Danka Kovinic and Eugenie Bouchard will clash against each other in the quarter of the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1 pm on Center Court. 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 Eugenie Bouchard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Eugenie Bouchard is the pick to win this match.
Eugenie Bouchard -> 1.53
Danka Kovinic -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Danka Kovinic vs. Eugenie Bouchard
This will be the 2nd time that Danka Kovinic and Eugenie Bouchard square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bouchard (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Bouchard won 6-2 6-0 in the 2nd round in U.S. Open (juniors) back in 2010.
Danka Kovinic
Ranked no. 92, the reached the 2nd round after defeating Kateryna Bondarenko 7-5 6-2 and Alison Van Uytvanck 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Danka had a good straight sets win against Van Uytvanck (6-3 6-4). During the match Kovinic scored 63 points vs Van Uytvanck’s 51. The was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovinic scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Danka Kovinic was extremely efficent on serve to win 73% (24/33) of her 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The broke Van Uytvanck twice after converting 67% of her break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Danka hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Kovinic has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (298-228). 2-0 on clay in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovinic has a 196-99 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kovinic has a 3-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Istanbul
Kovinic lost in the qualifications to Yana Sizikova.
Eugenie Bouchard
Ranked no. 272, Bouchard got to the 2nd round after defeating Ivana Jorovic 6-2 7-69, Leonie Kung 6-4 6-4, Viktoriya Tomova 6-2 6-4 and Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-63 6-75 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Canadian defeated Kuznetsova (7-63 6-75 6-2). During the match Bouchard scored 115 points vs Kuznetsova’s 101. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Bouchard made 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Eugenie Bouchard lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bouchard put 69% of her first serves in, winning 67% (47/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the 2nd serve. Eugenie broke Kuznetsova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bouchard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Bouchard has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Istanbul
Eugenie didn’t compete in Istanbul in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovinic | Bouchard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 93 |
| Pts | 129-101 | 343-284 |
| Total Points | 230 | 627 |
| Winners | 43 | 122 |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% |
Kovinic played 2 matches while Bouchard competed in 4 matches. Bouchard started her run from the qualifications while Kovinic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Eugenie Bouchard lost 1 set while Danka Kovinic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kovinic has played 5 set(s) less than Bouchard (4 vs 9). Therefore, Kovinic played 54 games less than Bouchard. Kovinic scored 43 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Bouchard struck 122 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovinic | Bouchard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 60/117 | 199/295 |
| %1st in | 51% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 43/60 | 122/199 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 34/57 | 61/96 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 64% |
Kovinic managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Bouchard blasted 12 aces (3 per match). Kovinic won 72% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Bouchard won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovinic | Bouchard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 19 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 19/38 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 23 |
| Saved | 5 | 13 |
| % Saved | 63% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
Kovinic broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Danka lost her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Bouchard broke her opponents 19 times with a 50% conversion rate. Eugenie conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kovinic | ||||
| R1 Bondarenko |
R2 Van Uytvanck |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 63-51 | 129-101 | |
| Total points | 116 | 114 | 230 | |
| Winners | 19 | 24 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 38% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/54 | 33/63 | 60/117 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 24/33 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 73% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 21/30 | 34/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 70% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 2/3 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 67% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bouchard | ||||||
| Q1 Jorovic |
Q3 Kung |
R1 Tomova |
R2 Kuznetsova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-69 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-63 6-75 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 18 | 34 | 93 | |
| pts | 84-68 | 72-63 | 72-52 | 115-101 | 343-284 | |
| Total points | 152 | 135 | 124 | 216 | 627 | |
| Winners | 28 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 32% | 33% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 41/62 | 43/61 | 70/101 | 199/295 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 66% | 70% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 23/41 | 24/43 | 47/70 | 122/199 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 56% | 56% | 67% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/26 | 11/21 | 11/18 | 19/31 | 61/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 52% | 61% | 61% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 6/12 | 6/9 | 5/11 | 19/38 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 67% | 45% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/7 | 6/9 | 2/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 43% | 67% | 40% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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