Simona Halep and Anett Kontaveit will play each other in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday 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 Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.40
Anett Kontaveit -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Anett Kontaveit
This will be the 3rd time that Simona Halep and Anett Kontaveit face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Halep won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Rome back in 2017.
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 3, Halep got to the quarter after beating Jennifer Brady 7-65 6-1, Harriet Dart 6-2 6-4, Yulia Putintseva 6-1 6-4 and Elise Mertens 6-4 6-4.
In the 4th round, Halep had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-4 6-4). During the match Halep scored 77 points vs Mertens’s 67. Simona was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Halep blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Simona Halep lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 68% of her first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Mertens 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Halep hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Halep has a a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 72% of her matches (1108-432). 5-1 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has a 370-159 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Halep has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Romanian lost in the 4th round 6-1 4-6 6-4 to Serena Williams.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 31, Kontaveit reached the quarter after defeating Astra Sharma 6-0 6-2, Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2 4-6 6-1, Belinda Bencic 6-0 6-1 and Iga Swiatek 6-74 7-5 7-5.
In the 4th round against Swiatek, The Estonian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-5 7-5). During the match Kontaveit scored 118 points vs Swiatek’s 109. Anett was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Kontaveit blasted 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve 7 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 61% of her first serves in, winning 61% (43/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. Anett broke Swiatek 9 times after converting 64% of her break points (9/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kontaveit has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Kontaveit has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (563-410). 5-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kontaveit has a 179-115 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Kontaveit has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Estonian lost in the 2nd round 6-3 6-3 to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 89 |
| Pts | 288-225 | 318-228 |
| Total Points | 513 | 546 |
| Winners | 117 | 116 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Halep and Kontaveit played 4 matches. At the moment, Anett Kontaveit lost 2 sets while Simona Halep hasn’t conceded a set so far. Halep has played 2 sets less than Kontaveit (8 vs 10). Therefore, Halep played 14 games less than Kontaveit. Simona scored 117 winners (41% on total points). On the other side, Anett blasted 116 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 164/237 | 169/270 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 117/164 | 116/169 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 32/73 | 50/101 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 50% |
Halep blasted 8 aces (2 per match). Kontaveit blasted 6 aces (1.5 per match). Halep won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 69% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 27 |
| Converted | 20/40 | 27/43 |
| % Converted | 50% | 63% |
| Conceded | 19 | 30 |
| Saved | 10 | 18 |
| % Saved | 53% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 12 |
Halep broke her opponents 20 times with 50% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. Anett broke her opponents 27 times with 63% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | ||||||
| R1 Brady |
R2 Dart |
R3 Putintseva |
R4 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 75 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 68-52 | 68-46 | 77-67 | 288-225 | |
| Total points | 135 | 120 | 114 | 144 | 513 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 44% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/60 | 39/60 | 39/60 | 39/57 | 164/237 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 65% | 65% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 26/39 | 30/39 | 29/39 | 117/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 67% | 77% | 74% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 11/21 | 8/21 | 6/18 | 32/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 38% | 33% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 5/14 | 20/40 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 56% | 56% | 36% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/4 | 5/7 | 2/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 71% | 40% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 125 | |
| Kontaveit | ||||||
| R1 Sharma |
R2 Sorribes Tormo |
R3 Bencic |
R4 Swiatek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-74 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 25 | 13 | 37 | 89 | |
| pts | 56-31 | 89-61 | 55-27 | 118-109 | 318-228 | |
| Total points | 87 | 150 | 82 | 227 | 546 | |
| Winners | 19 | 35 | 19 | 43 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 35% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 48/75 | 22/38 | 71/116 | 169/270 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 64% | 58% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/28 | 35/48 | 19/22 | 43/71 | 116/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 73% | 86% | 61% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 11/27 | 10/16 | 21/45 | 50/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 41% | 63% | 47% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 7/12 | 5/8 | 9/14 | 27/43 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 58% | 63% | 64% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 30 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 12/19 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | – | 63% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 200 | |
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