Anett Kontaveit and Sorana Cirstea will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on Court 3. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.24
Sorana Cirstea -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 3rd time that Anett Kontaveit and Sorana Cirstea fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kontaveit won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2020.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs Sorana Cirstea – Dubai 18-February-2020
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 24, Kontaveit reached the 2nd round after defeating Timea Babos 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Babos (6-2 6-1). During the match Kontaveit scored 60 points vs Babos’s 30. Anett was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kontaveit scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Anett Kontaveit was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (20/26) of her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Anett broke Babos 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Kontaveit has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (307-159). 8-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kontaveit has a 132-80 record in the last years on hard.
The Estonian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
Anett has a 8-3 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See her history.
Sorana Cirstea
Ranked no. 67, Sorana got to the 2nd round after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cirstea had a good straight sets win against Tsurenko (6-4 6-4). During the match Cirstea scored 61 points vs Tsurenko’s 55. Sorana was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Cirstea managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 57% of her first serves in, winning 51% (18/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Cirstea broke Tsurenko 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
The Romanian has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2014. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kontaveit | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 |
| Pts | 60-30 | 61-55 |
| Total Points | 90 | 116 |
| Winners | 20 | 18 |
| %Winners | 33% | 30% |
Both Kontaveit and Cirstea played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kontaveit and Cirstea have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kontaveit played 5 games less than Cirstea. Anett scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Cirstea blasted 18 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kontaveit | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 35/61 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 18/35 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 51% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 50% |
Kontaveit made 1 ace . Cirstea also blasted 3 aces . Kontaveit won 77% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 51% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kontaveit | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 86% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Anett broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Anett lost her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Sorana conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kontaveit | |||
| R1 Babos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-30 | 60-30 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cirstea | |||
| R1 Tsurenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 61-55 | 61-55 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/61 | 35/61 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 51% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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