Jennifer Brady and Marta Kostyuk will play each other in the 2nd round of the Grampians Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1 pm on Court 13. 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 Jennifer Brady who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jennifer Brady is the pick to win this match.
Jennifer Brady -> 1.6
Marta Kostyuk -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Jennifer Brady vs. Marta Kostyuk
There is no head to head record between Jennifer Brady and Marta Kostyuk since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jennifer Brady
Ranked no. 24 (career high), Jennifer got to the 2nd round after defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Brady had a good straight sets win against Kuznetsova (6-3 6-0). During the match Brady scored 54 points vs Kuznetsova’s 29. Jennifer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brady made 3 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jennifer Brady was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Brady broke Kuznetsova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Brady has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (233-156). 1-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brady has a 169-95 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Brady surrendered in the 1st round to Simona Halep.
Marta Kostyuk
Ranked no. 78 (career high), the Ukrainian got to the 2nd round after defeating Gabriela Dabrowski 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Marta had a good straight sets win against Dabrowski (6-0 6-3). During the match Kostyuk scored 59 points vs Dabrowski’s 39. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Kostyuk scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 54% of her first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Dabrowski 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
The Ukrainian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
Kostyuk has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Ukrainian surrendered in the qualifications to Natalia Vikhlyantseva.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brady | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 |
| Pts | 54-29 | 59-39 |
| Total Points | 83 | 98 |
| Winners | 19 | 18 |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% |
Both Brady and Kostyuk played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Brady and Kostyuk have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (15). The American scored 19 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kostyuk fired 18 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brady | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 26/48 |
| %1st in | 55% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 18/26 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 55% |
Brady struck 3 aces . Kostyuk struck 1 ace . Brady won 83% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kostyuk won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brady | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 45% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Jennifer lost her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Marta broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kostyuk conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Brady | |||
| R1 Kuznetsova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-29 | 54-29 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kostyuk | |||
| R1 Dabrowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 59-39 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/48 | 26/48 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LWLLWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Oksana KalashnikovaKalashnikova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Sloane StephensStephens (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ann LiLi – Ellen PerezPerez (5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands – Barbora StrycovaStrycova (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Christina MchaleMchale (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Heather WatsonWatson (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Gabriela DabrowskiDabrowski (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Corrado SummariaSummaria – Simone RoncalliRoncalli (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Angelique KerberKerber (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bethanie Mattek-SandsMattek-Sands – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ann LiLi – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
