H2H, PREDICTION Sloane Stephens vs Varvara Gracheva | Melbourne odds, preview, pick

Sloane Stephens and Varvara Gracheva will face off in the 1^st round of the Phillip Island Trophy for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sloane Stephens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sloane Stephens is the pick to win this match.
Sloane Stephens -> 1.56
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.43

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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Varvara Gracheva

There is no head to head record between Sloane Stephens and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Sloane Stephens

Ranked no. 41, Stephens will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 4-6 6-2 6-3 to Putintseva in the 1^st round on the 9^th of February.

The American has a 0-2 win-loss record in 2021, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Sloane has an overall 302-208 record. She has a positive 165-126 record on hard.

Last year in Melbourne

The American had to surrender in the 1^st round to Shuai Zhang.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 97, the Russian will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 5-7 6-2 6-2 to Kudermetova in the 2^nd round on the 10^th of February.

Gracheva has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Russian has an overall 149-77 record. She has a negative 24-25 record on hard.

Last year in Melbourne

Gracheva capitulated in the qualifications to Johanna Larsson.

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