Petra Kvitova and Ekaterina Alexandrova will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2 pm (est) on the Margaret Court Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Kvitova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.44
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
There is no head to head record between Petra Kvitova and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.
Petra Kvitova
Ranked no. 8, Kvitova got to the 3rd round after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-1 6-0 and Paula Badosa Gibert 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Petra had a good straight sets win against Badosa (7-5 7-5). During the match Kvitova scored 82 points vs Badosa’s 72. Kvitova was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Kvitova blasted 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Petra Kvitova lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kvitova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Kvitova broke Badosa 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kvitova hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Kvitova has a a superlative record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (1024-445). 5-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kvitova has a 362-145 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Kvitova’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in Brisbane.
Petra has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Czech lost in the final 7-62 5-7 6-4 to Naomi Osaka.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 28, Ekaterina reached the 3rd round after defeating Jil Teichmann 6-4 4-6 6-2 and Barbora Krejcikova 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Krejcikova (6-1 6-3). During the match Alexandrova scored 62 points vs Krejcikova’s 39. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Alexandrova was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Krejcikova 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Alexandrova has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 59% of her matches (179-126). 7-0 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has a 97-75 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was managing to win the title in Shenzhen where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 6-2 6-4.
Ekaterina has a 7-0 win-loss record in 2020, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Ekaterina lost in the 1st round 6-4 7-64 to Lesya Tsurenko.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kvitova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 44 |
| Pts | 137-97 | 171-138 |
| Total Points | 234 | 309 |
| Winners | 54 | 63 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Kvitova and Alexandrova played 2 matches. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 1 set while Petra Kvitova hasn’t lost a set so far. Kvitova has played 1 sets less than Alexandrova (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kvitova played 7 games less than Alexandrova. Kvitova scored 54 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Ekaterina blasted 63 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kvitova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 73/105 | 84/152 |
| %1st in | 70% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 54/73 | 63/84 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 25/68 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 37% |
Kvitova blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Alexandrova blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kvitova won 74% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 75% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kvitova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 56% | 41% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Kvitova broke her opponents 10 times with 56% conversion rate. Kvitova conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponents 12 times with 41% conversion rate. Alexandrova conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kvitova | ||||
| R1 Siniakova |
R2 Badosa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 37 | |
| pts | 55-25 | 82-72 | 137-97 | |
| Total points | 80 | 154 | 234 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/33 | 46/72 | 73/105 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 64% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 33/46 | 54/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/6 | 13/26 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/9 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 44% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 29% | 15% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R1 Belen Teichmann |
R2 Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 16 | 44 | |
| pts | 109-99 | 62-39 | 171-138 | |
| Total points | 208 | 101 | 309 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 50% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 46/93 | 38/59 | 84/152 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 64% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 31/38 | 63/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 82% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/47 | 8/21 | 25/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 8/25 | 4/4 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 100% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
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