Patricia Maria Tig and Francesca Jones will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Phillip Island Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on Court 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesca Jones who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesca Jones is the pick to win this match.
Francesca Jones -> 1.76
Patricia Maria Tig -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Patricia Maria Tig vs. Francesca Jones
There is no head to head record between Patricia Maria Tig and Francesca Jones since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Patricia Maria Tig
Ranked no. 56 (career high), the Romanian got to the 2nd round after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 2-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Tsurenko, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Maria Tig scored 85 points vs Tsurenko’s 80. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Maria Tig recorded 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Patricia Maria Tig lost the serve 4 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Maria Tig put 58% of her first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Tsurenko 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Maria Tig has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 56% of her matches (134-105). 1-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Maria Tig has a 80-53 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Maria Tig has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Patricia had to surrender in the qualifications to Leylah Annie Fernandez.
Francesca Jones
Ranked no. 245, Francesca reached the 2nd round after defeating Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-2 and Saisai Zheng 6-2 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Brit defeated Zheng (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match Jones scored 86 points vs Zheng’s 77. Francesca was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Jones was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Francesca Jones lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 72% of her first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Jones broke Zheng 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Francesca has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
The Brit didn’t compete in Melbourne in 2020.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maria Tig | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 41 |
| Pts | 85-80 | 146-119 |
| Total Points | 165 | 265 |
| Winners | 32 | 66 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Maria Tig played 1 match while Jones competed in 2 matches. Jones started her run from the qualifications while Maria Tig had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Patricia Maria Tig dropped 1 set, while Francesca Jones lost 1 set. Maria Tig has played 2 set(s) less than Jones (3 vs 5). Therefore, Maria Tig played 16 games less than Jones. The Romanian scored 32 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit recorded 66 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maria Tig | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 52/89 | 99/140 |
| %1st in | 58% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 32/52 | 66/99 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/41 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 46% |
Maria Tig managed to score 4 aces . Jones bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Maria Tig won 62% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maria Tig | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 45% | 63% |
| Conceded | 16 | 11 |
| Saved | 12 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Maria Tig broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Maria Tig dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Jones broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Maria Tig | |||
| R1 Tsurenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 85-80 | 85-80 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 52/89 | 52/89 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/52 | 32/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 12/16 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Jones | ||||
| Q3 Niculescu |
R1 Zheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 41 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 86-77 | 146-119 | |
| Total points | 102 | 163 | 265 | |
| Winners | 22 | 44 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 51% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 66/92 | 99/140 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 72% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 44/66 | 66/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 12/26 | 19/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/7 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 57% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 108% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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