Kirsten Flipkens and Greetje Minnen will face off in the qualifications of the Qatar Total Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Greetje Minnen who should win in 3 sets.
Greetje Minnen -> 1.66
Kirsten Flipkens -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Kirsten Flipkens vs. Greetje Minnen
There is no head to head record between Kirsten Flipkens and Greetje Minnen since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Kirsten Flipkens
Ranked no. 83, the Belgian reached the qualifications after defeating Ysaline Bonaventure 6-3 7-64.
In the qualifications, Kirsten had a good straight sets win against Bonaventure (6-3 7-64). During the match Flipkens scored 70 points vs Bonaventure’s 66. Flipkens was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Flipkens blasted 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Kirsten Flipkens lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Flipkens put 70% of her first serves in, winning 59% (30/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Flipkens broke Bonaventure 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Flipkens has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (686-561). 2-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Flipkens has a 226-191 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Flipkens has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
The Belgian didn’t compete in Doha in 2019.
Greetje Minnen
Ranked no. 106, Greetje got to the qualifications after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Tsurenko, Minnen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Minnen scored 96 points vs Tsurenko’s 85. Minnen was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Minnen blasted 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Greetje Minnen lost the serve 3 times and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Minnen put 58% of her first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Minnen broke Tsurenko 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Minnen has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (229-105). 8-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Minnen has a 66-37 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Belgian has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
Minnen didn’t play in Doha in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Flipkens | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 |
| Pts | 70-66 | 96-85 |
| Total Points | 136 | 181 |
| Winners | 30 | 32 |
| %Winners | 43% | 33% |
Both Flipkens and Minnen played 1 matche. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Greetje Minnen conceded 1 set while Kirsten Flipkens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Flipkens has played 1 sets less than Minnen (2 vs 3). Therefore, Flipkens played 4 games less than Minnen. Kirsten scored 30 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, Greetje blasted 32 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Flipkens | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 51/73 | 50/86 |
| %1st in | 70% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 30/51 | 32/50 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 20/36 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 56% |
Flipkens blasted 6 aces . Minnen blasted 4 aces . Flipkens won 59% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Minnen won 64% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Flipkens | Minnen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 57% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 3 | 13 |
| % Saved | 50% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Flipkens broke her opponent 4 times with 57% conversion rate. Kirsten conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponent 5 times with 38% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 81% of the break points that she conceded.
| Flipkens | |||
| Q1 Bonaventure | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-66 | 70-66 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/73 | 51/73 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
| Minnen | |||
| Q1 Tsurenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 96-85 | 96-85 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/86 | 50/86 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 32/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 13/16 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 81% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
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