Jessica Pegula and Kristina Mladenovic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.22
Kristina Mladenovic -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Kristina Mladenovic
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Kristina Mladenovic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pegula won 6-2 6-1 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in February 2021.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs Kristina Mladenovic – Australian Open 13-February-2021
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 36 (career high), the American got to the 2nd round after beating Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Shvedova (6-2 6-1). During the match Pegula scored 75 points vs Shvedova’s 59. The American was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pegula recorded 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Jessica Pegula conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 61% of her first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Pegula broke Shvedova 4 times after converting 27% of her break points (4/15).
Pegula has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (232-151). 13-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pegula has a 120-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Doha.
Pegula has a 13-4 win-loss record in 2021, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Pegula has never competed in this tournament before.
Kristina Mladenovic
Ranked no. 53, Kristina got to the 2nd round after beating Petra Martic 7-62 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kristina had a good straight sets win against Martic (7-62 6-4). During the match Mladenovic scored 79 points vs Martic’s 72. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Mladenovic was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Kristina Mladenovic lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Mladenovic put 62% of her first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Kristina broke Martic 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Kristina has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2021, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017 and 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 23 |
| Pts | 75-59 | 79-72 |
| Total Points | 134 | 151 |
| Winners | 27 | 28 |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% |
Both Pegula and Mladenovic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Mladenovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pegula played 8 games less than Mladenovic. Jessica scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Mladenovic bagged 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 45/73 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 28/45 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 54% |
Pegula struck 3 aces . Mladenovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pegula won 73% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mladenovic won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 27% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Jessica broke her opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. The American quite strong on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Mladenovic broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mladenovic conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||
| R1 Shvedova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 75-59 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mladenovic | |||
| R1 Martic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-72 | 79-72 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/73 | 45/73 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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