Lesley Kerkhove and Anna Bondar will square off in the semifinal of Potchefstroom (W25) for the 1st time in their career. 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 Lesley Kerkhove who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lesley Kerkhove is the pick to win this match.
Lesley Kerkhove -> 1.6
Anna Bondar -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Lesley Kerkhove vs. Anna Bondar
There is no head to head record between Lesley Kerkhove and Anna Bondar since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Lesley Kerkhove
Ranked no. 177, Lesley got to the semifinal after defeating Miriam Kolodziejova 7-62 6-2, Sada Nahimana 6-3 6-1 and Eva Guerrero Alvarez 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Guerrero Alvarez (6-2 6-4). During the match Kerkhove scored 62 points vs Guerrero Alvarez’s 46. Lesley was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kerkhove scored just 1 ace and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Lesley Kerkhove was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (19/25) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Lesley broke Guerrero Alvarez 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lesley hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Kerkhove has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (327-232). 4-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kerkhove has a 119-60 record in the last years on hard.
Lesley has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Potchefstroom (W25)
The Dutch didn’t compete in the Potchefstroom (W25) in 2020.
Anna Bondar
Ranked no. 253, Bondar got to the semifinal after beating Victoria Kan 6-3 6-4, Gabriela Ce 6-4 6-3 and Zoe Kruger 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Kruger (6-4 6-2). During the match Bondar scored 69 points vs Kruger’s 50. Anna was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Bondar scored 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Anna Bondar was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bondar broke Kruger 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bondar hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
The Hungarian has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kerkhove | Bondar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 56 |
| Pts | 201-146 | 210-167 |
| Total Points | 347 | 377 |
| Winners | 66 | 76 |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% |
Both Kerkhove and Bondar played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kerkhove and Bondar have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Kerkhove played 1 game less than Bondar. Lesley scored 66 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian made 76 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kerkhove | Bondar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 92/161 | 111/171 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 66/92 | 76/111 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 35/69 | 38/60 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 63% |
Kerkhove managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Bondar struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Kerkhove won 72% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Bondar won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kerkhove | Bondar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 12 |
| Converted | 16/26 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 62% | 43% |
| Conceded | 15 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 53% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 |
Lesley broke her opponents 16 times with a 62% conversion rate. Lesley surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. Anna broke her opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kerkhove | |||||
| R1 Kolodziejova |
R2 Nahimana |
1/4 Guerrero Alvarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 18 | 55 | |
| pts | 83-68 | 56-32 | 62-46 | 201-146 | |
| Total points | 151 | 88 | 108 | 347 | |
| Winners | 25 | 22 | 19 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 26/41 | 25/45 | 92/161 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 63% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/41 | 22/26 | 19/25 | 66/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 85% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 11/15 | 11/20 | 35/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 73% | 55% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 4/6 | 5/7 | 16/26 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 67% | 71% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | – | 0% | 21% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Bondar | |||||
| R1 Kan |
R2 Ce |
1/4 Kruger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 18 | 56 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 69-57 | 69-50 | 210-167 | |
| Total points | 132 | 126 | 119 | 377 | |
| Winners | 24 | 27 | 25 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/61 | 41/57 | 35/53 | 111/171 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 72% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 27/41 | 25/35 | 76/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 66% | 71% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 9/16 | 14/18 | 38/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 56% | 78% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/12 | 3/7 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 42% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWWWWLLLW Tennis Scores in W25 Potchefstroom
- Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage – Carolina Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Reka-Luca JaniJani (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Anna BondarBondar – Zoe KrugerKruger (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove – Eva Guerrero AlvarezGuerrero Alvarez (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (1-0) – H2H and prediction
