Ajla Tomljanovic and Coco Vandeweghe will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Birmingham Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on Ann Jones 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 Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.82
Coco Vandeweghe -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Coco Vandeweghe
This will be the 2nd time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Coco Vandeweghe face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vandeweghe (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Vandeweghe won 6-2 ret. in the 1st round in Stanford back in 2017.
Ajla Tomljanovic
Ranked no. 72, Tomljanovic got to the 2nd round after beating Elise Mertens 7-65 6-75 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Mertens (7-65 6-75 7-64). During the match, Tomljanovic scored 125 points vs Mertens’s 122. Tomljanovic was quite aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tomljanovic bagged 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 65% of her first serves in, winning 72% (60/83) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Mertens 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Tomljanovic has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (218-180). 1-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomljanovic has an aggregate 20-17 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The Australian has an aggregate 15-12 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013. See her history.
Coco Vandeweghe
Ranked no. 203, Vandeweghe reached the 2nd round after beating Gabriela Dabrowski 6-2 6-2, Kateryna Kozlova 6-4 6-71 6-4 and Kristyna Pliskova 6-4 7-61.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (6-4 7-61). During the match Vandeweghe scored 75 points vs Pliskova’s 57. The American was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Vandeweghe recorded 13 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Coco Vandeweghe was very effective on serve to win 82% (28/34) of her 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Coco broke Pliskova twice after converting 50% of her break points (2/4).
The American has an aggregate 6-7 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomljanovic | Vandeweghe |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 72 |
| Pts | 125-122 | 235-195 |
| Total Points | 247 | 430 |
| Winners | 60 | 96 |
| %Winners | 48% | 41% |
Tomljanovic played 1 match while Vandeweghe competed in 3 matches. Vandeweghe started her run from the qualifications while Tomljanovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ajla Tomljanovic dropped 1 set, while Coco Vandeweghe dropped 1 set. Tomljanovic has played 4 set(s) less than Vandeweghe (3 vs 7). Therefore, Tomljanovic played 33 games less than Vandeweghe. Ajla scored 60 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Vandeweghe managed to score 96 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomljanovic | Vandeweghe |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 12.3 |
| 1st in | 83/127 | 124/211 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 60/83 | 96/124 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 52/87 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 60% |
Tomljanovic managed to score 4 aces . Vandeweghe fired 37 aces (12.3 per match). Tomljanovic won 72% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Vandeweghe won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomljanovic | Vandeweghe |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 57% | 59% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Tomljanovic broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ajla lost her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Tomljanovic | |||
| R1 Mertens |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-75 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 125-122 | 125-122 | |
| Total points | 247 | 247 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 83/127 | 83/127 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 60/83 | 60/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 19/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Vandeweghe | |||||
| Q1 Dabrowski |
Q3 Kozlova |
R1 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-71 6-4 | 6-4 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 | 23 | 72 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 95-91 | 75-57 | 235-195 | |
| Total points | 112 | 186 | 132 | 430 | |
| Winners | 26 | 42 | 28 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 18 | 13 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 35/52 | 55/98 | 34/61 | 124/211 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 56% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 42/55 | 28/34 | 96/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 76% | 82% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 26/43 | 19/27 | 52/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 60% | 70% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/3 | 2/4 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 50% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 8/9 | 1/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 89% | 50% | 214% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Yafan WangWang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Elise MertensMertens (7-65 6-75 7-64) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Madison BrengleBrengle (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (5-7 7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Samantha StosurStosur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Francesca JonesJones (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Harriet DartDart (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Elixane Lechemia/Ingrid NeelLechemia/Ingrid Neel – Sarah Beth Grey/Emily Webley-SmithBeth Grey/Emily Webley-Smith (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (3-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Madison BrengleBrengle (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (5-7 7-6(8) 6-4) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Yafan WangWang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fiona FerroFerro – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Heather WatsonWatson (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Donna VekicVekic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
