H2H, PREDICTION Petra Martic vs Varvara Gracheva | U.S. Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva

Petra Martic and Varvara Gracheva will square off in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11 am on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Martic who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Petra Martic is the pick to win this match.
Petra Martic -> 1.31
Varvara Gracheva -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Varvara Gracheva

This will be the 2nd time that Petra Martic and Varvara Gracheva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Martic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Petra Martic

Ranked no. 15, Petra got to the 3rd round after beating Tereza Martincova 5-7 6-2 6-4 and Kateryna Bondarenko 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Bondarenko (6-3 6-4). During the match Martic scored 84 points vs Bondarenko’s 69. Petra was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Martic recorded 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Petra Martic was quite effective on serve to win 74% (29/39) of her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Petra broke Bondarenko 4 times after converting 25% of her break points (4/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Petra has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

The Croatian’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Dubai and Palermo.

The Croatian has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2020, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The Croatian lost in the Pre-q to .

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 102, the Russian reached the 3rd round after defeating Paula Badosa Gibert 6-4 7-5 and Kristina Mladenovic 1-6 7-62 6-0.

In the 2nd round against Mladenovic, Varvara recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-62 6-0). During the match Gracheva scored 93 points vs Mladenovic’s 85. Gracheva was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Gracheva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 73% of her first serves in, winning 57% (38/67) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Mladenovic 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Varvara has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

The Russian has a 6-9 win-loss record in 2020, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The Russian lost in the Pre-q to .

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Martic Gracheva
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 49 48
Pts 198-166 168-148
Total Points 364 316
Winners 65 68
%Winners 33% 40%

Both Martic and Gracheva played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Petra Martic conceded 1 set, while Varvara Gracheva dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Martic and Gracheva have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Martic played 1 game more than Gracheva. The Croatian scored 65 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Gracheva struck 68 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Martic Gracheva
Aces 13 3
Avg per match 6.5 1.5
1st in 85/155 108/154
%1st in 55% 70%
1st pts 65/85 68/108
%1st pts 76% 63%
2nd pts 37/70 26/46
%2nd pts 53% 57%

Martic struck 13 aces (6.5 per match). Gracheva scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Martic won 76% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 63% of the points behind 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 Martic Gracheva
Won 9 9
Converted 9/37 9/23
% Converted 24% 39%
Conceded 17 16
Saved 13 9
% Saved 76% 56%
Times Broken 4 7

Martic broke her opponents 9 times with a 24% conversion rate. Martic dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Gracheva conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.

Martic
R1
Martincova
R2
Bondarenko
Total
Score 5-7 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 30 19 49
pts 114-97 84-69 198-166
Total points 211 153 364
Winners 36 29 65
%Winners 32% 35% 33%
SERVE
Aces 5 8 13
Double Faults 4 2 6
1st in 46/94 39/61 85/155
% 1st in 49% 64% 55%
1st pts 36/46 29/39 65/85
% 1st pts 78% 74% 76%
2nd pts 25/48 12/22 37/70
% 2nd pts 52% 55% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/21 4/16 9/37
Converted % 24% 25% 24%
Conceded 9 8 17
Saved 6/9 7/8 13
Saved % 67% 88% 78%
Times Broken 3 1 4
Gracheva
R1
Badosa
R2
Mladenovic
Total
Score 6-4 7-5 1-6 7-62 6-0
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 22 26 48
pts 75-63 93-85 168-148
Total points 138 178 316
Winners 30 38 68
%Winners 40% 41% 40%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 41/62 67/92 108/154
% 1st in 66% 73% 70%
1st pts 30/41 38/67 68/108
% 1st pts 73% 57% 63%
2nd pts 13/21 13/25 26/46
% 2nd pts 62% 52% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/12 5/11 9/23
Converted % 33% 45% 39%
Conceded 3 13 16
Saved 1/3 8/13 9
Saved % 33% 62% 48%
Times Broken 2 5 7

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Martic
LWLLWLWWWL
Gracheva
LWLLWWWLWW
2024 2023 2022
11 - 15
20 - 18
4-6
Hard
4-8
5-5
Clay
15-7
2-3
Grass
1-2

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