Anett Kontaveit and Svetlana Kuznetsova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11 am on Campo Pietrangeli. 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 Anett Kontaveit who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.33
Svetlana Kuznetsova -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
This will be the 2nd time that Anett Kontaveit and Svetlana Kuznetsova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 21, the Estonian got to the 2nd round after beating Caroline Garcia 6-3 7-61.
In the 1st round, Anett had a good straight sets win against Garcia (6-3 7-61). During the match Kontaveit scored 72 points vs Garcia’s 55. The Estonian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kontaveit struck 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Anett Kontaveit was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of her 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Estonian broke Garcia 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Kontaveit has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (349-173). 5-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kontaveit has a 92-41 record in the last years on clay.
The Estonian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Palermo.
The Estonian has a 23-8 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Kontaveit surrendered in the 2nd round to Maria Sakkari.
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Ranked no. 38, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Bernarda Pera 3-6 7-63 6-3.
In the 1st round against Pera, Kuznetsova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 6-3). During the match Kuznetsova scored 96 points vs Pera’s 89. Kuznetsova was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuznetsova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Svetlana Kuznetsova lost the serve 7 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kuznetsova put 55% of her first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (15/41) on the 2nd serve. Kuznetsova broke Pera 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).
Svetlana’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in Doha.
The Russian has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Russian didn’t play in Rome in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kontaveit | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 |
| Pts | 72-55 | 96-89 |
| Total Points | 127 | 185 |
| Winners | 29 | 32 |
| %Winners | 40% | 33% |
Both Kontaveit and Kuznetsova played 1 match. At the moment, Svetlana Kuznetsova lost 1 set while Anett Kontaveit hasn’t lost a set so far. Kontaveit has played 1 set(s) less than Kuznetsova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kontaveit played 9 games less than Kuznetsova. Kontaveit scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Kuznetsova blasted 32 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kontaveit | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 50/91 |
| %1st in | 54% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 32/50 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 15/41 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 37% |
Kontaveit managed to score 5 aces . Kuznetsova blasted 1 ace . Kontaveit won 85% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kuznetsova won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kontaveit | Kuznetsova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 71% | 46% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Anett broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Estonian lost her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kontaveit | |||
| R1 Garcia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-55 | 72-55 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 34/63 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kuznetsova | |||
| R1 Pera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 96-89 | 96-89 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 50/91 | 50/91 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 32/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/41 | 15/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/13 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 46% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Aliona BolsovaBolsova (4-6 6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simona HalepHalep – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Danka KovinicKovinic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (4-6 7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elise MertensMertens – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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