Jennifer Brady and Ann Li will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Grampians Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12.30 pm on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jennifer Brady who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jennifer Brady is the pick to win this match.
Jennifer Brady -> 1.36
Ann Li -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Jennifer Brady vs. Ann Li
There is no head to head record between Jennifer Brady and Ann Li 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 semifinal after beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-0, Marta Kostyuk 6-1 6-4 and Barbora Krejcikova 7-65 6-4.
In the quarter, Jennifer had a good straight sets win against Krejcikova (7-65 6-4). During the match Brady scored 89 points vs Krejcikova’s 77. Jennifer was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Brady recorded 14 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Jennifer Brady was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of her 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jennifer broke Krejcikova once after converting 8% of her break points (1/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brady hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Brady has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (235-156). 3-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Brady has a 171-95 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Jennifer has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Brady lost in the 1st round to Simona Halep.
Ann Li
Ranked no. 99, the American reached the semifinal after beating Ellen Perez 5-3 ret., Veronika Kudermetova 7-5 6-3 and Sorana Cirstea 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Cirstea (6-3 6-1). During the match Li scored 62 points vs Cirstea’s 40. Li was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Li managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ann Li was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The American broke Cirstea 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Li hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Ann has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Ann capitulated in the 2nd round to Sofia Kenin.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brady | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 37 |
| Pts | 210-149 | 135-100 |
| Total Points | 359 | 235 |
| Winners | 79 | 44 |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% |
Brady played 3 matches while Li competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Brady has played 2 sets more than Li (6 vs 4). Therefore, Brady played 18 games more than Li. The American scored 79 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Li made 44 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brady | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 97/171 | 61/105 |
| %1st in | 57% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 79/97 | 44/61 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 42/74 | 23/44 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Brady scored 20 aces (6.7 per match). Li bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Brady won 81% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Li won 72% of the points on 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 | Brady | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/29 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 34% | 52% |
| Conceded | 12 | 9 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 83% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Jennifer broke her opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Brady surrendered her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Ann broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Ann conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Brady | |||||
| R1 Kuznetsova |
R2 Kostyuk |
1/4 Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 23 | 55 | |
| pts | 54-29 | 67-43 | 89-77 | 210-149 | |
| Total points | 83 | 110 | 166 | 359 | |
| Winners | 19 | 28 | 32 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 35/56 | 39/73 | 97/171 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 63% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 28/35 | 32/39 | 79/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 80% | 82% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 10/21 | 21/34 | 42/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 48% | 62% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/6 | 1/12 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 67% | 8% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 100% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Li | |||||
| R1 Perez |
R2 Kudermetova |
1/4 Cirstea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-3 ret. | 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 21 | 16 | 45 | |
| pts | 37-33 | 73-60 | 62-40 | 172-133 | |
| Total points | 70 | 133 | 102 | 305 | |
| Winners | 18 | 23 | 21 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 32% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/40 | 34/61 | 27/44 | 88/145 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 56% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 23/34 | 21/27 | 62/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 68% | 78% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/13 | 13/27 | 10/17 | 27/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 48% | 59% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 6/11 | 5/10 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 55% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/8 | 0/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 50% | 0% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWWWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Ann LiLi – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (w/o) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Angelique KerberKerber (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ann LiLi – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
