Daria Kasatkina and Marta Kostyuk will play each other in the 2nd round of the Birmingham Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Ann Jones Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daria Kasatkina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daria Kasatkina is the pick to win this match.
Daria Kasatkina -> 1.88
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Marta Kostyuk
This will be the 3rd time that Daria Kasatkina and Marta Kostyuk square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Kostyuk won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Istanbul back in April 2021.
Daria Kasatkina
Ranked no. 35, Kasatkina reached the 2nd round after defeating Polona Hercog 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Hercog, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Kasatkina scored 102 points vs Hercog’s 89. Darya was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kasatkina wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 6 double faults. Daria Kasatkina lost the serve 6 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kasatkina put 56% of her first serves in, winning 59% (36/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (23/48) on the 2nd serve. Kasatkina broke Hercog 8 times after converting 89% of her break points (8/9).
Kasatkina has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of her matches (248-137). 1-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kasatkina has an overall11-8 win-loss record in the last 9 years on grass.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Marie Bouzkova in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2 and in in St. Petersburg where she defeated Margarita Gasparyan in the final 6-3 2-1 ret..
Darya has an overall 21-9 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 2018. See her history.
Marta Kostyuk
Ranked no. 65 (career-high), Kostyuk reached the 2nd round after beating Madison Brengle 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Brengle, Marta recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Kostyuk scored 121 points vs Brengle’s 116. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Kostyuk struck 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 58% of her first serves in, winning 64% (51/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (28/57) on the 2nd serve. Marta broke Brengle 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul.
Kostyuk has a compiled 16-8 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kasatkina | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 31 |
| Pts | 102-89 | 121-116 |
| Total Points | 191 | 237 |
| Winners | 36 | 51 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Kasatkina and Kostyuk played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Daria Kasatkina lost 1 set, while Marta Kostyuk surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kasatkina and Kostyuk have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kasatkina played 3 games less than Kostyuk. Kasatkina scored 36 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian fired 51 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kasatkina | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 61/109 | 80/137 |
| %1st in | 56% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 36/61 | 51/80 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 23/48 | 28/57 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 49% |
Kasatkina didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kostyuk managed to score 4 aces . Kasatkina won 59% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kostyuk won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kasatkina | Kostyuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 4 |
| Converted | 8/9 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 89% | 57% |
| Conceded | 16 | 9 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 63% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Darya broke her opponent 8 times with a 89% conversion rate. Kasatkina conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Marta broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Marta conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kasatkina | |||
| R1 Hercog |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 102-89 | 102-89 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 61/109 | 61/109 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 36/61 | 36/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/48 | 23/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/9 | 8/9 | |
| Converted % | 89% | 89% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 10/16 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Kostyuk | |||
| R1 Brengle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 121-116 | 121-116 | |
| Total points | 237 | 237 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 80/137 | 80/137 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 51/80 | 51/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/57 | 28/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Heather WatsonWatson – Donna VekicVekic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
