Belinda Bencic and Paula Badosa Gibert will clash against each other in the quarter of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa Gibert who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa Gibert is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa Gibert -> 1.8
Belinda Bencic -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Paula Badosa Gibert

This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Paula Badosa Gibert fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Badosa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Badosa won 6-2 6-7(2) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in April 2021.

Highlights Paula Badosa Gibert vs Belinda Bencic – Charleston 07-April-2021

Belinda Bencic

Ranked no. 11, the Swiss reached the quarter after defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6-4 6-2, Bernarda Pera 3-6 6-1 7-65 and Ons Jabeur 7-62 4-3 ret..

In the 3rd round, Bencic had a good straight sets win against Jabeur (7-62 4-3 ret.). During the match Bencic scored 74 points vs Jabeur’s 65. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bencic made 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Belinda Bencic was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (37/47) of her 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points she played.

Bencic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (306-160). 4-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Bencic has a 63-36 record in the last years on clay.

Belinda’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Adelaide.

The Swiss has a 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.

Madrid
Bencic's Record

Paula Badosa Gibert

Ranked no. 62 (career high), Paula reached the quarter after beating Barbora Krejcikova 6-1 7-5, Jil Teichmann 5-7 6-1 6-2 and Anastasija Sevastova 6-70 7-63 6-0.

In the 3rd round against Sevastova, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-70 7-63 6-0). During the match Badosa scored 119 points vs Sevastova’s 108. Badosa was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Talking about serving, Badosa bagged 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Paula Badosa Gibert lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 79% of her first serves in, winning 61% (54/88) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Sevastova 8 times after converting 57% of her break points (8/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Paula started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Lyon and Charleston.

Paula has a 13-6 win-loss record in 2021, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Madrid
Badosa's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Bencic
P.Badosa
5h:37
5h:37
Time on court​
5h:52
5h:52
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
!
2h:35
2h:35
3
3
Match played
3
3
67
67
Games Played​
78
78
8
8
Set played​​
8
8
241
241
Total points​
279
279
80.3
80.3
Avg point​
93
93
112
112
Winners
118
118
37.3
37.3
Avg Winners​
39.3
39.3
46%
46%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
9
9
4.3
4.3
Avg Aces
3
3
10
10
Double Faults
15
15
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
5
5
112/155
112/155
1st won total​
118/180
118/180
!
72%
72%
1st won %
66%
66%
47/91
47/91
2nd won total​
31/73
31/73
52%
52%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
8/18
8/18
BP won
20/36
20/36
2.7/6
2.7/6
Avg BP won
6.7/12
6.7/12
44%
44%
Won
!
56%
56%
20
20
Conceded
23
23
6.7
6.7
Avg Conceded
7.7
7.7
4
4
Broken
10
10
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
16
16
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bencic Badosa
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 8
Tot Games 67 78
Pts 241-215 279-231
Total Points 456 510
Winners 112 118
%Winners 46% 42%

Both Bencic and Badosa played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Belinda Bencic dropped 1 set, while Paula Badosa Gibert conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Bencic and Badosa have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Bencic played 11 games less than Badosa. Bencic scored 112 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 118 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bencic Badosa
Aces 13 9
Avg per match 4.3 3
1st in 155/246 180/253
%1st in 63% 71%
1st pts 112/155 118/180
%1st pts 72% 66%
2nd pts 47/91 31/73
%2nd pts 52% 42%

Bencic blasted 13 aces (4.3 per match). Badosa bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Bencic won 72% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Badosa won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bencic Badosa
Won 8 20
Converted 8/18 20/36
% Converted 44% 56%
Conceded 20 23
Saved 16 13
% Saved 80% 57%
Times Broken 4 10

Bencic broke her opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Bencic surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Badosa broke her opponents 20 times with a 56% conversion rate. Badosa conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.

Bencic
R1
Mladenovic
R2
Pera
R3
Jabeur
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-1 7-65 7-62 4-3 ret.
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 18 29 20 67
pts 60-44 107-106 74-65 241-215
Total points 104 213 139 456
Winners 29 46 37 112
%Winners 48% 43% 50% 46%
SERVE
Aces 2 7 4 13
Double Faults 2 5 3 10
1st in 40/55 68/117 47/74 155/246
% 1st in 73% 58% 64% 63%
1st pts 29/40 46/68 37/47 112/155
% 1st pts 73% 68% 79% 72%
2nd pts 7/15 25/49 15/27 47/91
% 2nd pts 47% 51% 56% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 4 0 8
Converted 4/4 4/11 0/3 8/18
Converted % 100% 36% 0% 44%
Conceded 2 16 2 20
Saved 1/2 13/16 2/2 16
Saved % 50% 81% 100% 77%
Times Broken 1 3 0 4
Badosa
R1
Krejcikova
R2
Belen Teichmann
R3
Sevastova
Total
Score 6-1 7-5 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-70 7-63 6-0
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 19 27 32 78
pts 67-44 93-79 119-108 279-231
Total points 111 172 227 510
Winners 31 33 54 118
%Winners 46% 35% 45% 42%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 4 9
Double Faults 4 6 5 15
1st in 37/54 55/87 88/112 180/253
% 1st in 69% 63% 79% 71%
1st pts 31/37 33/55 54/88 118/180
% 1st pts 84% 60% 61% 66%
2nd pts 8/17 15/32 8/24 31/73
% 2nd pts 47% 47% 33% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 8 8 20
Converted 4/9 8/13 8/14 20/36
Converted % 44% 62% 57% 56%
Conceded 4 8 11 23
Saved 3/4 4/8 6/11 13
Saved % 75% 50% 55% 60%
Times Broken 1 4 5 10

Tennis Scores in Madrid

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