Marina Melnikova and Lara Salden will face off in the 3rd round of the Prague Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2 pm on SPARTA COURT 10. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marina Melnikova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marina Melnikova is the pick to win this match.
Marina Melnikova -> 1.56
Lara Salden -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Marina Melnikova vs. Lara Salden
There is no head to head record between Marina Melnikova and Lara Salden since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marina Melnikova
Ranked no. 209, Marina reached the 3rd round after defeating Ankita Raina 6-2 7-68 and Anna Bondar 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Marina had a good straight sets win against Bondar (7-5 6-2). During the match Melnikova scored 85 points vs Bondar’s 75. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Melnikova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Marina Melnikova lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Melnikova put 77% of her first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bondar 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marina hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Melnikova has a losing record in the last 9 years having won 42% of her matches (787-578). 2-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Melnikova has a 284-247 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W25 Potchefstroom.
Melnikova has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague
The Russian lost in the semifinal 7-65 7-5 to Cindy Burger.
Lara Salden
Ranked no. 287, the Belgian reached the 3rd round after defeating Nicoleta Dascalu 3-6 7-5 6-3 and Richel Hogenkamp 6-4 6-74 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Salden defeated Hogenkamp (6-4 6-74 6-2). During the match Salden scored 102 points vs Hogenkamp’s 93. Lara was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Salden scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 9 double faults. Lara Salden lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Salden put 59% of her first serves in, winning 59% (34/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Salden broke Hogenkamp 8 times after converting 67% of her break points (8/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Salden has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of her matches (210-114). 2-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Salden has a 111-64 record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Belgian has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague
The Belgian didn’t play in the Prague in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melnikova | Salden |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 61 |
| Pts | 165-140 | 202-188 |
| Total Points | 305 | 390 |
| Winners | 64 | 63 |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% |
Both Melnikova and Salden played 2 matches. At the moment, Lara Salden lost 2 sets while Marina Melnikova hasn’t lost a set so far. Melnikova has played 2 set(s) less than Salden (4 vs 6). Therefore, Melnikova played 20 games less than Salden. The Russian scored 64 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 63 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melnikova | Salden |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 102/139 | 107/184 |
| %1st in | 73% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 64/102 | 63/107 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 39/77 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 51% |
Melnikova recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Salden also blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Melnikova won 63% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Salden won 59% of the points on 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 | Melnikova | Salden |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 15 |
| Converted | 10/25 | 15/28 |
| % Converted | 40% | 54% |
| Conceded | 12 | 19 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 58% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
Melnikova broke her opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Melnikova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Lara conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded.
| Melnikova | ||||
| R1 Raina |
R2 Bondar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-68 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 85-75 | 165-140 | |
| Total points | 145 | 160 | 305 | |
| Winners | 27 | 37 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/68 | 55/71 | 102/139 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 77% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 27/47 | 37/55 | 64/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 67% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 6/16 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 38% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/13 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 31% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 6/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 86% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Salden | ||||
| R1 Dascalu |
R2 Hogenkamp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-74 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 | 61 | |
| pts | 100-95 | 102-93 | 202-188 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | 390 | |
| Winners | 29 | 34 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 33% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 49/86 | 58/98 | 107/184 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/49 | 34/58 | 63/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 20/40 | 39/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 8/12 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Prague
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Isabella ShinikovaShinikova (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Robin AndersonAnderson – Martina Di GiuseppeDi Giuseppe (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Sara ErraniErrani (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Lara SaldenSalden – Richel HogenkampHogenkamp (6-4 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Lara ArruabarrenaArruabarrena – Mirjam BjorklundBjorklund (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentini GrammatikopoulouGrammatikopoulou – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marina MelnikovaMelnikova – Anna BondarBondar (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Lucie HavlickovaHavlickova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Reka-Luca JaniJani (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone – Tena LukasLukas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Pemra OzgenOzgen – Anna DanilinaDanilina (6-1 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Ivana JorovicJorovic – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Miriam KolodziejovaKolodziejova – Yuki NaitoNaito (6-0 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mayar SherifSherif – Dalma GalfiGalfi (6-77 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Francesca JonesJones – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-2 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Sabine LisickiLisicki – Stephanie WagnerWagner (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Mariam BolkvadzeBolkvadze (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay – Gabriela CeCe (4-6 6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Alexandra CadantuCadantu (7-64 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Jessica PieriPieri – Daria LopatetskayaLopatetskaya (3-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Chihiro MuramatsuMuramatsu – Harmony TanTan (4-6 6-3 5-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Marie BenoitBenoit – Victoria KanKan (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara – Seone MendezMendez (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Daniela SeguelSeguel (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Laura-Ioana PaarPaar (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Bibiane SchoofsSchoofs – Katharina GerlachGerlach (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Leonie KungKung – Ana Sofia SanchezSofia Sanchez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia – Francesca JonesJones (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sabine LisickiLisicki – Chihiro MuramatsuMuramatsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Kristina KucovaKucova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leonie KungKung – Jessica PieriPieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mayar SherifSherif – Ivana JorovicJorovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara – Marie BenoitBenoit (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay – Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lara ArruabarrenaArruabarrena – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marina MelnikovaMelnikova – Lara SaldenSalden (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Miriam KolodziejovaKolodziejova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentini GrammatikopoulouGrammatikopoulou – Robin AndersonAnderson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pemra OzgenOzgen – Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bibiane SchoofsSchoofs – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-1) – H2H and prediction
