Sofia Kenin and Kaia Kanepi will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.31
Kaia Kanepi -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Kaia Kanepi
This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Kaia Kanepi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Kanepi won 2-6 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Rome back in 2018.
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 4 (career high), the American got to the qualifications after beating Maddison Inglis 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sofia had a good straight sets win against Inglis (7-5 6-4). During the match Kenin scored 70 points vs Inglis’s 58. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kenin made 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Sofia Kenin was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The American broke Inglis 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Kenin has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (215-119). 6-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kenin has a 131-66 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Sofia conquered the title last year in Melbourne after defeating Garbine Muguruza .
Kaia Kanepi
Ranked no. 65, Kaia got to the qualifications after beating Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Sevastova (6-3 6-1). During the match Kanepi scored 59 points vs Sevastova’s 39. The Estonian was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Kanepi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kaia Kanepi was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (17/23) of her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Kaia broke Sevastova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Kanepi’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Melbourne.
Kaia has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Kanepi lost in the 1st round to Barbora Krejcikova.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 70-58 | 59-39 |
| Total Points | 128 | 98 |
| Winners | 26 | 17 |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% |
Both Kenin and Kanepi played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kenin and Kanepi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kenin played 6 games more than Kanepi. Kenin scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kaia fired 17 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 23/46 |
| %1st in | 56% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 17/23 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Kenin struck 2 aces . Kanepi fired 1 ace . Kenin won 74% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kanepi won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Kanepi broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kaia conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | |||
| R1 Inglis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-58 | 70-58 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 35/63 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kanepi | |||
| R1 Sevastova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 59-39 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 23/46 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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