Simona Halep and Ajla Tomljanovic will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.18
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
This will be the 5th time that Simona Halep and Ajla Tomljanovic face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Adelaide back in 2020.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Ajla Tomljanovic – Adelaide 14-January-2020
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 2, the Romanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Lizette Cabrera 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Cabrera (6-2 6-1). During the match Halep scored 63 points vs Cabrera’s 35. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halep scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 69% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Cabrera 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Halep has a a terrific record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (387-143). 3-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Halep has a 201-79 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Simona has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Romanian lost in the semifinal to Garbine Muguruza.
Ajla Tomljanovic
Ranked no. 72, Ajla reached the 2nd round after beating Misaki Doi 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Ajla had a good straight sets win against Doi (6-2 6-1). During the match Tomljanovic scored 69 points vs Doi’s 46. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomljanovic bagged 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve once. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 59% of her first serves in, winning 73% (19/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Ajla broke Doi 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Ajla has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Croatian lost in the 2nd round to Garbine Muguruza.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 |
| Pts | 63-35 | 69-46 |
| Total Points | 98 | 115 |
| Winners | 23 | 19 |
| %Winners | 37% | 28% |
Both Halep and Tomljanovic played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Halep and Tomljanovic have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (15). Simona scored 23 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Ajla fired 19 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 26/44 |
| %1st in | 69% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 19/26 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 50% |
Halep fired 1 ace . Tomljanovic also bagged 6 aces . Halep won 70% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 75% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 83% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Halep broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Halep conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Ajla broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Tomljanovic conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||
| R1 Cabrera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 63-35 | 63-35 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Tomljanovic | |||
| R1 Doi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 69-46 | 69-46 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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