Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur will face off in the 3rd round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:00 am on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.48
Ons Jabeur -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ons Jabeur
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Ons Jabeur square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 10, Sabalenka reached the 3rd round after defeating Polona Hercog 7-65 6-2 and Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Tomljanovic (7-5 6-4). During the match Sabalenka and Tomljanovic scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 10 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about the service games, Sabalenka was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Aryna Sabalenka conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belarussian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Sabalenka has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (187-100). 2-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a 112-50 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Sabalenka has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
Sabalenka didn’t play in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Ons Jabeur
Ranked no. 31 (career high), Jabeur reached the 3rd round after defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-63 6-3 and Kateryna Bondarenko 5-7 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Bondarenko, Jabeur recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-2). During the match Jabeur scored 104 points vs Bondarenko’s 89. Ons was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Jabeur fired 11 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ons Jabeur was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of her 1st serve and 59% (29/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Jabeur broke Bondarenko 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ons has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Ons has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 51 |
| Pts | 86-68 | 187-158 |
| Total Points | 154 | 345 |
| Winners | 32 | 60 |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% |
Both Sabalenka and Jabeur played 2 matches. At the moment, Ons Jabeur conceded 1 set while Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sabalenka has played 1 set(s) less than Jabeur (4 vs 5). Therefore, Sabalenka played 8 games less than Jabeur. Sabalenka scored 32 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Jabeur scored 60 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 44/79 | 83/169 |
| %1st in | 56% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 60/83 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 49/86 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 57% |
Sabalenka fired 4 aces (2 per match). Jabeur struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Sabalenka won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Jabeur won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 8/27 |
| % Converted | 42% | 30% |
| Conceded | 9 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Aryna broke her opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Aryna dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Jabeur broke her opponents 8 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Tunisian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | ||||
| R1 Hercog |
R2 Tomljanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 86-68 | – | 86-68 | |
| Total points | 154 | 0 | 154 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | ||
| %Winners | 37% | NAN% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 44/79 | / | 44/79 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | NAN% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | / | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | NAN% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | / | 16/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | NAN% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 5/12 | / | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | NAN% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 6/9 | 0/ | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jabeur | ||||
| R1 Pavlyuchenkova |
R2 Bondarenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| pts | 83-69 | 104-89 | 187-158 | |
| Total points | 152 | 193 | 345 | |
| Winners | 29 | 31 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/77 | 43/92 | 83/169 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 47% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 31/43 | 60/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 29/49 | 49/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 59% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 5/14 | 8/27 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 36% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 8/10 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 80% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Heather WatsonWatson (7-5 6-77 6-3) – See score progression
- Hayley Carter/Luisa StefaniCarter/Luisa Stefani – Daria Kasatkina/Anett KontaveitKasatkina/Anett Kontaveit (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-3 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Xiyu WangWang (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia GasanovaGasanova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (w/o) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Cori GauffGauff (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (5-7 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Bernarda PeraPera (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Bianca TuratiTurati (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sofia KeninKenin – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
