Aryna Sabalenka and Anett Kontaveit will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on Centre Court. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.58
Anett Kontaveit -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anett Kontaveit
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Anett Kontaveit square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 7-5 2-6 7-5 in the 2nd round in Doha back in 2020.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 8, Aryna got to the 3rd round after defeating Alize Cornet 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Cornet (6-2 6-4). During the match Sabalenka scored 68 points vs Cornet’s 55. Aryna was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sabalenka scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sabalenka put 56% of her first serves in, winning 62% (18/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Aryna broke Cornet 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
Sabalenka has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 65% of her matches (195-103). 10-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Sabalenka has a 120-53 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Abu Dhabi where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2.
Aryna has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2021, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See her history.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 24, Kontaveit got to the 3rd round after beating Timea Babos 6-2 6-1 and Sorana Cirstea 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Cirstea (6-4 7-5). During the match Kontaveit scored 81 points vs Cirstea’s 72. Anett was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kontaveit made 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 55% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. Kontaveit broke Cirstea 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anett started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Anett’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Estonian has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 37 |
| Pts | 68-55 | 141-102 |
| Total Points | 123 | 243 |
| Winners | 18 | 49 |
| %Winners | 26% | 35% |
Sabalenka played 1 match while Kontaveit competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Sabalenka has played 2 set(s) less than Kontaveit (2 vs 4). Therefore, Sabalenka played 19 games less than Kontaveit. Sabalenka scored 18 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Kontaveit made 49 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 68/118 |
| %1st in | 56% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 18/29 | 49/68 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 26/50 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 52% |
Sabalenka scored 1 ace . Kontaveit also scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Sabalenka won 62% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 41% | 53% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Belarussian broke her opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Belarussian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Estonian broke her opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Kontaveit conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | |||
| R2 Cornet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 68-55 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 9/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kontaveit | ||||
| R1 Babos |
R2 Cirstea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 37 | |
| pts | 60-30 | 81-72 | 141-102 | |
| Total points | 90 | 153 | 243 | |
| Winners | 20 | 29 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 42/77 | 68/118 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 55% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 29/42 | 49/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 18/35 | 26/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 51% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/9 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 44% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 108% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Elise MertensMertens – Shelby RogersRogers (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Madison KeysKeys (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Misaki DoiDoi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Kiki BertensBertens (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-6 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-2 3-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-66 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jeroen VannesteVanneste (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-2 3-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-6(6) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Belinda BencicBencic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elise MertensMertens (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
