Marta Kostyuk and Lucie Hradecka will square off in the 1st round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Court 2. 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.176
Lucie Hradecka -> 5.2
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Lucie Hradecka
There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Lucie Hradecka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marta Kostyuk
Ranked no. 99, Marta will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match in the W25 Selva Gardena where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Boskovic in the quarter on the 17th of December.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about her overall career, Kostyuk has an overall 105-49 record. She has a positive 43-18 record on hard.
Last year in Abu Dhabi
Kostyuk didn’t play in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Lucie Hradecka
Ranked no. 495, Hradecka reached the 1st round after beating Andrea Lazaro Garcia 1-6 6-2 6-1 and Carol Zhao 7-67 6-1.
In the qualifications, Hradecka had a good straight sets win against Zhao (7-67 6-1). During the match Hradecka scored 73 points vs Zhao’s 57. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Hradecka managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lucie Hradecka lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hradecka put 70% of her first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Hradecka broke Zhao 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Lucie has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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