H2H, PREDICTION Sloane Stephens vs Olga Govortsova | U.S. Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Olga Govortsova

Sloane Stephens and Olga Govortsova will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sloane Stephens who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Sloane Stephens is the pick to win this match.
Sloane Stephens -> 1.75
Olga Govortsova -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Olga Govortsova

This will be the 3rd time that Sloane Stephens and Olga Govortsova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Stephens (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Stephens won 0-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami back in 2013.

Sloane Stephens

Ranked no. 39, Sloane reached the 2nd round after beating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, Stephens had a good straight sets win against Buzarnescu (6-3 6-3). During the match Stephens scored 68 points vs Buzarnescu’s 51. Sloane was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Stephens made 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sloane Stephens lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Stephens put 74% of her first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Stephens broke Buzarnescu 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Stephens has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (707-521). 2-7 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stephens has a 251-170 record in the last 10 years on hard.

The American has a 2-7 win-loss record in 2020, 2-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

Stephens capitulated in the 1st round 6-3 6-4 to Anna Kalinskaya.

Olga Govortsova

Ranked no. 130, Govortsova got to the 2nd round after beating Asia Muhammad 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round, Olga had a good straight sets win against Muhammad (6-1 6-2). During the match Govortsova scored 62 points vs Muhammad’s 35. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Govortsova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Olga Govortsova was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of her 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Govortsova broke Muhammad 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Govortsova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (548-372). 8-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Govortsova has a 246-179 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

The Belarussian has a 16-4 win-loss record in 2020, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The Belarussian had to surrender in the qualifications 6-2 6-2 to Xin Yu Wang.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Stephens Govortsova
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 15
Pts 68-51 62-35
Total Points 119 97
Winners 30 29
%Winners 44% 47%

Both Stephens and Govortsova played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Stephens and Govortsova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Stephens played 3 games more than Govortsova. The American scored 30 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Belarussian recorded 29 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Stephens Govortsova
Aces 2 1
Avg per match 2 1
1st in 43/58 36/44
%1st in 74% 82%
1st pts 30/43 29/36
%1st pts 70% 81%
2nd pts 7/15 5/8
%2nd pts 47% 63%

Stephens struck 2 aces . Govortsova managed to score 1 ace . Stephens won 70% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Govortsova won 81% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Stephens Govortsova
Won 5 4
Converted 5/10 4/7
% Converted 50% 57%
Conceded 5 2
Saved 3 2
% Saved 60% 100%
Times Broken 2 0

Sloane broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American lost her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Belarussian broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Olga was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Stephens
R1
Buzarnescu
Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 68-51 68-51
Total points 119 119
Winners 30 30
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 43/58 43/58
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 30/43 30/43
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 7/15 7/15
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Govortsova
R1
Muhammad
Total
Score 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 62-35 62-35
Total points 97 97
Winners 29 29
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 36/44 36/44
% 1st in 82% 82%
1st pts 29/36 29/36
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 5/8 5/8
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Stephens
LLLWWLLLLW
Govortsova
2024 2023 2022
19 - 18
0 - 0
8-9
Hard
0-0
9-6
Clay
0-0
2-3
Grass
0-0

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