Christina Mchale and Vera Zvonareva will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on Court 1. 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 Vera Zvonareva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vera Zvonareva is the pick to win this match.
Vera Zvonareva -> 1.36
Christina Mchale -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Christina Mchale vs. Vera Zvonareva
This will be the 2nd time that Christina Mchale and Vera Zvonareva square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mchale (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Mchale won 6-0 2-0 ret. in the qualifications in Indian Wells back in 2019.
Christina Mchale
Ranked no. 90, Christina reached the 1st round after beating Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-62 6-4 and Patricia Maria Tig 6-3 2-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Christina defeated Maria Tig (6-3 2-6 6-2). During the match Mchale scored 91 points vs Maria Tig’s 80. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mchale scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 4 double faults. Christina Mchale lost the serve 6 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Mchale put 67% of her first serves in, winning 51% (30/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Christina broke Maria Tig 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mchale started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.
Mchale has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of her matches (239-225). 3-3 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mchale has a 51-51 match record in the last years on clay.
The American has a 4-9 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2015. See her history.
Vera Zvonareva
Ranked no. 114, the Russian reached the 1st round after defeating Misaki Doi 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Kristina Mladenovic 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, Vera had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (6-2 7-5). During the match Zvonareva scored 75 points vs Mladenovic’s 53. Vera was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Zvonareva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Vera Zvonareva lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zvonareva put 83% of her first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (4/11) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Mladenovic 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zvonareva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Vera’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in St. Petersburg.
Zvonareva has a 12-7 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2004 and 2005. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mchale | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 48 |
| Pts | 177-153 | 170-131 |
| Total Points | 330 | 301 |
| Winners | 55 | 67 |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% |
Both Mchale and Zvonareva played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Christina Mchale lost 1 set, while Vera Zvonareva dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mchale and Zvonareva have played the same amount of sets 5. They also played the same amount of games (48). The American scored 55 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 67 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mchale | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 102/160 | 104/149 |
| %1st in | 64% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 55/102 | 67/104 |
| %1st pts | 54% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 30/58 | 27/45 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 60% |
Mchale managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Zvonareva bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Mchale won 54% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zvonareva won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mchale | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 11 |
| Converted | 12/31 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 39% | 55% |
| Conceded | 22 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 9 |
| % Saved | 55% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 6 |
The American broke her opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Christina dropped her serve 10 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. Vera broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mchale | ||||
| Q1 Annie |
Q3 Maria Tig |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 91-80 | 177-153 | |
| Total points | 159 | 171 | 330 | |
| Winners | 25 | 30 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 33% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 43/72 | 59/88 | 102/160 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/43 | 30/59 | 55/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 51% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | 30/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 7/16 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 44% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 17 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 11/17 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 65% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Zvonareva | ||||
| Q1 Doi |
Q3 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 20 | 48 | |
| pts | 95-78 | 75-53 | 170-131 | |
| Total points | 173 | 128 | 301 | |
| Winners | 28 | 39 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 52% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/86 | 52/63 | 104/149 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 83% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/52 | 39/52 | 67/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 75% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 4/11 | 27/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 36% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 4/8 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 4/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLLWLL Tennis Scores in Rome
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-75 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Polona HercogHercog – Sara ErraniErrani (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Christina MchaleMchale – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-3 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Nao HibinoHibino (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alize CornetCornet – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
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