Belinda Bencic and Yulia Putintseva will face off in the 3rd round of the Qatar Total Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.72
Yulia Putintseva -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Yulia Putintseva
This will be the 5th time that Belinda Bencic and Yulia Putintseva face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Putintseva won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Miami back in 2019.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 9, Bencic reached the 2nd round after beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 4-6 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Belinda defeated Kudermetova (6-4 4-6 7-64). During the match Bencic scored 121 points vs Kudermetova’s 119. Bencic was extremely aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about serving, Bencic blasted 5 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 71% (60/84) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Kudermetova 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Bencic has a losing record in the last 9 years having won 42% of her matches (546-390). 5-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Bencic has a 208-128 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Belinda has a 7-6 win-loss record in 2020, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
Belinda didn’t play in Doha in 2019.
Yulia Putintseva
Ranked no. 32, Putintseva reached the 2nd round after defeating Timea Babos 6-3 6-4 and Elise Mertens 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Mertens, Putintseva recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Putintseva scored 85 points vs Mertens’s 71. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Putintseva blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yulia Putintseva lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Putintseva put 74% of her first serves in, winning 69% (45/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Putintseva broke Mertens 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Putintseva has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of her matches (712-682). 10-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Putintseva has a 208-183 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Yulia has a 11-5 win-loss record in 2020, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
Yulia didn’t compete in Doha in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bencic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 46 |
| Pts | 121-119 | 153-126 |
| Total Points | 240 | 279 |
| Winners | 60 | 79 |
| %Winners | 50% | 52% |
Bencic played 1 match while Putintseva competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Belinda Bencic conceded 1 set, while Yulia Putintseva dropper 1 set. Bencic has played 2 sets less than Putintseva (3 vs 5). Therefore, Bencic played 13 games less than Putintseva. Bencic scored 60 winners (50% on total points). On the other side, Putintseva blasted 79 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 84/123 | 119/158 |
| %1st in | 68% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 60/84 | 79/119 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 20/39 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 51% |
Bencic blasted 5 aces . Putintseva blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Bencic won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Putintseva won 66% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 40% | 64% |
| Conceded | 15 | 16 |
| Saved | 11 | 11 |
| % Saved | 73% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Swiss broke her opponent 4 times with 40% conversion rate. Belinda conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Kazakhstani broke her opponents 9 times with 64% conversion rate. Yulia conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | |||
| R2 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 121-119 | 121-119 | |
| Total points | 240 | 240 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 84/123 | 84/123 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 60/84 | 60/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 15/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 300 | |
| Putintseva | ||||
| R1 Babos |
R2 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 46 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 85-71 | 153-126 | |
| Total points | 123 | 156 | 279 | |
| Winners | 34 | 45 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 53% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/70 | 65/88 | 119/158 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 74% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 34/54 | 45/65 | 79/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 69% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 14/23 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 61% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 80% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 8/10 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 130% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 150 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWWLLL Tennis Scores in Doha
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 4-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (3-6 7-65 6-0) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (7-5 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Saisai ZhengZheng – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Jennifer BradyBrady (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (5-7 6-2 7-68) – See score progression
- Kiki BertensBertens – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – See H2H details
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-2) – See H2H details
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-0) – See H2H details
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-3) – See H2H details
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (0-0) – See H2H details
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Belinda BencicBencic (3-1) – See H2H details
- Kiki BertensBertens – Saisai ZhengZheng (2-0) – See H2H details
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-2) – See H2H details
