Johanna Konta and Kateryna Kozlova will square off in the 3rd round of the Nottingham Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 Johanna Konta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johanna Konta is the pick to win this match.
Johanna Konta -> 1.28
Kateryna Kozlova -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Johanna Konta vs. Kateryna Kozlova
This will be the 2nd time that Johanna Konta and Kateryna Kozlova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kozlova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Kozlova won 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Indian Wells back in 2015.
Johanna Konta
Ranked no. 20, the Brit reached the 3rd round after defeating Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Johanna had a good straight sets win against Kerkhove (6-1 6-3). During the match, Konta scored 57 points vs Kerkhove’s 36. Johanna was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Konta made 8 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Johanna Konta lost the serve once. Furthermore, Konta put 62% of her first serves in, winning 90% (26/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. Johanna broke Kerkhove 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Konta has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (313-186). 1-0 on grass in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Konta has an overall 49-29 match record in the last years on grass.
The Brit has a compiled 4-7 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2017 and 2018. See her history.
Kateryna Kozlova
Ranked no. 159, the Ukrainian got to the 3rd round after defeating Natalija Kostic 2-6 6-3 6-1, Anastasia Gasanova 1-6 6-4 6-4 and Madison Brengle 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Ukrainian defeated Brengle (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match Kozlova scored 105 points vs Brengle’s 91. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Kozlova bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kateryna Kozlova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kozlova put 76% of her first serves in, winning 67% (45/67) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Brengle 5 times after converting 28% of her break points (5/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kozlova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
The Ukrainian has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Konta | Kozlova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 81 |
| Pts | 57-36 | 283-252 |
| Total Points | 93 | 535 |
| Winners | 26 | 121 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Konta played 1 match while Kozlova competed in 3 matches. Kozlova started her run from the qualifications while Konta had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Kateryna Kozlova conceded 3 sets while Johanna Konta hasn’t conceded a set so far. Konta has played 7 set(s) less than Kozlova (2 vs 9). Therefore, Konta played 65 games less than Kozlova. Konta scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian managed to score 121 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Konta | Kozlova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 194/262 |
| %1st in | 62% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 121/194 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 32/68 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 47% |
Konta bagged 8 aces . Kozlova made 6 aces (2 per match). Konta won 90% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Kozlova won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Konta | Kozlova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 17 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 17/43 |
| % Converted | 71% | 40% |
| Conceded | 1 | 33 |
| Saved | 0 | 19 |
| % Saved | 0% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 14 |
Konta broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Ukrainian broke her opponents 17 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kateryna conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Konta | |||
| R2 Kerkhove |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-36 | 57-36 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 6/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kozlova | |||||
| Q1 Kostic |
R1 Gasanova |
R2 Brengle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-1 | 1-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 27 | 30 | 81 | |
| pts | 88-70 | 90-91 | 105-91 | 283-252 | |
| Total points | 158 | 181 | 196 | 535 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 45 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 59/78 | 68/96 | 67/88 | 194/262 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 71% | 76% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 40/59 | 36/68 | 45/67 | 121/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 53% | 67% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/28 | 10/21 | 32/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 39% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 7/12 | 5/18 | 17/43 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 58% | 28% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 14 | 11 | 33 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 6/14 | 8/11 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 43% | 73% | 179% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Nottingham
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Nao HibinoHibino (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Tara MooreMoore (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Kurumi NaraNara (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Marina MelnikovaMelnikova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Harriet DartDart (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Lizette CabreraCabrera (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Lesley Pattinama KerkhovePattinama Kerkhove (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Kristie AhnAhn (6-1 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Leonie KungKung (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Christina MchaleMchale (6-77 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Oceane DodinDodin (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Tara MooreMoore (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Xiyu WangWang – Alison RiskeRiske (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Johanna KontaKonta – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Georgina Garcia-PerezGarcia-Perez – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Shuai ZhangZhang (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Heather WatsonWatson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
