Sofia Kenin and Ons Jabeur will clash against each other in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11 am 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 Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.44
Ons Jabeur -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Ons Jabeur
This will be the 5th time that Sofia Kenin and Ons Jabeur clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kenin won 6-2 2-0 ret. in the 2nd round in Mallorca back in 2019.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 15, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Martina Trevisan 6-2 6-4, Ann Li 6-1 6-3, Shuai Zhang 7-5 7-67 and Cori Gauff 6-75 6-3 6-0.
In the 4th round against Gauff, Kenin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-0). During the match Kenin scored 101 points vs Gauff’s 81. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Kenin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Sofia Kenin was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (47/65) of her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sofia broke Gauff 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has lost 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
Kenin has a weak win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 34% of her matches (398-204). 6-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kenin has a 109-70 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The American has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Sofia had to bow in the 2nd round 6-3 6-75 6-4 to Simona Halep.
Ons Jabeur
Ranked no. 78, Ons reached the 2nd round after defeating Johanna Konta 6-4 6-2, Caroline Garcia 1-6 6-2 6-3, Caroline Wozniacki 7-5 3-6 7-5 and Qiang Wang 7-64 6-1.
In the 4th round, The Tunisian had a good straight sets win against Wang (7-64 6-1). During the match Jabeur scored 67 points vs Wang’s 57. The Tunisian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Jabeur blasted 2 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Ons Jabeur was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of her 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Ons broke Wang 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Tunisian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Jabeur has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 51% of her matches (436-418). 7-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Jabeur has a 120-103 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Jabeur has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Tunisian lost in the 1st round 7-65 7-63 to Timea Babos.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 95 |
| Pts | 324-260 | 311-278 |
| Total Points | 584 | 589 |
| Winners | 142 | 112 |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% |
Both Kenin and Jabeur played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sofia Kenin conceded 1 set, while Ons Jabeur dropper 2 sets. Kenin has played 1 sets less than Jabeur (9 vs 10). Therefore, Kenin played 8 games less than Jabeur. Sofia scored 142 winners (44% on total points). On the other side, Ons blasted 112 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 208/285 | 158/294 |
| %1st in | 73% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 142/208 | 112/158 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 44/77 | 74/136 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Kenin blasted 6 aces (1.5 per match). Jabeur blasted 14 aces (3.5 per match). Kenin won 68% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Jabeur won 71% points on 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 | Kenin | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 18 |
| Converted | 19/43 | 18/35 |
| % Converted | 44% | 51% |
| Conceded | 16 | 26 |
| Saved | 9 | 15 |
| % Saved | 56% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 11 |
Kenin broke her opponents 19 times with 44% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Ons broke her opponents 18 times with 51% conversion rate. Ons conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | ||||||
| R1 Trevisan |
R2 Li |
R3 Zhang |
R4 Gauff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 7-67 | 6-75 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 87 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 57-36 | 99-95 | 101-81 | 324-260 | |
| Total points | 115 | 93 | 194 | 182 | 584 | |
| Winners | 24 | 26 | 45 | 47 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 45% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 33/49 | 75/100 | 65/89 | 208/285 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 67% | 75% | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 26/33 | 45/75 | 47/65 | 142/208 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 79% | 60% | 72% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 7/16 | 16/25 | 13/24 | 44/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 44% | 64% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/8 | 4/11 | 5/12 | 19/43 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 63% | 36% | 42% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 50% | 75% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 75 | |
| Jabeur | ||||||
| R1 Konta |
R2 Garcia |
R3 Wozniacki |
R4 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 1-6 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 3-6 7-5 | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 95 | |
| pts | 58-40 | 77-74 | 109-107 | 67-57 | 311-278 | |
| Total points | 98 | 151 | 216 | 124 | 589 | |
| Winners | 23 | 22 | 43 | 24 | 112 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 29% | 39% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 34/77 | 59/108 | 34/60 | 158/294 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 44% | 55% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 22/34 | 43/59 | 24/34 | 112/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 65% | 73% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 23/43 | 22/49 | 17/26 | 74/136 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 53% | 45% | 65% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/7 | 5/12 | 4/10 | 18/35 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 71% | 42% | 40% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 26 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/8 | 8/12 | 2/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 67% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 175 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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- Angelique KerberKerber – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Donna VekicVekic (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Shuai ZhangZhang (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alison RiskeRiske – Julia GoergesGoerges (1-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (7-5 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Qiang WangWang – Serena WilliamsWilliams (6-4 6-72 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Angelique KerberKerber – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (7-7) – See H2H details
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-4) – See H2H details
- Sofia KeninKenin – Ons JabeurJabeur (3-1) – See H2H details
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Simona HalepHalep (0-2) – See H2H details
