Serena Williams and Tamara Zidansek will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7 pm on the Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Serena Williams who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Serena Williams is the pick to win this match.
Serena Williams -> 1.025
Tamara Zidansek -> 17.00

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Prediction and head to head Serena Williams vs. Tamara Zidansek

There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Tamara Zidansek since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Serena Williams

Ranked no. 9, the American reached the 2^nd round after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-0 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Williams had a good straight sets win against Potapova (6-0 6-3). During the match Williams scored 58 points vs Potapova’s 35. Williams was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Williams blasted 9 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Serena Williams lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Williams put 61% of her first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Williams broke Potapova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Williams has a a solid record in the last 10 years having won 86% of her matches (957-155). 6-0 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Williams has a 352-41 record in the last 10 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was managing to win the title in Auckland where she beat Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-4.

The American has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2020, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The American lost in the quarter 6-4 4-6 7-5 to Karolina Pliskova.

Tamara Zidansek

Ranked no. 70, Tamara got to the 2^nd round after defeating Na-Lae Han 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Tamara had a good straight sets win against Han (6-3 6-3). During the match Zidansek scored 68 points vs Han’s 48. The Slovenian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Zidansek blasted 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Tamara Zidansek lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zidansek put 69% of her first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Zidansek broke Han 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Zidansek has a negative record in the last 6 years having won 38% of her matches (62-103). 2-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zidansek has a 43-41 record in the last 6 years on hard.

The Slovenian has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Slovenian lost in the 2^nd round 6-2 6-4 to Naomi Osaka.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Williams	Zidansek
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	18
Pts	58-35	68-48
Total Points	93	116
Winners	25	26
%Winners	43%	38%

Both Williams and Zidansek played 1 matche. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Williams and Zidansek have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Williams played 3 games less than Zidansek. Serena scored 25 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, The Slovenian blasted 26 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Williams	Zidansek
Aces	9	2
Avg per match	9	2
1st in	31/51	38/55
%1st in	61%	69%
1st pts	25/31	26/38
%1st pts	81%	68%
2nd pts	9/20	8/17
%2nd pts	45%	47%

Williams blasted 9 aces (9 per match). Zidansek blasted 2 aces (2 per match). Williams won 81% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Zidansek won 68% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Williams	Zidansek
Won	5	6
Converted	5/6	6/9
% Converted	83%	67%
Conceded	3	9
Saved	2	6
% Saved	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	3

The American broke her opponent 5 times with 83% conversion rate. Williams conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Zidansek broke her opponent 6 times with 67% conversion rate. The Slovenian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Williams
	R1 Potapova	Total
Score	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	58-35	58-35
Total points	93	93
Winners	25	25
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	31/51	31/51
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	25/31	25/31
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	9/20	9/20
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2	2
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	1	1

Zidansek
	R1 Han	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	68-48	68-48
Total points	116	116
Winners	26	26
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	38/55	38/55
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	26/38	26/38
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	8/17	8/17
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6	6
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	3	3

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