Simona Halep and Ekaterina Alexandrova will square off in the quarter of the Gippsland Trophy for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.46
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 3rd time that Simona Halep and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Halep and Alexandrova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in 2019.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Simona Halep – Cincinnati 14-August-2019
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 2, Halep reached the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-4 and Laura Siegemund 6-2 6-4.
In the 3rd round, Halep had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-2 6-4). During the match Halep scored 69 points vs Siegemund’s 55. Simona was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep fired 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Simona Halep lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 67% of her first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Siegemund 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Halep hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Halep has a a extraordinary record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (386-142). 2-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Halep has a 200-78 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Romanian has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Halep had to surrender in the semifinal to Garbine Muguruza.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 33, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Anna Schmiedlova 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Alexandrova had a good straight sets win against Swiatek (6-4 6-2). During the match Alexandrova scored 66 points vs Swiatek’s 50. Alexandrova was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova scored 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 83% (24/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Swiatek 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
The Russian has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Alexandrova capitulated in the 3rd round to Petra Kvitova.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 46 |
| Pts | 137-112 | 156-134 |
| Total Points | 249 | 290 |
| Winners | 55 | 64 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Halep and Alexandrova played 2 matches. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded 1 set while Simona Halep hasn’t conceded a set so far. Halep has played 1 set(s) less than Alexandrova (4 vs 5). Therefore, Halep played 8 games less than Alexandrova. Halep scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ekaterina managed to score 64 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 81/124 | 87/147 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 55/81 | 64/87 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 24/60 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 40% |
Halep recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Alexandrova bagged 19 aces (9.5 per match). Halep won 68% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 10/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 11 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 73% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Halep broke her opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Simona lost her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Alexandrova broke her opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Alexandrova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | ||||
| R2 Potapova |
R3 Siegemund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 68-57 | 69-55 | 137-112 | |
| Total points | 125 | 124 | 249 | |
| Winners | 24 | 31 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 41/61 | 81/124 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 31/41 | 55/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 76% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 9/20 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 45% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 83% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R2 Anna Schmiedlova |
R3 Swiatek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
| pts | 90-84 | 66-50 | 156-134 | |
| Total points | 174 | 116 | 290 | |
| Winners | 40 | 24 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 29/55 | 87/147 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 53% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 24/29 | 64/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 83% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 11/26 | 24/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/8 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 67% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-74 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Katie BoulterBoulter (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Johanna KontaKonta (4-6 7-610 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Simona HalepHalep – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
