Sofia Kenin and Garbine Muguruza will play each other in the final of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7.30 pm (NB) on the Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Muguruza who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 2.60
Garbine Muguruza -> 1.55
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Garbine Muguruza
This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Garbine Muguruza square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kenin won 6-0 2-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Beijing back in 2019.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs Sofia Kenin – Beijing 28-September-2019
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 15, Kenin reached the 1st round after beating Martina Trevisan 6-2 6-4, Ann Li 6-1 6-3, Shuai Zhang 7-5 7-67, Cori Gauff 6-75 6-3 6-0, Ons Jabeur 6-4 6-4 and Ashleigh Barty 7-66 7-5.
In the semifinal, Sofia had a good straight sets win against Barty (7-66 7-5). During the match Kenin scored 81 points vs Barty’s 78. Kenin was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Kenin blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sofia Kenin lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 70% of her first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Barty twice after converting 50% of her break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kenin has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Kenin has a weak win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 33% of her matches (412-204). 8-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kenin has a 111-70 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Kenin’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open .
Kenin has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The American had to surrender in the 2nd round 6-3 6-75 6-4 to Simona Halep.
Garbine Muguruza
Ranked no. 32, Muguruza got to the 1st round after defeating Shelby Rogers 0-6 6-1 6-0, Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 3-6 6-3, Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-2, Kiki Bertens 6-3 6-3, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-3 and Simona Halep 7-68 7-5.
In the semifinal, Garbine had a good straight sets win against Halep (7-68 7-5). During the match Muguruza scored 90 points vs Halep’s 87. Garbine was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Muguruza blasted 10 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Garbine Muguruza lost the serve 3 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Muguruza put 59% of her first serves in, winning 71% (36/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Muguruza broke Halep 4 times after converting 29% of her break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Muguruza has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Muguruza has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (1007-515). 11-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muguruza has a 269-152 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Muguruza’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in Shenzhen and at the Australian Open .
The Spaniard has a 11-1 win-loss record in 2020, 11-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Garbine lost in the 4th round 6-3 6-1 to Karolina Pliskova.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 13 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 132 | 125 |
| Pts | 480-404 | 445-365 |
| Total Points | 884 | 810 |
| Winners | 216 | 182 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Kenin and Muguruza played 6 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sofia Kenin conceded 1 set, while Garbine Muguruza dropper 2 sets. Kenin has played 1 sets less than Muguruza (13 vs 14). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kenin played 7 games more than Muguruza. Kenin scored 216 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 182 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 319/442 | 242/398 |
| %1st in | 72% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 216/319 | 182/242 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 71/123 | 66/156 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 42% |
Kenin blasted 8 aces (1.3 per match). Muguruza blasted 33 aces (5.5 per match). Kenin won 68% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Muguruza won 75% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Muguruza |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 24 | 28 |
| Converted | 24/56 | 28/66 |
| % Converted | 43% | 42% |
| Conceded | 27 | 39 |
| Saved | 18 | 24 |
| % Saved | 67% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 15 |
Sofia broke her opponents 24 times with 43% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Garbine broke her opponents 28 times with 42% conversion rate. Garbine conceded her serve 15 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | ||||||||
| R1 Trevisan |
R2 Li |
R3 Zhang |
R4 Gauff |
1/4 Jabeur |
1/2 Barty |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 7-67 | 6-75 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-66 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 132 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 57-36 | 99-95 | 101-81 | 75-66 | 81-78 | 480-404 | |
| Total points | 115 | 93 | 194 | 182 | 141 | 159 | 884 | |
| Winners | 24 | 26 | 45 | 47 | 36 | 38 | 216 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 45% | 47% | 48% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 33/49 | 75/100 | 65/89 | 56/78 | 55/79 | 319/442 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 67% | 75% | 73% | 72% | 70% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 26/33 | 45/75 | 47/65 | 36/56 | 38/55 | 216/319 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 79% | 60% | 72% | 64% | 69% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 7/16 | 16/25 | 13/24 | 12/22 | 15/24 | 71/123 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 44% | 64% | 54% | 55% | 63% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/8 | 4/11 | 5/12 | 3/9 | 2/4 | 24/56 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 63% | 36% | 42% | 33% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 27 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 6/7 | 3/4 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 50% | 75% | 86% | 75% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 | |
| Muguruza | ||||||||
| R1 Rogers |
R2 Tomljanovic |
R3 Svitolina |
R4 Bertens |
1/4 Pavlyuchenkova |
1/2 Halep |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-1 6-0 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 7-68 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 125 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 97-89 | 61-36 | 57-42 | 71-56 | 90-87 | 445-365 | |
| Total points | 124 | 186 | 97 | 99 | 127 | 177 | 810 | |
| Winners | 27 | 43 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 36 | 182 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% | 34% | 49% | 38% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 61/94 | 25/45 | 31/46 | 36/64 | 51/87 | 242/398 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 65% | 56% | 67% | 56% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 43/61 | 21/25 | 28/31 | 27/36 | 36/51 | 182/242 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 84% | 90% | 75% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/24 | 16/33 | 12/20 | 4/15 | 11/28 | 15/36 | 66/156 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 48% | 60% | 27% | 39% | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/8 | 4/13 | 5/9 | 5/7 | 4/14 | 28/66 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 31% | 56% | 71% | 29% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 39 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 6/9 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 3/6 | 10/13 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 67% | 100% | 50% | 50% | 77% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 150 | |
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