Ashleigh Barty and Ekaterina Alexandrova will square off in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ashleigh Barty who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ashleigh Barty is the pick to win this match.
Ashleigh Barty -> 1.31
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 3.74
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Prediction and head to head Ashleigh Barty vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
There is no head to head record between Ashleigh Barty and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ashleigh Barty
Currently world no. 1 the Australian reached the 3rd round after beating Danka Kovinic 6-0 6-0 and Daria Gavrilova 6-1 7-67.
In the 2nd round, Ashleigh had a good straight sets win against Gavrilova (6-1 7-67). During the match Barty scored 73 points vs Gavrilova’s 60. Ashleigh was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Barty bagged 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ashleigh Barty lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Barty put 54% of her first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. Barty was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Gavrilova 6 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 64% of the points she played.
Barty has a an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 74% of her matches (249-88). 6-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Barty has a 136-45 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she beat Garbine Muguruza in the final 7-6(3) 6-4.
The Australian has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Ashleigh capitulated in the semifinal to Sofia Kenin.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 32, Ekaterina reached the 3rd round after beating Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-4 and Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Krejcikova (6-3 7-64). During the match Alexandrova scored 87 points vs Krejcikova’s 74. Ekaterina was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova fired 9 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of her 1st serve and 59% (27/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Alexandrova broke Krejcikova twice after converting 29% of her break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandrova hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Alexandrova’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
Ekaterina has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Russian lost in the 3rd round to Petra Kvitova.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Barty | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 41 |
| Pts | 123-70 | 159-132 |
| Total Points | 193 | 291 |
| Winners | 43 | 51 |
| %Winners | 35% | 32% |
Both Barty and Alexandrova played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Barty and Alexandrova have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Barty played 9 games less than Alexandrova. Barty scored 43 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 51 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Barty | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 58/101 | 64/142 |
| %1st in | 57% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 51/64 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 40/78 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Barty recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Alexandrova struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Barty won 74% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 80% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Barty | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 7 |
| Converted | 12/14 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 86% | 41% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Australian broke her opponents 12 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Australian lost her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Alexandrova conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Barty | ||||
| R1 Kovinic |
R2 Gavrilova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-1 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 20 | 32 | |
| pts | 50-10 | 73-60 | 123-70 | |
| Total points | 60 | 133 | 193 | |
| Winners | 16 | 27 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 18/27 | 40/74 | 58/101 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 27/40 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 68% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/9 | 14/34 | 22/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 89% | 41% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/6 | 12/14 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R1 Trevisan |
R2 Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 87-74 | 159-132 | |
| Total points | 130 | 161 | 291 | |
| Winners | 25 | 26 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 30% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 30/62 | 34/80 | 64/142 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 43% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 26/34 | 51/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 76% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 27/46 | 40/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 59% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 2/7 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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