Simona Halep and Laura Siegemund will face off in the 3rd round of the Gippsland Trophy for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3 pm on Margaret Court Arena. 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 Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.195
Laura Siegemund -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Laura Siegemund
This will be the 4th time that Simona Halep and Laura Siegemund face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Siegemund (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Siegemund won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in 2016.
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 2, Halep got to the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Simona had a good straight sets win against Potapova (6-4 6-4). During the match Halep scored 68 points vs Potapova’s 57. Simona was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep made 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 63% of her first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Potapova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Halep has a a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (385-142). 1-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Halep has a 199-78 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Simona has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Romanian lost in the semifinal to Garbine Muguruza.
Laura Siegemund
Ranked no. 51, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Monica Niculescu 7-5 6-4 and Destanee Aiava 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Siegemund had a good straight sets win against Aiava (6-2 6-2). During the match Siegemund scored 59 points vs Aiava’s 38. Siegemund was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Siegemund couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Laura Siegemund was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The German broke Aiava 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Siegemund hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Laura has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The German surrendered in the 2nd round to Karolina Pliskova.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Siegemund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 38 |
| Pts | 68-57 | 136-108 |
| Total Points | 125 | 244 |
| Winners | 24 | 47 |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% |
Halep played 1 match while Siegemund competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Halep has played 2 set(s) less than Siegemund (2 vs 4). Therefore, Halep played 18 games less than Siegemund. Simona scored 24 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Laura struck 47 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Siegemund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 75/121 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 47/75 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 26/46 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 57% |
Halep made 5 aces . Siegemund didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Halep won 60% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Siegemund won 63% of the points on 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 | Halep | Siegemund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 67% | 55% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Simona broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Romanian lost her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Laura broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Laura conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||
| R2 Potapova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-57 | 68-57 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 40/63 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Siegemund | ||||
| R1 Niculescu |
R2 Aiava |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 38 | |
| pts | 77-70 | 59-38 | 136-108 | |
| Total points | 147 | 97 | 244 | |
| Winners | 26 | 21 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 29/45 | 75/121 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/46 | 21/29 | 47/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 72% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 10/16 | 26/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/11 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 45% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWLL Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Destanee AiavaAiava (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Mayo HibiHibi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Kaja JuvanJuvan (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-1 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Bernarda PeraPera (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Timea BabosBabos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Qiang WangWang (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Destanee AiavaAiava (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Kaja JuvanJuvan (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-1 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Cori GauffGauff (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Simona HalepHalep – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Johanna KontaKonta – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
