Viktoriya Tomova and Kurumi Nara will clash against each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Court 13. 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 Viktoriya Tomova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Viktoriya Tomova is the pick to win this match.
Viktoriya Tomova -> 1.46
Kurumi Nara -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Viktoriya Tomova vs. Kurumi Nara

There is no head to head record between Viktoriya Tomova and Kurumi Nara since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Viktoriya Tomova

Ranked no. 108 (career-high), the Bulgarian reached the qualifications after beating Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Viktoriya had a good straight sets win against Vikhlyantseva (6-3 6-4). During the match, Tomova scored 72 points vs Vikhlyantseva’s 61. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomova couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Viktoriya Tomova lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tomova put 66% of her first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Tomova broke Vikhlyantseva 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).

Tomova has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of her matches (189-134). 10-5 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomova has an aggregate96-58 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

Tomova’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Bogota and Belgrade.

Viktoriya has an aggregate 16-14 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018 and 2020. See her history.

French Open
Tomova's Record

Kurumi Nara

Ranked no. 155, Kurumi reached the qualifications after defeating Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Nara had a good straight sets win against Gatto-Monticone (6-4 6-2). During the match Nara scored 58 points vs Gatto-Monticone’s 44. Nara was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Nara bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kurumi Nara lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Nara put 74% of her first serves in, winning 49% (19/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Gatto-Monticone 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).

Nara’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W25 Fujairah.

Nara has an overall 12-10 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. See her history.

French Open
Nara's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

V.Tomova
K.Nara
1h:27
1h:27
Time on court​
1h:16
1h:16
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
72
72
Total points​
58
58
72
72
Avg point​
58
58
22
22
Winners
19
19
22
22
Avg Winners​
19
19
31%
31%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
0
0
Avg Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
22/33
22/33
1st won total​
19/39
19/39
67%
67%
1st won %
!
49%
49%
9/17
9/17
2nd won total​
9/14
9/14
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
BP won
7/11
7/11
5/13
5/13
Avg BP won
7/11
7/11
38%
38%
Won
!
64%
64%
3
3
Conceded
11
11
3
3
Avg Conceded
11
11
2
2
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
4
4
1
1
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tomova Nara
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 18
Pts 72-61 58-44
Total Points 133 102
Winners 22 19
%Winners 31% 33%

Both Tomova and Nara played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tomova and Nara have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tomova played 1 game more than Nara. Tomova scored 22 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Nara made 19 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tomova Nara
Aces 0 2
Avg per match 0 2
1st in 33/50 39/53
%1st in 66% 74%
1st pts 22/33 19/39
%1st pts 67% 49%
2nd pts 9/17 9/14
%2nd pts 53% 64%

Tomova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Nara made 2 aces . Tomova won 67% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Nara won 49% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tomova Nara
Won 5 7
Converted 5/13 7/11
% Converted 38% 64%
Conceded 3 11
Saved 1 7
% Saved 33% 64%
Times Broken 2 4

The Bulgarian broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Bulgarian dropped her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Nara broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.

Tomova
Q1
Vikhlyantseva
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 72-61 72-61
Total points 133 133
Winners 22 22
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 33/50 33/50
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 22/33 22/33
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 9/17 9/17
% 2nd pts 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Nara
Q1
Gatto-Monticone
Total
Score 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 58-44 58-44
Total points 102 102
Winners 19 19
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 39/53 39/53
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 19/39 19/39
% 1st pts 49% 49%
2nd pts 9/14 9/14
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/11 7/11
Converted % 64% 64%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 7/11 7
Saved % 64% 64%
Times Broken 4 4

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