Sofia Kenin and Jaqueline Cristian will face off in the 2nd round of the Open 6 Sens for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.22
Jaqueline Cristian -> 4.00
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Jaqueline Cristian
There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 5 (career high), Kenin reached the 2nd round after beating Vitalia Diatchenko 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kenin had a good straight sets win against Diatchenko (6-4 6-3). During the match Kenin scored 74 points vs Diatchenko’s 64. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kenin blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 69% of her first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Kenin broke Diatchenko 6 times after converting 33% of her break points (6/18).
Kenin has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 52% of her matches (44-47). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kenin has a 213-122 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in at the Australian Open where she beat Garbine Muguruza in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2.
Sofia has a 11-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Lyon
Kenin didn’t compete in Lyon in 2019.
Jaqueline Cristian
Ranked no. 174 (career high), the Romanian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 7-5 6-0, Lara Salden 6-3 6-0 and Priscilla Hon 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, Jaqueline had a good straight sets win against Hon (6-2 6-0). During the match Cristian scored 71 points vs Hon’s 42. Jaqueline was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Cristian blasted 8 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 55% of her first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Jaqueline broke Hon 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Cristian has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of her matches (113-64). 14-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cristian has a 178-112 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Jaqueline has a 14-4 win-loss record in 2020, 14-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Lyon
The Romanian didn’t compete in Lyon in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 47 |
| Pts | 74-64 | 198-127 |
| Total Points | 138 | 325 |
| Winners | 23 | 68 |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% |
Kenin played 1 match while Cristian competed in 3 matches. Cristian started her run from the qualifications while Kenin had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Kenin has played 4 sets less than Cristian (2 vs 6). Therefore, Kenin played 28 games less than Cristian. The American scored 23 winners (31% on total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 68 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 83/160 |
| %1st in | 69% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 68/83 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 44/77 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 57% |
Kenin blasted 3 aces . Cristian blasted 16 aces (5.3 per match). Kenin won 61% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 82% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 14 |
| Converted | 6/18 | 14/39 |
| % Converted | 33% | 36% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Sofia broke her opponent 6 times with 33% conversion rate. Kenin conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Jaqueline broke her opponents 14 times with 36% conversion rate. Cristian conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | |||
| R1 Diatchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 74-64 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 38/55 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/18 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
| Cristian | |||||
| Q1 Parrizas-Diaz |
Q3 Salden |
R1 Hon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 14 | 47 | |
| pts | 76-54 | 51-31 | 71-42 | 198-127 | |
| Total points | 130 | 82 | 113 | 325 | |
| Winners | 21 | 20 | 27 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 39% | 38% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 25/57 | 25/43 | 33/60 | 83/160 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 58% | 55% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 20/25 | 27/33 | 68/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 80% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/32 | 10/18 | 13/27 | 44/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 56% | 48% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/18 | 5/9 | 5/12 | 14/39 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 56% | 42% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 100% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | -67 | |
Head 2 Head
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