Serena Williams and Mihaela Buzarnescu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Serena Williams who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Serena Williams is the pick to win this match.
Serena Williams -> 1.129
Mihaela Buzarnescu -> 6.4
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Prediction and head to head Serena Williams vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Mihaela Buzarnescu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Serena Williams
Ranked no. 8, Serena reached the 2nd round after defeating Irina-Camelia Begu 7-66 6-2.
In the 1st round, Serena had a good straight sets win against Begu (7-66 6-2). During the match, Williams scored 74 points vs Begu’s 68. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Williams recorded 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Serena Williams lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Williams put 51% of her first serves in, winning 59% (23/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Begu 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Williams has a marvellous match record in the last 10 years having won 89% of her matches (357-46). 2-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Williams has an overall 90-8 match record in the last years on clay.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne and at the Australian Open .
The American has an aggregate 10-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, she won this tournament 3 times in 2002, 2013 and 2015. See her history.
Mihaela Buzarnescu
Ranked no. 174, Mihaela got to the 2nd round after beating Arantxa Rus 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Mihaela had a good straight sets win against Rus (7-5 7-5). During the match Buzarnescu scored 76 points vs Rus’s 71. Buzarnescu was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Buzarnescu wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Mihaela Buzarnescu lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Buzarnescu put 66% of her first serves in, winning 59% (26/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Rus 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Buzarnescu has a composed 8-11 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Williams | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 24 |
| Pts | 74-68 | 76-71 |
| Total Points | 142 | 147 |
| Winners | 23 | 26 |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% |
Both Williams and Buzarnescu played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Williams and Buzarnescu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Williams played 3 games less than Buzarnescu. The American scored 23 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Buzarnescu made 26 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Williams | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 39/77 | 44/67 |
| %1st in | 51% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 23/39 | 26/44 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 19/38 | 9/23 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 39% |
Williams bagged 5 aces . Buzarnescu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Williams won 59% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Buzarnescu won 59% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Williams | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 63% | 58% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 40% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Serena lost her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. Buzarnescu broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Mihaela conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Williams | |||
| R1 Begu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-68 | 74-68 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/77 | 39/77 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/38 | 19/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Buzarnescu | |||
| R1 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 76-71 | 76-71 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/67 | 44/67 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 9/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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