Jesika Maleckova and Chanel Simmonds will square off in the quarter of Potchefstroom (W25) for the 2nd time of their career. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesika Maleckova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jesika Maleckova is the pick to win this match.
Jesika Maleckova -> 1.63
Chanel Simmonds -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Jesika Maleckova vs. Chanel Simmonds

This will be the 2nd time that Jesika Maleckova and Chanel Simmonds face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Maleckova (see full H2H stats

), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Maleckova won 6-4 6-1 in the qualifications in Nurnberg back in 2018.

Jesika Maleckova

Ranked no. 297, Jesika got to the qualifications after defeating Eliessa Vanlangendonck 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Dejana Radanovic 6-3 6-0.

In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Radanovic (6-3 6-0). During the match Maleckova scored 58 points vs Radanovic’s 37. Jesika was extremely aggressive to blast 13 winners.

Talking about the service games, Maleckova made 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Jesika Maleckova lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Maleckova put 38% of her first serves in, winning 65% (13/20) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Jesika broke Radanovic 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jesika has lost 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.

Maleckova has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (261-165). 3-1 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Maleckova has a 17-7 record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W25 Hamburg.

Jesika has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Potchefstroom (W25)

Jesika has never competed in this tournament before.

W25 Potchefstroom
Maleckova's Record

Chanel Simmonds

Ranked no. 338, Chanel reached the qualifications after beating Gabriela Ce 6-4 3-6 7-64 and Eden Silva 6-3 6-3.

In the 2nd round, The South African had a good straight sets win against Silva (6-3 6-3). During the match Simmonds scored 70 points vs Silva’s 53. The South African was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Simmonds scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Chanel Simmonds lost the serve once. Furthermore, Simmonds put 57% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. The South African broke Silva 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Chanel has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Chanel has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Potchefstroom (W25)

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See her history

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W25 Potchefstroom
Simmonds's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Maleckova Simmonds
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 43 50
Pts 150-123 187-171
Total Points 273 358
Winners 40 72
%Winners 27% 39%

Both Maleckova and Simmonds played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jesika Maleckova conceded 1 set, while Chanel Simmonds conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Maleckova and Simmonds have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Maleckova played 7 games less than Simmonds. Jesika scored 40 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, The South African recorded 72 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Maleckova Simmonds
Aces 10 5
Avg per match 5 2.5
1st in 62/142 111/170
%1st in 44% 65%
1st pts 40/62 72/111
%1st pts 65% 65%
2nd pts 38/80 28/59
%2nd pts 48% 47%

Maleckova made 10 aces (5 per match). Simmonds bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Maleckova won 65% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Simmonds won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Maleckova Simmonds
Won 14 10
Converted 14/21 10/25
% Converted 67% 40%
Conceded 17 20
Saved 9 13
% Saved 53% 65%
Times Broken 8 7

Maleckova broke her opponents 14 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jesika conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. Chanel broke her opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The South African conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Maleckova
R1
Vanlangendonck		 R2
Radanovic		 Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 28 15 43
pts 92-86 58-37 150-123
Total points 178 95 273
Winners 27 13 40
%Winners 29% 22% 27%
SERVE
Aces 7 3 10
Double Faults 11 5 16
1st in 42/90 20/52 62/142
% 1st in 47% 38% 44%
1st pts 27/42 13/20 40/62
% 1st pts 64% 65% 65%
2nd pts 20/48 18/32 38/80
% 2nd pts 42% 56% 48%
Breaks
Won 8 6 14
Converted 8/12 6/9 14/21
Converted % 67% 67% 67%
Conceded 15 2 17
Saved 9/15 0/2 9
Saved % 60% 0% 30%
Times Broken 6 2 8
Simmonds
R1
Ce		 R2
Silva		 Total
Score 6-4 3-6 7-64 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 32 18 50
pts 117-118 70-53 187-171
Total points 235 123 358
Winners 51 21 72
%Winners 44% 30% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 1 5
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 81/117 30/53 111/170
% 1st in 69% 57% 65%
1st pts 51/81 21/30 72/111
% 1st pts 63% 70% 65%
2nd pts 13/36 15/23 28/59
% 2nd pts 36% 65% 47%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/12 4/13 10/25
Converted % 50% 31% 40%
Conceded 19 1 20
Saved 13/19 0/1 13
Saved % 68% 0% 34%
Times Broken 6 1 7

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