Marketa Vondrousova and Nadia Podoroska will face off in the quarter of the Yarra Valley Classic for the 2nd 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 Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.65
Nadia Podoroska -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Nadia Podoroska
This will be the 2nd time that Marketa Vondrousova and Nadia Podoroska face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vondrousova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Marketa Vondrousova
Ranked no. 21, Marketa reached the quarter after beating Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-0 and Vera Zvonareva 7-64 6-74 6-4.
In the 3rd round, The Czech defeated Zvonareva (7-64 6-74 6-4).-114) than Zvonareva. In fact, the world no. 21 won 114 points vs Zvonareva’s. That means that Vondrousova was more focused during the important points. Marketa was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vondrousova recorded 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (21/48) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Zvonareva 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marketa has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Vondrousova has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 71% of her matches (182-75). 2-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vondrousova has a 48-31 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Czech has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Czech lost in the 1st round to Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Nadia Podoroska
Ranked no. 47 (career high), Nadia got to the quarter after defeating Francesca Jones 6-1 6-3, Greetje Minnen 6-3 6-4 and Petra Kvitova 5-7 6-1 7-67.
In the 3rd round against Kvitova, Nadia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 7-67). During the match Podoroska scored 109 points vs Kvitova’s 106. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Podoroska blasted 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Nadia Podoroska lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Podoroska put 74% of her first serves in, winning 62% (50/81) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Podoroska broke Kvitova 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nadia has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
The Argentine has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Podoroska didn’t compete in Melbourne in 2020.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vondrousova | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 67 |
| Pts | 173-153 | 244-206 |
| Total Points | 326 | 450 |
| Winners | 59 | 94 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Vondrousova played 2 matches while Podoroska competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marketa Vondrousova lost 1 set, while Nadia Podoroska conceded 1 set. Vondrousova has played 2 set(s) less than Podoroska (5 vs 7). Therefore, Vondrousova played 15 games less than Podoroska. Marketa scored 59 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Nadia fired 94 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vondrousova | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 89/152 | 152/212 |
| %1st in | 59% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 59/89 | 94/152 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 33/63 | 33/60 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Vondrousova blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Podoroska struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Vondrousova won 66% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Podoroska won 62% of the points behind 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 | Vondrousova | Podoroska |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 17 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 17/33 |
| % Converted | 55% | 52% |
| Conceded | 13 | 20 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 54% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
The Czech broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Marketa conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. The Argentine broke her opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Nadia conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vondrousova | ||||
| R2 Gracheva |
R3 Zvonareva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 7-64 6-74 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 36 | 52 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 114-118 | 173-153 | |
| Total points | 94 | 232 | 326 | |
| Winners | 22 | 37 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 60/108 | 89/152 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 37/60 | 59/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 62% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 21/48 | 33/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 44% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/12 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 58% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/13 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 54% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Podoroska | |||||
| R1 Jones |
R2 Minnen |
R3 Kvitova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 6-1 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 32 | 67 | |
| pts | 69-48 | 66-52 | 109-106 | 244-206 | |
| Total points | 117 | 118 | 215 | 450 | |
| Winners | 25 | 19 | 50 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 29% | 46% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/53 | 32/49 | 81/110 | 152/212 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 65% | 74% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 19/32 | 50/81 | 94/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 59% | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 10/17 | 14/29 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 59% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/10 | 6/10 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 60% | 60% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/6 | 7/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 64% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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