Ekaterine Gorgodze and Elitsa Kostova will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30am on Court 9. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterine Gorgodze who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterine Gorgodze is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterine Gorgodze -> 1.40
Elitsa Kostova -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterine Gorgodze vs. Elitsa Kostova
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterine Gorgodze and Elitsa Kostova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kostova won 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in the Budapest back in 2016.
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Ranked no. 222, Gorgodze got to the qualifications after beating Renata Zarazua 6-2 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Georgean defeated Zarazua (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match, Gorgodze scored 114 points vs Zarazua’s 102. Gorgodze was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gorgodze wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Ekaterine Gorgodze lost the serve 4 times and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Gorgodze put 88% of her first serves in, winning 57% (49/86) of the points behind her 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Zarazua 6 times after converting 32% of her break points (6/19).
Gorgodze has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (345-233). 9-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gorgodze has a composed276-148 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Ekaterine’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Bellinzona.
Ekaterine has an aggregate 9-11 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See her history.
Elitsa Kostova
Ranked no. 231, the Bulgarian reached the qualifications after defeating Salma Djoubri 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kostova had a good straight sets win against Djoubri (6-3 6-2). During the match Kostova scored 63 points vs Djoubri’s 44. Kostova was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Kostova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Elitsa Kostova lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kostova put 59% of her first serves in, winning 62% (18/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Elitsa broke Djoubri 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
The Bulgarian has a composed 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gorgodze | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 |
| Pts | 114-102 | 63-44 |
| Total Points | 216 | 107 |
| Winners | 49 | 18 |
| %Winners | 43% | 29% |
Both Gorgodze and Kostova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ekaterine Gorgodze lost 1 set while Elitsa Kostova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gorgodze has played 1 set more than Kostova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gorgodze played 11 games more than Kostova. The Georgean scored 49 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kostova fired 18 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gorgodze | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 86/98 | 29/49 |
| %1st in | 88% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 49/86 | 18/29 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 60% |
Gorgodze didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kostova fired 1 ace . Gorgodze won 57% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Kostova won 62% of the points behind 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 | Gorgodze | Kostova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/19 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 32% | 67% |
| Conceded | 17 | 6 |
| Saved | 13 | 4 |
| % Saved | 76% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Gorgodze broke her opponent 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Gorgodze surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded. The Bulgarian broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kostova conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gorgodze | |||
| Q1 Zarazua |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 114-102 | 114-102 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 86/98 | 86/98 | |
| % 1st in | 88% | 88% | |
| 1st pts | 49/86 | 49/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 13/17 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 76% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kostova | |||
| Q1 Djoubri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 63-44 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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