Daria Kasatkina and Margarita Gasparyan will square off in the final of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:30 pm on SIBUR ARENA. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daria Kasatkina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daria Kasatkina is the pick to win this match.
Daria Kasatkina -> 1.51
Margarita Gasparyan -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Margarita Gasparyan
There is no head to head record between Daria Kasatkina and Margarita Gasparyan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Daria Kasatkina
Ranked no. 61, Kasatkina got to the final after beating Clara Tauson 6-4 7-60, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 5-7 6-3 7-62, Veronika Kudermetova 1-6 6-1 6-2 and Svetlana Kuznetsova 1-6 6-0 6-2.
In the semifinal against Kuznetsova, Darya recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-0 6-2). During the match Kasatkina scored 76 points vs Kuznetsova’s 57. Darya was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kasatkina scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Daria Kasatkina lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kasatkina put 64% of her first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Kasatkina broke Kuznetsova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 3 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Kasatkina has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of her matches (251-134). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kasatkina has a 41-18 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she defeated Marie Bouzkova in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2.
The Russian has a 14-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016 and 2018. See her history.
Margarita Gasparyan
Ranked no. 126, Margarita got to the final after beating Kristina Mladenovic 6-71 6-1 6-1, Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-4, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 7-5 and Vera Zvonareva 6-3 7-69.
In the semifinal, Margarita had a good straight sets win against Zvonareva (6-3 7-69). During the match Gasparyan scored 86 points vs Zvonareva’s 81. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Gasparyan fired 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Margarita Gasparyan lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gasparyan put 64% of her first serves in, winning 56% (30/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Zvonareva 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gasparyan started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Gasparyan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in St. Petersburg.
Margarita has a 9-4 win-loss record in 2021, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kasatkina | Gasparyan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 100 | 89 |
| Pts | 364-300 | 324-275 |
| Total Points | 664 | 599 |
| Winners | 142 | 124 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Kasatkina and Gasparyan played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Daria Kasatkina dropped 3 sets, while Margarita Gasparyan dropped 1 set. Kasatkina has played 2 sets more than Gasparyan (11 vs 9). Therefore, Kasatkina played 11 games more than Gasparyan. The Russian scored 142 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian struck 124 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kasatkina | Gasparyan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 215/332 | 195/299 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 142/215 | 124/195 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 51/117 | 48/104 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 46% |
Kasatkina bagged 7 aces (1.8 per match). Gasparyan blasted 6 aces (1.5 per match). Kasatkina won 66% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gasparyan won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kasatkina | Gasparyan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 24 | 24 |
| Converted | 24/54 | 24/42 |
| % Converted | 44% | 57% |
| Conceded | 48 | 30 |
| Saved | 30 | 18 |
| % Saved | 63% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 18 | 12 |
Kasatkina broke her opponents 24 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve 18 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Margarita broke her opponents 24 times with a 57% conversion rate. Margarita conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kasatkina | ||||||
| R1 Tauson |
R2 Sasnovich |
1/4 Kudermetova |
1/2 Kuznetsova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-60 | 5-7 6-3 7-62 | 1-6 6-1 6-2 | 1-6 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 34 | 22 | 21 | 100 | |
| pts | 85-73 | 121-108 | 82-62 | 76-57 | 364-300 | |
| Total points | 158 | 229 | 144 | 133 | 664 | |
| Winners | 35 | 45 | 35 | 27 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% | 43% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 54/80 | 69/109 | 48/74 | 44/69 | 215/332 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 63% | 65% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/54 | 45/69 | 35/48 | 27/44 | 142/215 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | 73% | 61% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/26 | 12/40 | 15/26 | 15/25 | 51/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 30% | 58% | 60% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 9/24 | 4/8 | 5/6 | 24/54 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | 50% | 83% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 48 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8/16 | 13/15 | 1/4 | 30 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 50% | 87% | 25% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
| Gasparyan | ||||||
| R1 Mladenovic |
R2 Siniakova |
1/4 Alexandrova |
1/2 Zvonareva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 89 | |
| pts | 107-89 | 68-56 | 63-49 | 86-81 | 324-275 | |
| Total points | 196 | 124 | 112 | 167 | 599 | |
| Winners | 39 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 46% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 61/91 | 39/62 | 41/62 | 54/84 | 195/299 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 66% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/61 | 26/39 | 29/41 | 30/54 | 124/195 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 67% | 71% | 56% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 11/23 | 7/21 | 14/30 | 48/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 33% | 47% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 5/6 | 6/7 | 6/11 | 24/42 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 83% | 86% | 55% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 5/9 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 50% | 50% | 56% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
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