Danka Kovinic and Lesley Kerkhove will play each other in the 2nd round of Dubai (W100+H) for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Danka Kovinic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Danka Kovinic is the pick to win this match.
Danka Kovinic -> 1.37
Lesley Kerkhove -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Danka Kovinic vs. Lesley Kerkhove
This will be the 2nd time that Danka Kovinic and Lesley Kerkhove fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovinic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Danka Kovinic
Ranked no. 77, the reached the 2nd round after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-1 6-3). During the match Kovinic scored 60 points vs Cristian’s 42. Kovinic was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovinic blasted 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Danka Kovinic was quite effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The broke Cristian 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Kovinic has a a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (303-231). 2-5 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovinic has a 84-99 record in the last years on hard.
Kovinic has a 8-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dubai (W100+H)
Kovinic didn’t compete in the Dubai (W100+H) in 2019.
Lesley Kerkhove
Ranked no. 178, the Dutch reached the 2nd round after defeating Melanie Stokke 6-3 6-3 and Jodie Anna Burrage 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Anna Burrage (6-4 6-2). During the match Kerkhove scored 66 points vs Anna Burrage’s 56. Lesley was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Kerkhove couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Lesley Kerkhove lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kerkhove put 64% of her first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 24% (5/21) on the 2nd serve. Lesley broke Anna Burrage 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Lesley has a 9-15 win-loss record in 2020, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovinic | Kerkhove |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 53 |
| Pts | 60-42 | 128-104 |
| Total Points | 102 | 232 |
| Winners | 23 | 52 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Kovinic played 1 match while Kerkhove competed in 3 matches. Kerkhove started her run from the qualifications while Kovinic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Lesley Kerkhove lost 2 sets while Danka Kovinic hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovinic has played 4 set(s) less than Kerkhove (2 vs 6). Therefore, Kovinic played 37 games less than Kerkhove. Kovinic scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kerkhove scored 52 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovinic | Kerkhove |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 71/114 |
| %1st in | 54% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 52/71 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 15/43 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 35% |
Kovinic struck 2 aces . Kerkhove scored 2 aces (0.7 per match). Kovinic won 77% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kerkhove won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovinic | Kerkhove |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 11/19 |
| % Converted | 57% | 58% |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Danka broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The extremely effective on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Dutch broke her opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Lesley conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kovinic | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 60-42 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kerkhove | |||||
| Q1 Stokke |
Q3 Frech |
R1 Anna |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 62-48 | – | 66-56 | 128-104 | |
| Total points | 110 | 0 | 122 | 232 | |
| Winners | 22 | 30 | 52 | ||
| %Winners | 35% | NAN% | 45% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 1st in | 34/56 | / | 37/58 | 71/114 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | NAN% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | / | 30/37 | 52/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | NAN% | 81% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | / | 5/21 | 15/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | NAN% | 24% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Converted | 6/10 | / | 5/9 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | NAN% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/ | 1/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 63% | – | 33% | 96% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
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