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H2H, PREDICTION Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs Kristina Kucova | Prague odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Prague. Cocciaretto and Kucova will clash against each other in the final of the Prague Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

6 September 2020

Prediction and head to head Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Kristina Kucova

Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Kristina Kucova will clash against each other in the final of the Prague Open for the 1^st time in their career. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elisabetta Cocciaretto who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elisabetta Cocciaretto is the pick to win this match.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto -> 1.53
Kristina Kucova -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Kristina Kucova

There is no head to head record between Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Kristina Kucova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Elisabetta Cocciaretto

Ranked no. 144 (career high), Elisabetta got to the final after beating Dalila Jakupovic 7-5 6-0, Daniela Seguel 6-1 7-6², Bibiane Schoofs 6-3 6-3, Georgina Garcia-Perez 6-1 7-6², Anna Schmiedlova 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Nadia Podoroska 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, Cocciaretto had a good straight sets win against Podoroska (6-4 6-3). During the match Cocciaretto scored 65 points vs Podoroska’s 55. Elisabetta was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cocciaretto was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Elisabetta Cocciaretto lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cocciaretto put 77% of her first serves in, winning 59% (32/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Elisabetta broke Podoroska 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cocciaretto has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Cocciaretto has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 68% of her matches (78-37). 8-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cocciaretto has a 63-26 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.

Cocciaretto’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the Prague.

Cocciaretto has a 15-6 win-loss record in 2020, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Prague

Elisabetta didn’t compete in the Prague in 2019.

Kristina Kucova

Ranked no. 173, Kucova got to the final after beating Tereza Mrdeza 6-4 6-4, Laura-Ioana Paar 6-3 7-6³, Kyoka Okamura 6-2 6-1, Clara Tauson 1-6 6-1 6-3, Francesca Jones 6-0 6-2 and Ivana Jorovic 6-3 6-1.

In the semifinal, Kristina had a good straight sets win against Jorovic (6-3 6-1). During the match Kucova scored 57 points vs Jorovic’s 30. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Kucova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Kristina Kucova was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 78% (18/23) of her 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Kristina broke Jorovic 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovakian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Kucova’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in the Prague.

Kristina has a 14-8 win-loss record in 2020, 6-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Prague

Kristina didn’t play in the Prague in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cocciaretto	Kucova
Match played	6	6
Tot Set	13	13
Tot Games	119	110
Pts	444-335	425-320
Total Points	779	745
Winners	182	144
%Winners	41%	34%

Both Cocciaretto and Kucova played 6 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elisabetta Cocciaretto conceded 1 set, while Kristina Kucova dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cocciaretto and Kucova have played the same amount of sets 13. However, Cocciaretto played 9 games more than Kucova. Elisabetta scored 182 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Kucova managed to score 144 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cocciaretto	Kucova
Aces	1	6
Avg per match	0.2	1
1st in	270/406	216/355
%1st in	67%	61%
1st pts	182/270	144/216
%1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	72/136	67/139
%2nd pts	53%	48%

Cocciaretto struck 1 ace (0.2 per match). Kucova also scored 6 aces (1 per match). Cocciaretto won 67% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kucova won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cocciaretto	Kucova
Won	29	35
Converted	29/56	35/57
% Converted	52%	61%
Conceded	40	46
Saved	27	30
% Saved	68%	65%
Times Broken	13	16

Cocciaretto broke her opponents 29 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered her serve 13 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded. The Slovakian broke her opponents 35 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded her serve 16 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

	R1 Jakupovic	R2 Seguel	R3 Schoofs	R4 Garcia-Perez	1/4 Anna Schmiedlova	1/2 Podoroska	Total
Cocciaretto
Score	7-5 6-0	6-1 7-6²	6-3 6-3	6-1 7-6²	3-6 6-2 6-1	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	3	2	13
Tot Games	18	20	18	20	24	19	119
pts	71-45	77-57	68-55	74-56	89-67	65-55	444-335
Total points	116	134	123	130	156	120	779
Winners	24	22	24	41	39	32	182
%Winners	34%	29%	35%	55%	44%	49%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Double Faults	2	3	7	4	4	3	23
1st in	35/49	35/67	33/61	54/74	59/85	54/70	270/406
% 1st in	71%	52%	54%	73%	69%	77%	67%
1st pts	24/35	22/35	24/33	41/54	39/59	32/54	182/270
% 1st pts	69%	63%	73%	76%	66%	59%	67%
2nd pts	8/14	19/32	15/28	10/20	12/26	8/16	72/136
% 2nd pts	57%	59%	54%	50%	46%	50%	53%
Breaks
Won	6	5	4	3	6	5	29
Converted	6/13	5/14	4/7	3/6	6/10	5/6	29/56
Converted %	46%	36%	57%	50%	60%	83%	52%
Conceded	2	7	3	10	10	8	40
Saved	0/2	4/7	2/3	9/10	7/10	5/8	27
Saved %	0%	57%	67%	90%	70%	63%	58%
Times Broken	2	3	1	1	3	3	13

	R1 Mrdeza	R2 Andrei	R3 Okamura	R4 Tauson	1/4 Jones	1/2 Jorovic	Total
Kucova
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 7-6³	6-2 6-1	1-6 6-1 6-3	6-0 6-2	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	2	2	13
Tot Games	20	22	15	23	14	16	110
pts	80-71	95-79	59-34	72-62	62-44	57-30	425-320
Total points	151	174	93	134	106	87	745
Winners	24	40	19	24	19	18	144
%Winners	30%	42%	32%	33%	31%	32%	34%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	0	2	2	1	6
Double Faults	3	3	0	2	3	1	12
1st in	40/74	63/93	30/47	37/61	23/42	23/38	216/355
% 1st in	54%	68%	64%	61%	55%	61%	61%
1st pts	24/40	40/63	19/30	24/37	19/23	18/23	144/216
% 1st pts	60%	63%	63%	65%	83%	78%	67%
2nd pts	12/34	10/30	13/17	13/24	7/19	12/15	67/139
% 2nd pts	35%	33%	76%	54%	37%	80%	48%
Breaks
Won	7	6	5	6	6	5	35
Converted	7/11	6/12	5/7	6/9	6/12	5/6	35/57
Converted %	64%	50%	71%	67%	50%	83%	61%
Conceded	16	15	3	7	3	2	46
Saved	11/16	10/15	3/3	3/7	2/3	1/2	30
Saved %	69%	67%	100%	43%	67%	50%	66%
Times Broken	5	5	0	4	1	1	16