Marta Kostyuk and Varvara Gracheva will play each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Court 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.4
Varvara Gracheva -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Varvara Gracheva
This will be the 4th time that Marta Kostyuk and Varvara Gracheva fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kostyuk won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in the W60 Cairo back in 2020.
Marta Kostyuk
Ranked no. 81, Kostyuk got to the 3rd round after defeating Garbine Muguruza 6-1 6-4 and Saisai Zheng 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Zheng (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kostyuk scored 77 points vs Zheng’s 65. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kostyuk blasted 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 60% of her first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Kostyuk broke Zheng 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kostyuk started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Kostyuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 68% of her matches (119-56). 9-3 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kostyuk has a composed58-23 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Kostyuk’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul.
The Ukrainian has an aggregate 14-7 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
Varvara Gracheva
Ranked no. 88 (career-high), Gracheva reached the 3rd round after defeating Lara Arruabarrena 6-2 6-3 and Camila Giorgi 7-5 1-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Gracheva defeated Giorgi (7-5 1-6 6-2).-90) than Giorgi. In fact, the world no. 81 won 90 points vs Giorgi’s. That means that Gracheva was more focused during the important points. Gracheva was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Gracheva managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 57% of her first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Giorgi 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Varvara’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Malo.
The Russian has an overall 10-13 win-loss record in 2021, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kostyuk | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 44 |
| Pts | 151-121 | 155-133 |
| Total Points | 272 | 288 |
| Winners | 52 | 53 |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% |
Both Kostyuk and Gracheva played 2 matches. At the moment, Varvara Gracheva dropped 1 set while Marta Kostyuk hasn’t lost a set so far. Kostyuk has played 1 set(s) less than Gracheva (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kostyuk played 8 games less than Gracheva. Marta scored 52 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian managed to score 53 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kostyuk | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 78/136 | 74/136 |
| %1st in | 57% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 52/78 | 53/74 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 31/58 | 35/62 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 56% |
Kostyuk bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Gracheva recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kostyuk won 67% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kostyuk | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 47% | 40% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 70% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Marta broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Kostyuk dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Gracheva conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kostyuk | ||||
| R1 Muguruza |
R2 Zheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 74-56 | 77-65 | 151-121 | |
| Total points | 130 | 142 | 272 | |
| Winners | 23 | 29 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/58 | 47/78 | 78/136 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 29/47 | 52/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 62% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 16/31 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/6 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Gracheva | ||||
| R1 Arruabarrena-Vecino |
R2 Giorgi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 44 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 90-91 | 155-133 | |
| Total points | 107 | 181 | 288 | |
| Winners | 21 | 32 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/52 | 48/84 | 74/136 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 32/48 | 53/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 67% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 19/36 | 35/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/13 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 31% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 40% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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