Marta Kostyuk and Nao Hibino will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.27
Nao Hibino -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Nao Hibino
This will be the 2nd time that Marta Kostyuk and Nao Hibino clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hibino (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hibino won 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2020.
Marta Kostyuk
Ranked no. 77 (career high), the Ukrainian got to the qualifications after defeating Nuria Brancaccio 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-4 6-0). During the match Kostyuk scored 72 points vs Brancaccio’s 53. Marta was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kostyuk scored just 1 ace and she committed only 3 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 76% of her first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Kostyuk broke Brancaccio 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Kostyuk has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 68% of her matches (116-55). 6-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kostyuk has a 55-22 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul.
Marta has a 11-6 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Marta has never competed in this tournament before.
Nao Hibino
Ranked no. 82, Nao got to the qualifications after defeating Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, Nao had a good straight sets win against Hsieh (6-2 6-0). During the match Hibino scored 67 points vs Hsieh’s 46. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Hibino blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Nao Hibino conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 79% of her first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Hsieh 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Hibino has a 5-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kostyuk | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 14 |
| Pts | 72-53 | 67-46 |
| Total Points | 125 | 113 |
| Winners | 34 | 30 |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% |
Both Kostyuk and Hibino 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, Kostyuk and Hibino have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kostyuk played 2 games more than Hibino. Marta scored 34 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Hibino made 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kostyuk | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 51/67 | 45/57 |
| %1st in | 76% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 30/45 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 6/12 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 50% |
Kostyuk made 1 ace . Hibino also struck 3 aces . Kostyuk won 67% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kostyuk | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Marta broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marta conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Nao was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Kostyuk | |||
| Q1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 72-53 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/67 | 51/67 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hibino | |||
| Q1 Hsieh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/57 | 45/57 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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