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 42/68 | 32/52 | 74/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/52 | 8/38 | 35/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 21% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 8/16 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 12 | 31 | |
| Saved | 16/19 | 4/12 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 84% | 33% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Zidansek | ||||
| R1 Arango |
R2 Bondar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-3 | 7-65 6-75 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 38 | 67 | |
| pts | 92-89 | 142-134 | 234-223 | |
| Total points | 181 | 276 | 457 | |
| Winners | 33 | 54 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 56/91 | 77/127 | 133/218 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/56 | 54/77 | 87/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 70% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 23/50 | 37/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 46% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 8/17 | 6/17 | 14/34 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 35% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3/9 | 7/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 58% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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