Renata Zarazua and Marina Melnikova will play each other in the 4th round of the Prague Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10 am on SPARTA COURT 8. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Renata Zarazua who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Renata Zarazua is the pick to win this match.
Renata Zarazua -> 1.47
Marina Melnikova -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Renata Zarazua vs. Marina Melnikova
This will be the 3rd time that Renata Zarazua and Marina Melnikova play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Zarazua and Melnikova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Zarazua won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in the 1100042999 back in 2018.
Renata Zarazua
Ranked no. 191, the Mexican reached the 2nd round after beating Eugenie Bouchard 6-0 7-65, Reka-Luca Jani 6-4 6-3 and Miriam Kolodziejova 6-2 6-76 6-2.
In the 3rd round, The Mexican defeated Kolodziejova (6-2 6-76 6-2). During the match Zarazua scored 109 points vs Kolodziejova’s 92. Zarazua was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zarazua wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Renata Zarazua lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zarazua put 82% of her first serves in, winning 62% (53/85) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Kolodziejova 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Mexican has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Zarazua has a weak record in the last 5 years having won 39% of her matches (282-182). 7-2 on clay in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zarazua has a 152-122 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Renata’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in the W25 Vero Beach and Acapulco.
Renata has a 14-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague
The Mexican didn’t play in the Prague in 2019.
Marina Melnikova
Ranked no. 209, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Ankita Raina 6-2 7-68, Anna Bondar 7-5 6-2 and Lara Salden 6-1 7-5.
In the 3rd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Salden (6-1 7-5). During the match Melnikova scored 80 points vs Salden’s 64. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Melnikova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Marina Melnikova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Melnikova put 73% of her first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Salden 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marina hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Melnikova has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of her matches (797-578). 3-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Melnikova has a 285-247 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Marina’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W25 Potchefstroom.
The Russian has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague
The Russian lost in the semifinal 7-65 7-5 to Cindy Burger.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zarazua | Melnikova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 60 |
| Pts | 263-219 | 245-204 |
| Total Points | 482 | 449 |
| Winners | 120 | 91 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Zarazua and Melnikova played 3 matches. At the moment, Renata Zarazua lost 1 set while Marina Melnikova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zarazua has played 1 set more than Melnikova (7 vs 6). Therefore, Zarazua played 7 games more than Melnikova. Renata scored 120 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian managed to score 91 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zarazua | Melnikova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 195/241 | 146/199 |
| %1st in | 81% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 120/195 | 91/146 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 15/46 | 22/53 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 42% |
Zarazua didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Melnikova blasted 2 aces (0.7 per match). Zarazua won 62% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Melnikova won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zarazua | Melnikova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 17 |
| Converted | 20/34 | 17/41 |
| % Converted | 59% | 41% |
| Conceded | 20 | 17 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 8 |
Zarazua broke her opponents 20 times with a 59% conversion rate. Zarazua surrendered her serve 10 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Marina broke her opponents 17 times with a 41% conversion rate. Melnikova conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zarazua | |||||
| R1 Bouchard |
R2 Jani |
R3 Kolodziejova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-76 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 29 | 67 | |
| pts | 76-63 | 78-64 | 109-92 | 263-219 | |
| Total points | 139 | 142 | 201 | 482 | |
| Winners | 34 | 33 | 53 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/65 | 59/72 | 85/104 | 195/241 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 82% | 82% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 33/59 | 53/85 | 120/195 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 56% | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 4/13 | 6/19 | 15/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 31% | 32% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/12 | 8/13 | 20/34 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 58% | 62% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/7 | 4/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 43% | 50% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Melnikova | |||||
| R1 Raina |
R2 Bondar |
R3 Salden |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-68 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 19 | 60 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 85-75 | 80-64 | 245-204 | |
| Total points | 145 | 160 | 144 | 449 | |
| Winners | 27 | 37 | 27 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 47/68 | 55/71 | 44/60 | 146/199 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 77% | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 27/47 | 37/55 | 27/44 | 91/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 67% | 61% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 6/16 | 6/16 | 22/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 38% | 38% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/13 | 7/16 | 17/41 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 31% | 44% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 6/7 | 2/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 86% | 40% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Prague
- Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay – Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Marie BenoitBenoit – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Pemra OzgenOzgen (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Valentini GrammatikopoulouGrammatikopoulou – Robin AndersonAnderson (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Miriam KolodziejovaKolodziejova (6-2 6-76 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivana JorovicJorovic – Mayar SherifSherif (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Bibiane SchoofsSchoofs (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Sabine LisickiLisicki – Chihiro MuramatsuMuramatsu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Marina MelnikovaMelnikova – Lara SaldenSalden (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Lara ArruabarrenaArruabarrena (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesca JonesJones – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jessica PieriPieri – Leonie KungKung (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Francesca JonesJones – Sabine LisickiLisicki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PieriPieri – Ivana JorovicJorovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BenoitBenoit – Cagla BuyukakcayBuyukakcay (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marina MelnikovaMelnikova – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Valentini GrammatikopoulouGrammatikopoulou – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
