Kaia Kanepi and Jaqueline Cristian will fight against each other in the semifinal of Istanbul (W25) for the 2nd time of their career. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kaia Kanepi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kaia Kanepi is the pick to win this match.
Kaia Kanepi -> 1.192
Jaqueline Cristian -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Jaqueline Cristian
This will be the 2nd time that Kaia Kanepi and Jaqueline Cristian square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
Kaia Kanepi
Ranked no. 105, Kanepi got to the semifinal after defeating Eva Guerrero Alvarez 6-1 6-3, Lucie Havlickova 6-2 6-4 and Andrea Lazaro Garcia 6-3 7-67.
In the quarter, Kanepi had a good straight sets win against Lazaro Garcia (6-3 7-67). During the match Kanepi scored 96 points vs Lazaro Garcia’s 78. Kanepi was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kanepi blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kaia Kanepi lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kanepi put 68% of her first serves in, winning 61% (33/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Lazaro Garcia 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kaia hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Kanepi has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (226-122). 8-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kanepi has a 43-14 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Kaia has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul (W25)
Kanepi didn’t compete in the Istanbul (W25) in 2019.
Jaqueline Cristian
Ranked no. 169, Jaqueline got to the semifinal after defeating Nefisa Berberovic 6-2 7-61, Pemra Ozgen 6-1 6-2 and Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Cristian had a good straight sets win against Gabriela Ruse (6-1 6-4). During the match Cristian scored 71 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s 57. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Cristian was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 49% of her first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Jaqueline broke Gabriela Ruse 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cristian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Cristian has a 20-9 win-loss record in 2020, 17-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul (W25)
The Romanian surrendered in the 2nd round to Kamilla Rakhimova.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kanepi | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 53 |
| Pts | 218-160 | 234-181 |
| Total Points | 378 | 415 |
| Winners | 73 | 79 |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% |
Both Kanepi and Cristian played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kanepi and Cristian have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Kanepi played 3 games more than Cristian. The Estonian scored 73 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Jaqueline bagged 79 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kanepi | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 109/181 | 117/191 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 73/109 | 79/117 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 40/72 | 35/74 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Kanepi bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). Cristian blasted 8 aces (2.7 per match). Kanepi won 67% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Cristian won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kanepi | Cristian |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 15 |
| Converted | 16/30 | 15/39 |
| % Converted | 53% | 38% |
| Conceded | 20 | 21 |
| Saved | 13 | 15 |
| % Saved | 65% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 6 |
Kanepi broke her opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Kaia lost her serve 7 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. Jaqueline broke her opponents 15 times with a 38% conversion rate. Cristian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kanepi | |||||
| R1 Guerrero Alvarez |
R2 Havlickova |
1/4 Lazaro Garcia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 22 | 56 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 64-47 | 96-78 | 218-160 | |
| Total points | 93 | 111 | 174 | 378 | |
| Winners | 18 | 22 | 33 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 32/58 | 54/80 | 109/181 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 55% | 68% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 18/23 | 22/32 | 33/54 | 73/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 69% | 61% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/20 | 14/26 | 10/26 | 40/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 54% | 38% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/10 | 7/15 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 47% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/7 | 8/13 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 71% | 62% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Cristian | |||||
| R1 Berberovic |
R2 Ozgen |
1/4 Gabriela Ruse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-61 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 15 | 17 | 53 | |
| pts | 99-85 | 64-39 | 71-57 | 234-181 | |
| Total points | 184 | 103 | 128 | 415 | |
| Winners | 38 | 22 | 19 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 27% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 58/88 | 31/46 | 28/57 | 117/191 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 67% | 49% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 22/31 | 19/28 | 79/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 71% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 11/15 | 12/29 | 35/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 73% | 41% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 4/9 | 6/14 | 15/39 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 44% | 43% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 1 | 6 | 21 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 1/1 | 3/6 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 100% | 50% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWLWLWW Tennis Scores in W25 Istanbul
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Katarina ZavatskaZavatska (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Francesca JonesJones – Reka-Luca JaniJani (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesca JonesJones – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
