Sofia Kenin and Jessica Pegula will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Court Suzanne LENGLEN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.94
Sofia Kenin -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 4th time that Sofia Kenin and Jessica Pegula clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kenin won 5-7 7-5 6-2 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in February 2021.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs Jessica Pegula – Melbourne 03-February-2021
Sofia Kenin
Ranked no. 5, Kenin got to the 3rd round after defeating Jelena Ostapenko 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Hailey Baptiste 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Kenin had a good straight sets win against Baptiste (7-5 6-3). During the match, Kenin scored 74 points vs Baptiste’s 61. Kenin was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kenin scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Baptiste 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points she played.
Kenin has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (218-125). 2-3 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kenin has an overall61-41 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The American has an aggregate 9-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2020. See her history.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 29, the American reached the 3rd round after beating Lin Zhu 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Tereza Martincova 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Martincova (6-3 6-3). During the match Pegula scored 79 points vs Martincova’s 63. Pegula was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Pegula scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 64% of her first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Jessica broke Martincova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Pegula’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Doha.
Jessica has an aggregate 23-9 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 48 |
| Pts | 177-152 | 195-174 |
| Total Points | 329 | 369 |
| Winners | 59 | 73 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Kenin and Pegula played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sofia Kenin dropped 1 set, while Jessica Pegula conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kenin and Pegula have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kenin played 2 games more than Pegula. Sofia scored 59 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Jessica blasted 73 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 94/163 | 112/194 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 59/94 | 73/112 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 32/69 | 38/82 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 46% |
Kenin scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Pegula also recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kenin won 63% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Pegula |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 10 |
| Converted | 14/22 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 64% | 48% |
| Conceded | 19 | 22 |
| Saved | 10 | 16 |
| % Saved | 53% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 6 |
Kenin broke her opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 9 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. Jessica broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | ||||
| R1 Ostapenko |
R2 Baptiste |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 21 | 50 | |
| pts | 103-91 | 74-61 | 177-152 | |
| Total points | 194 | 135 | 329 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 36% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 56/97 | 38/66 | 94/163 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/56 | 27/38 | 59/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 71% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/41 | 14/28 | 32/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 50% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 9/10 | 5/12 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 90% | 42% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/12 | 5/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 42% | 71% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Pegula | ||||
| R1 Zhu |
R2 Martincova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 116-111 | 79-63 | 195-174 | |
| Total points | 227 | 142 | 369 | |
| Winners | 39 | 34 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 65/121 | 47/73 | 112/194 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 64% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 39/65 | 34/47 | 73/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 72% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/56 | 10/26 | 38/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 38% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/9 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 6 | 22 | |
| Saved | 11/16 | 5/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 83% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
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