Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina Alexandrova will square off in the quarter of the Betti Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on Steffi Graf Stadion. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.68
Belinda Bencic -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 4th time that Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Alexandrova won 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in April 2021.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 12, Belinda reached the quarter after defeating Jule Niemeier 4-6 6-4 7-5 and Petra Martic 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Martic (6-3 6-4). During the match, Bencic scored 63 points vs Martic’s 50. Belinda was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bencic struck 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Belinda Bencic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 83% (34/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Bencic broke Martic twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Belinda started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Bencic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (309-163). 2-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bencic has a composed 51-20 record in the last years on grass.
Bencic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Adelaide.
Bencic has a compiled 14-11 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Berlin
Belinda has never competed in this tournament before.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 34, the Russian got to the quarter after beating Anna Kalinskaya 6-3 6-2 and Elina Svitolina 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Svitolina (6-4 7-5). During the match Alexandrova scored 80 points vs Svitolina’s 68. Ekaterina was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova scored 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 71% of her first serves in, winning 80% (41/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Svitolina 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandrova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points she played.
Ekaterina’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
Ekaterina has an overall 17-12 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bencic | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 39 |
| Pts | 159-143 | 143-109 |
| Total Points | 302 | 252 |
| Winners | 76 | 68 |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% |
Both Bencic and Alexandrova played 2 matches. At the moment, Belinda Bencic lost 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bencic has played 1 set more than Alexandrova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Bencic played 12 games more than Alexandrova. Belinda scored 76 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Alexandrova managed to score 68 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 93/148 | 79/113 |
| %1st in | 63% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 76/93 | 68/79 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 26/55 | 14/34 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 41% |
Bencic managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Alexandrova blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Bencic won 82% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 86% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 42% | 47% |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 82% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Belinda broke her opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Bencic lost her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | ||||
| R1 Niemeier |
R2 Martic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 96-93 | 63-50 | 159-143 | |
| Total points | 189 | 113 | 302 | |
| Winners | 42 | 34 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 54% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 52/88 | 41/60 | 93/148 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 68% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 34/41 | 76/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 83% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 9/19 | 26/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/6 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R1 Kalinskaya |
R2 Svitolina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 80-68 | 143-109 | |
| Total points | 104 | 148 | 252 | |
| Winners | 27 | 41 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 51% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 51/72 | 79/113 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 71% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/28 | 41/51 | 68/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 80% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 8/21 | 14/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 38% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/5 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 60% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 86% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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