Kurumi Nara and Allie Kiick will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Volvo Car Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on Althea Gibson. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kurumi Nara who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kurumi Nara is the pick to win this match.
Kurumi Nara -> 1.833
Allie Kiick -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Kurumi Nara vs. Allie Kiick
This will be the 3rd time that Kurumi Nara and Allie Kiick play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nara (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nara won 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Rancho Santa Fe back in 2018.
Kurumi Nara
Ranked no. 164, Kurumi got to the qualifications after defeating Whitley Pate 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nara had a good straight sets win against Pate (6-3 6-2). During the match Nara scored 61 points vs Pate’s 40. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nara scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Kurumi Nara was quite effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Nara broke Pate 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Nara has a good record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (251-222). 1-0 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Nara has a 39-41 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Nara’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the W25 Fujairah.
The Japanese has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016. See her history.
Allie Kiick
Ranked no. 184, Allie reached the qualifications after defeating Lucie Hradecka 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Hradecka (6-0 6-1). During the match Kiick scored 54 points vs Hradecka’s 28. Allie was pretty aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about serving, Kiick was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Allie Kiick lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kiick put 58% of her first serves in, winning 68% (13/19) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. Kiick broke Hradecka 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
The American has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nara | Kiick |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 13 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 54-28 |
| Total Points | 101 | 82 |
| Winners | 22 | 13 |
| %Winners | 36% | 24% |
Both Nara and Kiick played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nara and Kiick have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nara played 4 games more than Kiick. Nara scored 22 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Allie bagged 13 winners (24%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nara | Kiick |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 19/33 |
| %1st in | 64% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 13/19 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 8/14 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Nara managed to score 1 ace . Kiick didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Nara won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kiick won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nara | Kiick |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 56% | 47% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Nara broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Nara surrendered her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Kiick broke her opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Kiick conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Nara | |||
| Q1 Pate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kiick | |||
| Q1 Hradecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 54-28 | 54-28 | |
| Total points | 82 | 82 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 24% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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