Serena Williams and Margarita Gasparyan will play each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Serena Williams who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Serena Williams is the pick to win this match.
Serena Williams -> 1.118
Margarita Gasparyan -> 5.9
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Prediction and head to head Serena Williams vs. Margarita Gasparyan
This will be the 3rd time that Serena Williams and Margarita Gasparyan play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Williams won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2015.
Serena Williams
Ranked no. 8, the American reached the 1st round after defeating Kristie Ahn 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Williams had a good straight sets win against Ahn (7-5 6-3). During the match Williams scored 70 points vs Ahn’s 53. Serena was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Williams scored 13 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Serena Williams lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Williams put 62% of her first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. Serena broke Ahn 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Williams has a a great record in the last 10 years having won 84% of her matches (1013-191). 11-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Williams has a 369-48 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Auckland where she defeated Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-4.
Serena has a 12-4 win-loss record in 2020, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Williams lost in the final 6-3 7-5 to Bianca Vanessa Andreescu.
Margarita Gasparyan
Ranked no. 117, the Russian reached the 1st round after beating Monica Puig 6-3 6-70 6-0.
In the 1st round, Margarita defeated Puig (6-3 6-70 6-0). During the match Gasparyan scored 105 points vs Puig’s 91. Gasparyan was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Gasparyan fired 7 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Margarita Gasparyan lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gasparyan put 62% of her first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (15/40) on the 2nd serve. Gasparyan broke Puig 8 times after converting 57% of her break points (8/14).
Gasparyan has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (466-330). 3-6 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Gasparyan has a 207-127 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Margarita has a 4-8 win-loss record in 2020, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Russian had to surrender in the 2nd round 6-1 6-0 to Johanna Konta.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Williams | Gasparyan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 |
| Pts | 70-53 | 105-91 |
| Total Points | 123 | 196 |
| Winners | 33 | 42 |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% |
Both Williams and Gasparyan played 1 match. At the moment, Margarita Gasparyan conceded 1 set while Serena Williams hasn’t conceded a set so far. Williams has played 1 set(s) less than Gasparyan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Williams played 7 games less than Gasparyan. Williams scored 33 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 42 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Williams | Gasparyan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 7 |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 64/104 |
| %1st in | 62% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 42/64 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 9/24 | 15/40 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 38% |
Williams recorded 13 aces . Gasparyan fired 7 aces . Williams won 85% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Gasparyan won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Williams | Gasparyan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 67% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Serena dropped her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Gasparyan conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Williams | |||
| R1 Ahn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 33/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/24 | 9/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gasparyan | |||
| R1 Puig |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-70 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 105-91 | 105-91 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 64/104 | 64/104 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 42/64 | 42/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/40 | 15/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
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- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shelby RogersRogers – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-6 7-62 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (7-61 6-73 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Catherine Cartan BellisCartan Bellis (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Angelique KerberKerber – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Vera LapkoLapko (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Magda LinetteLinette – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-1 6-72 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Petra MarticMartic – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-1 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ann LiLi – Alison RiskeRiske (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Filip VegerVeger (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Sachia VickeryVickery – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Johanna KontaKonta (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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- Angelique KerberKerber – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Petra MarticMartic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Magda LinetteLinette – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-2) – H2H and prediction
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- Jessica PegulaPegula – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
