Leylah Annie Fernandez and Kristina Kucova will face off in the 2nd round of the Abierto GNP Seguros for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Estadio. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Leylah Annie Fernandez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Leylah Annie Fernandez is the pick to win this match.
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 1.184
Kristina Kucova -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Kristina Kucova
There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Kristina Kucova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Leylah Annie Fernandez
Ranked no. 88, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after defeating Coco Vandeweghe 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Leylah had a good straight sets win against Vandeweghe (6-3 6-2). During the match Annie Fernandez scored 58 points vs Vandeweghe’s 33. Leylah was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Annie Fernandez made 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Leylah Annie Fernandez was quite efficient on serve to win 89% (32/36) of her 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Leylah broke Vandeweghe 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Annie Fernandez has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of her matches (92-54). 4-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Annie Fernandez has a 55-30 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Leylah has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monterrey
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See her history.
Kristina Kucova
Ranked no. 151, Kristina reached the 2nd round after beating Aliona Bolsova 6-3 7-5 and Sloane Stephens 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kucova had a good straight sets win against Stephens (6-2 6-2). During the match Kucova scored 64 points vs Stephens’s 40. Kristina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Kucova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Kristina Kucova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kucova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 57% (20/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. Kristina broke Stephens 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
The Slovakian has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monterrey
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Annie Fernandez | Kucova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 54 |
| Pts | 58-33 | 139-103 |
| Total Points | 91 | 242 |
| Winners | 32 | 45 |
| %Winners | 55% | 32% |
Annie Fernandez played 1 match while Kucova competed in 3 matches. Kucova started her run from the qualifications while Annie Fernandez had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Kristina Kucova surrendered 2 sets while Leylah Annie Fernandez hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Annie Fernandez has played 4 set(s) less than Kucova (2 vs 6). Therefore, Annie Fernandez played 37 games less than Kucova. Annie Fernandez scored 32 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Kucova made 45 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Annie Fernandez | Kucova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 36/44 | 74/121 |
| %1st in | 82% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 45/74 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 25/47 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 53% |
Annie Fernandez scored 5 aces . Kucova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Annie Fernandez won 89% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Kucova won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Annie Fernandez | Kucova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 75% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Annie Fernandez broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Annie Fernandez extremely effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Slovakian broke her opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Kristina conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.
| Annie Fernandez | |||
| R1 Vandeweghe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 58-33 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/44 | 36/44 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 32/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kucova | |||||
| Q1 Bolsova |
Q3 Tsurenko |
R1 Stephens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 16 | 54 | |
| pts | 75-63 | – | 64-40 | 139-103 | |
| Total points | 138 | 0 | 104 | 242 | |
| Winners | 25 | 20 | 45 | ||
| %Winners | 33% | NAN% | 31% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1st in | 39/66 | / | 35/55 | 74/121 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | – | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | / | 20/35 | 45/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | – | 57% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | / | 11/20 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | – | 55% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 5/13 | / | 7/14 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 38% | – | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Saved | 1/4 | 0/ | 4/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 25% | – | 57% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
Head 2 Head
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