H2H, PREDICTION Lesya Tsurenko vs Lesley Kerkhove | Australian Open Qualifying odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Lesya Tsurenko vs. Lesley Kerkhove

Lesya Tsurenko and Lesley Kerkhove will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open Qualifying for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2 pm on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lesya Tsurenko who should win in 2 sets.

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Lesya Tsurenko -> 1.32
Lesley Kerkhove -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Lesya Tsurenko vs. Lesley Kerkhove

This will be the 2nd time that Lesya Tsurenko and Lesley Kerkhove clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsurenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Lesya Tsurenko

Ranked no. 146, the Ukrainian got to the qualifications after defeating Ivana Popovic 2-6 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications against Popovic, Tsurenko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Tsurenko scored 82 points vs Popovic’s 69. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tsurenko recorded 2 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Lesya Tsurenko lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Tsurenko put 58% of her first serves in, winning 60% (25/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Lesya broke Popovic 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

Tsurenko has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (243-186). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsurenko has a 144-88 match record in the last years on hard.

The Ukrainian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Lesley Kerkhove

Ranked no. 176, the Dutch reached the qualifications after beating Kurumi Nara 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Lesley had a good straight sets win against Nara (6-4 6-4). During the match Kerkhove scored 67 points vs Nara’s 58. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Kerkhove bagged 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Lesley Kerkhove was quite effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Dutch broke Nara 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Kerkhove has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tsurenko Kerkhove
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 24 20
Pts 82-69 67-58
Total Points 151 125
Winners 25 30
%Winners 30% 45%

Both Tsurenko and Kerkhove played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Lesya Tsurenko surrendered 1 set while Lesley Kerkhove hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tsurenko has played 1 set more than Kerkhove (3 vs 2). Therefore, Tsurenko played 4 games more than Kerkhove. The Ukrainian scored 25 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch bagged 30 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tsurenko Kerkhove
Aces 2 5
Avg per match 2 5
1st in 42/73 40/61
%1st in 58% 66%
1st pts 25/42 30/40
%1st pts 60% 75%
2nd pts 18/31 11/21
%2nd pts 58% 52%

Tsurenko struck 2 aces . Kerkhove made 5 aces . Tsurenko won 60% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kerkhove won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tsurenko Kerkhove
Won 6 3
Converted 6/14 3/6
% Converted 43% 50%
Conceded 12 1
Saved 8 0
% Saved 67% 0%
Times Broken 4 1

The Ukrainian broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Tsurenko dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Lesley broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kerkhove conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Tsurenko
Q1
Popovic
Total
Score 2-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 24 24
pts 82-69 82-69
Total points 151 151
Winners 25 25
%Winners 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 11 11
1st in 42/73 42/73
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 25/42 25/42
% 1st pts 60% 60%
2nd pts 18/31 18/31
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/14 6/14
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 8/12 8
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 4 4
Kerkhove
Q1
Nara
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 67-58 67-58
Total points 125 125
Winners 30 30
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 40/61 40/61
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 30/40 30/40
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 11/21 11/21
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Tsurenko
Kerkhove
2025 2024 2023
0 - 0
0 - 0

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