Anastasia Potapova is 4 wins away to conquer the title in Istanbul. The Russian has defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-62 6-78 6-4 to reach the 2nd round where she will face Sorana Cirstea.
Draw Prediction with head to head records
This is Anastasia Potapova’s projected draw together with the projected opponents at Istanbul Open. Anastasia has a a positive record (1-0) with the presumable opponents.
R2 – Sorana Cirstea’s rankings and performance.
Head to head 1-0 for Anastasia Potapova
Sorana Cirstea has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay. In the last 17 years, Sorana has a 171-110 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). Sorana won 5 of her last 10 matches.
Last year in Istanbul Open Sorana didn’t compete in this tournament.
H2H Anastasia Potapova vs. Sorana Cirstea
This contest would be 2nd time that Anastasia Potapova and Sorana Cirstea square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Potapova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay .
1/4 – Fiona Ferro’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 0-0
Fiona Ferro has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay. In the course of the last 9 years, Ferro has a 154-95 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). Fiona won 6 of her last 10 matches.
Ferro’s best result of this season was reaching the semifinal in Lyon.
Last year in Istanbul Open the French player didn’t compete in this event.
H2H Anastasia Potapova vs. Fiona Ferro
There is no head to head record between Anastasia Potapova and Fiona Ferro since this would be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
However, Anastasia Potapova could face Vera Zvonareva. Their H2H record is 1-0 for Vera Zvonareva.
1/2 – Daria Kasatkina’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 0-0
Daria Kasatkina has a 16-4 record in 2021, 1-0 on clay. As for the last 9 years, Kasatkina has a 95-35 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). The Russian will try to keep a positive momentum since she is on a 6 matches winning streak.
Her most significant achievement of this year was winning the competition in in Melbourne where she overcame Marie Bouzkova in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2, and in in St. Petersburg where she overcame Margarita Gasparyan in the final 6-3 2-1 ret..
Last year in Istanbul Open the Russian didn’t take part in this event.
H2H Anastasia Potapova vs. Daria Kasatkina
There is no head to head record between Anastasia Potapova and Daria Kasatkina since this would be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
On the other hand, Anastasia Potapova may square off with Qiang Wang. Their head to head is 0-0.
Final – Elise Mertens’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 0-0
Elise Mertens has a 14-4 record in 2021, 1-1 on clay. As for the last 10 years, Mertens has a 82-46 record on clay (Click here to see full career record). Mertens won 7 of her last 10 matches.
Her most significant achievement of this current season was conquering the competition in in Melbourne where she overcame Kaia Kanepi in the final 6-4 6-1.
Last year in Istanbul Open Mertens didn’t play in this tournament.
H2H Anastasia Potapova vs. Elise Mertens
There is no head to head record between Anastasia Potapova and Elise Mertens since this would be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alternatively, Anastasia Potapova could take on Veronika Kudermetova. Their H2H is 0-0.
