Gabriela Talaba and Despina Papamichail will face off in the 2nd round of Boca Raton (W25) for the 3rd time of their career. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gabriela Talaba who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gabriela Talaba is the pick to win this match.
Gabriela Talaba -> 1.6
Despina Papamichail -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Gabriela Talaba vs. Despina Papamichail
This will be the 3rd time that Gabriela Talaba and Despina Papamichail face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Talaba and Papamichail (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Talaba won 6-3 6-7(2) 6-2 in the 1st round in the 1100179955 back in 2019.
Gabriela Talaba
Ranked no. 213, Gabriela got to the 2nd round after beating Naiktha Bains 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Talaba had a good straight sets win against Bains (6-4 6-2). During the match Talaba scored 58 points vs Bains’s 42. Talaba was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Talaba wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Gabriela Talaba lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Talaba put 61% of her first serves in, winning 60% (15/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Bains 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
Talaba has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of her matches (120-78). 3-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Talaba has a 28-24 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Talaba has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Boca Raton (W25)
Gabriela has never competed in this tournament before.
Despina Papamichail
Ranked no. 277, the Greek got to the 2nd round after beating Barbara Gatica 7-64 6-3 and Ana Sofia Sanchez 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Sofia Sanchez, Papamichail recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-3). During the match Papamichail scored 65 points vs Sofia Sanchez’s 47. Papamichail was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Papamichail scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Despina Papamichail lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Papamichail put 72% of her first serves in, winning 62% (24/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Sofia Sanchez 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Despina has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Talaba | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 72 |
| Pts | 58-42 | 130-94 |
| Total Points | 100 | 224 |
| Winners | 15 | 48 |
| %Winners | 26% | 37% |
Talaba played 1 match while Papamichail competed in 3 matches. Papamichail started her run from the qualifications while Talaba had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Despina Papamichail surrendered 1 set while Gabriela Talaba hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talaba has played 5 set(s) less than Papamichail (2 vs 7). Therefore, Talaba played 54 games less than Papamichail. Gabriela scored 15 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Papamichail blasted 48 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Talaba | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 78/108 |
| %1st in | 61% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 15/25 | 48/78 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 12/30 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 40% |
Talaba didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Papamichail blasted 2 aces (0.7 per match). Talaba won 60% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Papamichail won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Talaba | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 12/20 |
| % Converted | 31% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The Romanian broke her opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Gabriela conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Papamichail broke her opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Papamichail conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Talaba | |||
| R1 Bains |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 58-42 | 58-42 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/15 | 12/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Papamichail | |||||
| Q1 Gatica |
Q3 Sofia Sanchez |
R1 Sofia Sanchez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 5-7 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 33 | 72 | |
| pts | – | 65-47 | 65-47 | 130-94 | |
| Total points | 0 | 112 | 112 | 224 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | 48 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 37% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 39/54 | 39/54 | 78/108 | |
| % 1st in | – | 72% | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | / | 24/39 | 24/39 | 48/78 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 62% | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 6/15 | 6/15 | 12/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Converted | / | 6/10 | 6/10 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | – | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 3/6 | 3/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 50% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
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