Jelena Ostapenko and Ajla Tomljanovic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.8
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
There is no head to head record between Jelena Ostapenko and Ajla Tomljanovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jelena Ostapenko
Ranked no. 49, the Latvian reached the 2nd round after defeating Johanna Konta 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Ostapenko had a good straight sets win against Konta (6-3 6-1). During the match Ostapenko scored 63 points vs Konta’s 41. The Latvian was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ostapenko blasted 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 48% of her first serves in, winning 85% (17/20) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Ostapenko broke Konta 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Ostapenko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (283-177). 3-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Ostapenko has a 88-40 record in the last years on clay.
Ostapenko has a 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See her history.
Ajla Tomljanovic
Ranked no. 80, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after defeating Tereza Martincova 2-6 6-2 6-3, Laura Siegemund 6-75 6-3 6-2 and Marketa Vondrousova 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Vondrousova (6-4 6-2). During the match Tomljanovic scored 74 points vs Vondrousova’s 60. Ajla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomljanovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ajla Tomljanovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 74% of her first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Vondrousova 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Ajla has a 12-9 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ostapenko | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 73 |
| Pts | 63-41 | 271-231 |
| Total Points | 104 | 502 |
| Winners | 17 | 101 |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% |
Ostapenko played 1 match while Tomljanovic competed in 3 matches. Tomljanovic started her run from the qualifications while Ostapenko had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ajla Tomljanovic surrendered 2 sets while Jelena Ostapenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ostapenko has played 6 set(s) less than Tomljanovic (2 vs 8). Therefore, Ostapenko played 57 games less than Tomljanovic. Jelena scored 17 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Tomljanovic struck 101 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ostapenko | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 20/42 | 160/246 |
| %1st in | 48% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 101/160 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 41/86 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 48% |
Ostapenko blasted 4 aces . Tomljanovic managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Ostapenko won 85% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ostapenko | Tomljanovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 19 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 19/35 |
| % Converted | 46% | 54% |
| Conceded | 4 | 32 |
| Saved | 2 | 22 |
| % Saved | 50% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 10 |
The Latvian broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Ostapenko conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Ajla broke her opponents 19 times with a 54% conversion rate. Tomljanovic conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Ostapenko | |||
| R1 Konta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 63-41 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/42 | 20/42 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 17/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tomljanovic | |||||
| Q1 Martincova |
Q3 Siegemund |
R1 Vondrousova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-75 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 30 | 18 | 73 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 109-92 | 74-60 | 271-231 | |
| Total points | 167 | 201 | 134 | 502 | |
| Winners | 28 | 43 | 30 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/77 | 73/111 | 43/58 | 160/246 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 66% | 74% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/44 | 43/73 | 30/43 | 101/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 59% | 70% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 16/38 | 10/15 | 41/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 42% | 67% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 9/14 | 3/6 | 19/35 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 64% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 18 | 4 | 32 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 13/18 | 4/4 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 72% | 100% | 222% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Bernarda PeraPera – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Sloane StephensStephens (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Johanna KontaKonta (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (2-6 7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Saisai ZhengZheng (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (0-6 7-64 7-66) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (7-68 6-2) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Magda LinetteLinette (1-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Qiang WangWang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Alison RiskeRiske (5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Polona HercogHercog (7-66 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Shelby RogersRogers (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (7-64 6-77 7-5) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Johanna KontaKonta (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Cori GauffGauff (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison KeysKeys – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Bernarda PeraPera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Petra KvitovaKvitova (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Simona HalepHalep (5-6) – H2H and prediction
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Petra MarticMartic – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
