Svetlana Kuznetsova and Iga Swiatek will square off in the 2nd round of the Qatar Total Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iga Swiatek who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.57
Svetlana Kuznetsova -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Iga Swiatek
There is no head to head record between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Iga Swiatek since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Ranked no. 46, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Cagla Buyukakcay 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Svetlana had a good straight sets win against Buyukakcay (6-2 6-2). During the match Kuznetsova scored 69 points vs Buyukakcay’s 48. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuznetsova blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Svetlana Kuznetsova lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kuznetsova put 59% of her first serves in, winning 67% (16/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Buyukakcay 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Kuznetsova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (657-416). 2-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuznetsova has a 243-152 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Russian has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
The Russian didn’t compete in Doha in 2019.
Iga Swiatek
Ranked no. 50, Iga got to the 2nd round after beating Donna Vekic 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Iga had a good straight sets win against Vekic (6-4 7-5). During the match Swiatek scored 78 points vs Vekic’s 65. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Swiatek blasted 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Iga Swiatek lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 56% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Swiatek broke Vekic 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Swiatek has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 69% of her matches (89-40). 4-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Swiatek has a 58-24 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Pole has a 7-1 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
Iga didn’t compete in Doha in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuznetsova | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 |
| Pts | 69-48 | 78-65 |
| Total Points | 117 | 143 |
| Winners | 16 | 29 |
| %Winners | 23% | 37% |
Both Kuznetsova and Swiatek played 1 matche. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuznetsova and Swiatek have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kuznetsova played 6 games less than Swiatek. Kuznetsova scored 16 winners (23% on total points). On the other side, Iga blasted 29 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuznetsova | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 42/75 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 16/24 | 29/42 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 14/33 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 42% |
Kuznetsova blasted 3 aces . Swiatek blasted 3 aces . Kuznetsova won 67% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Swiatek won 69% points behind 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 | Kuznetsova | Swiatek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 42% | 43% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Russian broke her opponent 5 times with 42% conversion rate. Svetlana conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Iga broke her opponent 6 times with 43% conversion rate. Swiatek conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kuznetsova | |||
| R1 Buyukakcay |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 69-48 | 69-48 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 24/41 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | |
| Swiatek | |||
| R1 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 78-65 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 42/75 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 29/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 300 | |
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