Barbora Krejcikova and Jule Niemeier will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on Patrice Dominguez. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.333
Jule Niemeier -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jule Niemeier
There is no head to head record between Barbora Krejcikova and Jule Niemeier since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Barbora Krejcikova
Ranked no. 38 (career-high), Krejcikova reached the semifinal after defeating Oceane Dodin 6-3 3-0 ret., Caroline Garcia 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-64 6-1.
In the quarter, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (7-64 6-1). During the match, Krejcikova scored 71 points vs Alexandrova’s 61. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krejcikova scored 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Barbora Krejcikova was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Barbora broke Alexandrova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Barbora started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.
Krejcikova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (284-156). 6-3 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krejcikova has a composed 194-79 match record in the last years on clay.
Krejcikova’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Dubai.
Barbora has an aggregate 17-9 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Strasbourg
Krejcikova has never competed in this tournament before.
Jule Niemeier
Ranked no. 216, Niemeier got to the semifinal after defeating Bianca Turati 6-0 6-4, Andrea Petkovic 6-3 6-74 6-3, Diane Parry 6-4 6-3, Shelby Rogers 6-4 7-66 and Arantxa Rus 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Jule had a good straight sets win against Rus (6-4 6-1). During the match Niemeier scored 64 points vs Rus’s 44. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Niemeier recorded 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jule Niemeier was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jule broke Rus 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Niemeier started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Niemeier has a compiled 23-8 win-loss record in 2021, 18-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krejcikova | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 106 |
| Pts | 197-158 | 388-316 |
| Total Points | 355 | 704 |
| Winners | 71 | 146 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Krejcikova played 3 matches while Niemeier competed in 5 matches. Niemeier started her run from the qualifications while Krejcikova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Barbora Krejcikova surrendered 1 set, while Jule Niemeier lost 1 set. Krejcikova has played 3 set(s) less than Niemeier (8 vs 11). Therefore, Krejcikova played 50 games less than Niemeier. The Czech scored 71 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Niemeier made 146 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krejcikova | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 5.6 |
| 1st in | 88/169 | 195/319 |
| %1st in | 52% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 71/88 | 146/195 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 42/81 | 59/124 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 48% |
Krejcikova recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Niemeier struck 28 aces (5.6 per match). Krejcikova won 81% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Niemeier won 75% of the points on 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 | Krejcikova | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 24 |
| Converted | 12/16 | 24/51 |
| % Converted | 75% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 23 |
| Saved | 6 | 15 |
| % Saved | 67% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
The Czech broke her opponents 12 times with a 75% conversion rate. Krejcikova dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Jule broke her opponents 24 times with a 47% conversion rate. Jule conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Krejcikova | |||||
| R1 Dodin |
R2 Garcia |
1/4 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-0 ret. | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 24 | 20 | 56 | |
| pts | 46-32 | 80-65 | 71-61 | 197-158 | |
| Total points | 78 | 145 | 132 | 355 | |
| Winners | 14 | 31 | 26 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 15/34 | 37/67 | 36/68 | 88/169 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 55% | 53% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 14/15 | 31/37 | 26/36 | 71/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 84% | 72% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 17/30 | 17/32 | 42/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 57% | 53% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 12/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 80% | 80% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 80% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Niemeier | |||||||
| Q1 Turati |
Q3 Petkovic |
R1 Parry |
R2 Rogers |
1/4 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 6-74 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-66 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 106 | |
| pts | 67-44 | 112-99 | 65-51 | 80-78 | 64-44 | 388-316 | |
| Total points | 111 | 211 | 116 | 158 | 108 | 704 | |
| Winners | 18 | 46 | 24 | 35 | 23 | 146 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 41% | 37% | 44% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 26 | |
| 1st in | 26/54 | 63/90 | 30/49 | 48/80 | 28/46 | 195/319 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 70% | 61% | 60% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 46/63 | 24/30 | 35/48 | 23/28 | 146/195 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 73% | 80% | 73% | 82% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 11/27 | 11/19 | 14/32 | 11/18 | 59/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 41% | 58% | 44% | 61% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/16 | 4/7 | 2/6 | 4/12 | 24/51 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 44% | 57% | 33% | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 4/7 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 57% | 67% | 67% | – | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWLWLW Tennis Scores in Strasbourg
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (w/o) – See score progression
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Arantxa RusRus (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Arantxa RusRus (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Magda LinetteLinette (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
