Belinda Bencic and Jelena Ostapenko will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11 am on the Margaret Court Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.53
Jelena Ostapenko -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Jelena Ostapenko
Head 2 Head
This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Jelena Ostapenko clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Ostapenko won 6-4 3-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2018.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 7 (career high), Belinda got to the 2nd round after beating Anna Schmiedlova 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Belinda had a good straight sets win against Anna Schmiedlova (6-3 7-5). During the match Bencic scored 80 points vs Anna Schmiedlova’s 71. Bencic was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Bencic blasted 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 63% of her first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Anna Schmiedlova 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Bencic has a negative win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 41% of her matches (528-372). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bencic has a 204-124 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Swiss has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Belinda lost in the 3rd round 6-1 6-4 to Petra Kvitova.
Jelena Ostapenko
Ranked no. 45, Jelena reached the 2nd round after defeating Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jelena had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-1 6-4). During the match Ostapenko scored 68 points vs Samsonova’s 47. Jelena was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Ostapenko blasted 11 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (32/40) of her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jelena was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Samsonova 3 times.
Ostapenko has won exactly 50% of her matches (384-383) in the last 9 years. 1-0 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Ostapenko has a 151-118 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Ostapenko has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Latvian had to bow in the 1st round 6-1 3-6 6-2 to Maria Sakkari.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bencic | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 |
| Pts | 80-71 | 68-47 |
| Total Points | 151 | 115 |
| Winners | 31 | 32 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Bencic and Ostapenko played 1 matche. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bencic and Ostapenko have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bencic played 4 games more than Ostapenko. Bencic scored 31 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Ostapenko blasted 32 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 11 |
| 1st in | 48/76 | 40/68 |
| %1st in | 63% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 31/48 | 32/40 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 54% |
Bencic blasted 4 aces . Ostapenko blasted 11 aces . Bencic won 65% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Ostapenko won 80% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Ostapenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 58% | 100% |
| Conceded | 15 | 5 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 73% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The Swiss broke her opponent 7 times with 58% conversion rate. Bencic conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Latvian broke her opponent 3 times with 100% conversion rate. The Latvian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Bencic | |||
| R1 Anna Schmiedlova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 80-71 | 80-71 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/76 | 48/76 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/48 | 31/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 27% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Ostapenko | |||
| R1 Samsonova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 68-47 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/68 | 40/68 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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