Petra Kvitova and Jessica Pegula will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Qatar Total Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Kvitova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.62
Jessica Pegula -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 2nd time that Petra Kvitova and Jessica Pegula square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kvitova won 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2020.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs Jessica Pegula – U.S. Open 04-September-2020
Petra Kvitova
Ranked no. 10, the Czech got to the semifinal after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 6-3 and Anett Kontaveit 6-3 3-6 6-2.
In the quarter, Kvitova defeated Kontaveit (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match Kvitova scored 89 points vs Kontaveit’s 79. Petra was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kvitova bagged 6 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Petra Kvitova lost the serve 7 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kvitova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 57% (24/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Kontaveit 9 times after converting 56% of her break points (9/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kvitova has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Kvitova has a marvellous record in the last 10 years having won 71% of her matches (357-147). 4-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kvitova has a 203-85 match record in the last years on hard.
Kvitova has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2018. See her history.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 44, Jessica got to the semifinal after beating Gabriela Dabrowski 6-0 6-1, Anastasia Potapova 6-2 6-73 7-66, Misaki Doi 6-2 6-2, Qiang Wang 6-3 6-1, Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 7-5 and Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (6-3 6-1). During the match Pegula scored 60 points vs Pliskova’s 36. Pegula was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Pegula scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jessica Pegula was very efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Jessica broke Pliskova 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Jessica has a 12-3 win-loss record in 2021, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Pegula has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kvitova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 115 |
| Pts | 153-122 | 442-316 |
| Total Points | 275 | 758 |
| Winners | 52 | 173 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Kvitova played 2 matches while Pegula competed in 6 matches. Pegula started her run from the qualifications while Kvitova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Petra Kvitova surrendered 1 set, while Jessica Pegula dropped 1 set. Kvitova has played 8 set(s) less than Pegula (5 vs 13). Therefore, Kvitova played 73 games less than Pegula. Petra scored 52 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Pegula struck 173 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kvitova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 80/123 | 249/378 |
| %1st in | 65% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 52/80 | 173/249 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 62/129 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 48% |
Kvitova recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Pegula bagged 16 aces (2.7 per match). Kvitova won 65% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kvitova | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 34 |
| Converted | 14/23 | 34/60 |
| % Converted | 61% | 57% |
| Conceded | 14 | 35 |
| Saved | 6 | 24 |
| % Saved | 43% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 11 |
Kvitova broke her opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. Kvitova dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Jessica broke her opponents 34 times with a 57% conversion rate. Pegula conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kvitova | ||||
| R2 Pavlyuchenkova |
1/4 Kontaveit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 | 42 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 89-79 | 153-122 | |
| Total points | 107 | 168 | 275 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 27% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 38/50 | 42/73 | 80/123 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 58% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 24/42 | 52/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 57% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 13/31 | 18/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 9/16 | 14/23 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 56% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 30% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Pegula | ||||||||
| Q1 Dabrowski |
Q2 Potapova |
Q3 Doi |
R1 Wang |
R2 Ostapenko |
1/4 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-2 6-73 7-66 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 115 | |
| pts | 56-23 | 128-120 | 61-37 | 73-50 | 64-50 | 60-36 | 442-316 | |
| Total points | 79 | 248 | 98 | 123 | 114 | 96 | 758 | |
| Winners | 22 | 55 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 173 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 39% | 34% | 39% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 89/128 | 28/44 | 43/69 | 36/57 | 26/41 | 249/378 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 70% | 64% | 62% | 63% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 55/89 | 24/28 | 25/43 | 25/36 | 22/26 | 173/249 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 62% | 86% | 58% | 69% | 85% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 13/39 | 9/16 | 14/26 | 12/21 | 8/15 | 62/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 33% | 56% | 54% | 57% | 53% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 8/17 | 4/7 | 6/12 | 5/7 | 5/9 | 34/60 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 47% | 57% | 50% | 71% | 56% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 12/18 | 0/0 | 10/12 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 24 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | – | 83% | 33% | 50% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWLWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Doha
- Nicole Melichar/Demi SchuursMelichar/Demi Schuurs – Andreja Klepac/Sania MirzaKlepac/Sania Mirza (7-5 2-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Rhyne WilliamsWilliams (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-0) – H2H and prediction
