Sofia Kenin and Ons Jabeur will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 9 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 Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.58
Ons Jabeur -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Ons Jabeur
This will be the 6th time that Sofia Kenin and Ons Jabeur fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kenin won 6-2 2-0 ret. in the 2nd round in Mallorca back in 2019.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 4 (career high), Sofia reached the 2nd round after beating Yanina Wickmayer 6-2 6-2 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Kenin had a good straight sets win against Annie Fernandez (6-4 6-3). During the match Kenin scored 68 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 51. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kenin managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Sofia Kenin was very effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of her 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Annie Fernandez 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Kenin has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of her matches (219-123). 11-5 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kenin has a 133-66 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in at the Australian Open where she defeated Garbine Muguruza in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2 and in Lyon where she overcame Anna-Lena Friedsam in the final 6-2 4-6 6-4.
Sofia has a 17-6 win-loss record in 2020, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Kenin lost in the Pre-q to .
Ons Jabeur
Ranked no. 31 (career high), the Tunisian got to the 2nd round after beating Katarzyna Kawa 6-2 7-66 and Kaia Kanepi 7-68 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Tunisian had a good straight sets win against Kanepi (7-68 6-0). During the match Jabeur scored 77 points vs Kanepi’s 58. Ons was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Jabeur fired 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ons Jabeur was pretty efficent on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Ons broke Kanepi 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Tunisian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
The Tunisian has a 18-7 win-loss record in 2020, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
The Tunisian lost in the Pre-q to .
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kenin | Jabeur |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
Tot Games | 35 | 40 |
Pts | 130-97 | 157-126 |
Total Points | 227 | 283 |
Winners | 62 | 47 |
%Winners | 48% | 30% |
Both Kenin and Jabeur played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kenin and Jabeur have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kenin played 5 games less than Jabeur. Sofia scored 62 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Jabeur bagged 47 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kenin | Jabeur |
---|---|---|
Aces | 8 | 5 |
Avg per match | 4 | 2.5 |
1st in | 85/108 | 73/140 |
%1st in | 79% | 52% |
1st pts | 62/85 | 47/73 |
%1st pts | 73% | 64% |
2nd pts | 14/23 | 36/67 |
%2nd pts | 61% | 54% |
Kenin scored 8 aces (4 per match). Jabeur scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kenin won 73% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Jabeur won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kenin | Jabeur |
---|---|---|
Won | 7 | 11 |
Converted | 7/9 | 11/20 |
% Converted | 78% | 55% |
Conceded | 5 | 17 |
Saved | 5 | 11 |
% Saved | 100% | 65% |
Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Sofia broke her opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Kenin pretty solid on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. Ons broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Jabeur conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
Kenin | ||||
R1 Wickmayer |
R2 Annie |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
pts | 62-46 | 68-51 | 130-97 | |
Total points | 108 | 119 | 227 | |
Winners | 33 | 29 | 62 | |
%Winners | 53% | 43% | 48% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
1st in | 47/59 | 38/49 | 85/108 | |
% 1st in | 80% | 78% | 79% | |
1st pts | 33/47 | 29/38 | 62/85 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/11 | 14/23 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 64% | 61% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Converted | 4/4 | 3/5 | 7/9 | |
Converted % | 100% | 60% | 78% | |
Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Saved | 5/5 | 0/0 | 5 | |
Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jabeur | ||||
R1 Kawa |
R2 Kanepi |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 7-66 | 7-68 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 40 | |
pts | 80-68 | 77-58 | 157-126 | |
Total points | 148 | 135 | 283 | |
Winners | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
%Winners | 28% | 32% | 30% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
1st in | 38/81 | 35/59 | 73/140 | |
% 1st in | 47% | 59% | 52% | |
1st pts | 22/38 | 25/35 | 47/73 | |
% 1st pts | 58% | 71% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 23/43 | 13/24 | 36/67 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
Converted | 6/9 | 5/11 | 11/20 | |
Converted % | 67% | 45% | 55% | |
Conceded | 13 | 4 | 17 | |
Saved | 9/13 | 2/4 | 11 | |
Saved % | 69% | 50% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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