Belinda Bencic and Svetlana Kuznetsova will fight against each other in the quarter of the Qatar Total Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday 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.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.61
Svetlana Kuznetsova -> 2.30
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
This will be the 5th time that Belinda Bencic and Svetlana Kuznetsova face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Bencic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bencic won 7-64 6-4 in the 2nd round in St. Petersburg back in February 2020.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 9, Bencic got to the 2nd round after beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 4-6 7-64 and Yulia Putintseva 6-4 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Belinda had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-4 6-3). During the match Bencic scored 75 points vs Putintseva’s 56. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Bencic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Belinda Bencic was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (30/42) of her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Swiss broke Putintseva 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points she played.
Bencic has a unfavourable record in the last 9 years having won 41% of her matches (555-390). 6-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has a 209-128 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Belinda has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
Belinda didn’t compete in Doha in 2019.
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Ranked no. 46, Svetlana reached the 2nd round after beating Cagla Buyukakcay 6-2 6-2, Iga Swiatek 6-2 6-2 and Amanda Anisimova w/o.
In the 3rd round, Svetlana defeated Anisimova (w/o). During the match Kuznetsova and Anisimova scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 9 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Kuznetsova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Svetlana Kuznetsova conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Kuznetsova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (667-416). 3-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuznetsova has a 244-152 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Svetlana has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Doha
Svetlana 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 | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 32 |
| Pts | 196-175 | 126-83 |
| Total Points | 371 | 209 |
| Winners | 90 | 39 |
| %Winners | 46% | 31% |
Both Bencic and Kuznetsova played 2 matches. At the moment, Belinda Bencic dropped 1 set while Svetlana Kuznetsova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bencic has played 1 sets more than Kuznetsova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Bencic played 20 games more than Kuznetsova. The Swiss scored 90 winners (46% on total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 39 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 126/186 | 53/86 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 90/126 | 39/53 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 26/60 | 23/33 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 70% |
Bencic blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Kuznetsova blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bencic won 71% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kuznetsova won 74% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 42% | 53% |
| Conceded | 19 | 3 |
| Saved | 13 | 2 |
| % Saved | 68% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Bencic broke her opponents 8 times with 42% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 9 times with 53% conversion rate. Svetlana conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | ||||
| R2 Kudermetova | R3 Putintseva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-64 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 | 52 | |
| pts | 121-119 | 75-56 | 196-175 | |
| Total points | 240 | 131 | 371 | |
| Winners | 60 | 30 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 40% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 84/123 | 42/63 | 126/186 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 60/84 | 30/42 | 90/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 11/21 | 26/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 52% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/9 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 4 | 19 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 2/4 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 50% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 200 | |
| Kuznetsova | |||||
| R1 Buyukakcay | R2 Swiatek | R3 Anisimova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 0 | 32 | |
| pts | 69-48 | 57-35 | – | 126-83 | |
| Total points | 117 | 92 | 0 | 209 | |
| Winners | 16 | 23 | 39 | ||
| %Winners | 23% | 40% | NAN% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 24/41 | 29/45 | / | 53/86 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 64% | NAN% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 16/24 | 23/29 | / | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 79% | NAN% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 11/16 | / | 23/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 69% | NAN% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/5 | / | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 80% | NAN% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0/ | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | -67 | ||
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina SiniakovaKrejcikova/Katerina Siniakova – Cagla Buyukakcay/Laura SiegemundBuyukakcay/Laura Siegemund (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
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