Belinda Bencic and Alize Cornet will square off in the semifinal of the Betti Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on Steffi Graf Stadion. 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 Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.54
Alize Cornet -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Alize Cornet
This will be the 4th time that Belinda Bencic and Alize Cornet clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Bencic won 6-4 1-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York back in 2019.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs Alize Cornet – New York 29-August-2019
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 12, Bencic reached the semifinal after defeating Jule Niemeier 4-6 6-4 7-5, Petra Martic 6-3 6-4 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 4-6 7-64.
In the quarter, Belinda defeated Alexandrova (6-4 4-6 7-64). During the match, Bencic scored 105 points vs Alexandrova’s 99. Bencic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bencic fired 9 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 56% of her first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Bencic broke Alexandrova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bencic started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points she played.
Bencic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (310-163). 3-0 on grass in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has a composed 52-20 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The Swiss’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Adelaide.
Belinda has an overall 15-11 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Berlin
Belinda has never competed in this tournament before.
Alize Cornet
Ranked no. 63, Alize reached the semifinal after defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-3 6-1, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 7-62 7-5 and Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter against Muguruza, Alize recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-65). During the match Cornet and Muguruza scored the same amount of points (96). However, the world no. 12 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Alize was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Cornet bagged 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Alize Cornet lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cornet put 60% of her first serves in, winning 77% (49/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Cornet was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Muguruza twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alize started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
The French player has an aggregate 13-14 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 | Bencic | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 73 |
| Pts | 264-242 | 252-220 |
| Total Points | 506 | 472 |
| Winners | 119 | 114 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Both Bencic and Cornet played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Belinda Bencic conceded 2 sets, while Alize Cornet conceded 1 set. Bencic has played 1 set more than Cornet (8 vs 7). Therefore, Bencic played 11 games more than Cornet. Bencic scored 119 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Alize managed to score 114 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 150/249 | 154/244 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 119/150 | 114/154 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 47/99 | 44/90 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 49% |
Bencic fired 21 aces (7 per match). Cornet struck 4 aces (1.3 per match). Bencic won 79% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Cornet won 74% 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 | Bencic | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 53% | 48% |
| Conceded | 20 | 15 |
| Saved | 14 | 9 |
| % Saved | 70% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Belinda broke her opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Bencic surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Alize conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | |||||
| R1 Niemeier |
R2 Martic |
1/4 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 33 | 84 | |
| pts | 96-93 | 63-50 | 105-99 | 264-242 | |
| Total points | 189 | 113 | 204 | 506 | |
| Winners | 42 | 34 | 43 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 54% | 41% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 9 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 52/88 | 41/60 | 57/101 | 150/249 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 68% | 56% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 34/41 | 43/57 | 119/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 83% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 9/19 | 21/44 | 47/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/6 | 4/5 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 80% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/5 | 5/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 56% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Cornet | |||||
| R1 Anisimova |
R2 Andreescu |
1/4 Muguruza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-62 7-5 | 4-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 32 | 73 | |
| pts | 69-49 | 87-75 | 96-96 | 252-220 | |
| Total points | 118 | 162 | 192 | 472 | |
| Winners | 25 | 40 | 49 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 51% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 57/84 | 64/106 | 154/244 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 68% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 40/57 | 49/64 | 114/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 70% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 13/27 | 20/42 | 44/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 48% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/9 | 2/2 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 44% | 100% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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