Kristina Kucova and Mandy Minella will clash against each other in the qualifications of the European Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kristina Kucova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kristina Kucova is the pick to win this match.
Kristina Kucova -> 1.24
Mandy Minella -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Kristina Kucova vs. Mandy Minella
This will be the 2nd time that Kristina Kucova and Mandy Minella square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kucova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Kucova won 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 2-0 ret. in the qualifications in Eastbourne back in 2017.
Kristina Kucova
Ranked no. 161, the Slovakian reached the qualifications after defeating Stephanie Wagner 6-1 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kucova defeated Wagner (6-1 4-6 6-2). During the match, Kucova scored 102 points vs Wagner’s 84. Kucova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kucova scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Kristina Kucova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kucova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 57% (33/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Kristina broke Wagner 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).
Kucova has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (237-175). 8-6 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kucova has an aggregate 150-79 match record in the last years on clay.
The Slovakian has a composed 15-13 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hamburg
Kristina has never competed in this tournament before.
Mandy Minella
Ranked no. 247, the Luxembourger got to the qualifications after defeating Eva Lys 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Minella had a good straight sets win against Lys (7-5 6-4). During the match Minella scored 77 points vs Lys’s 72. Mandy was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Minella couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Mandy Minella lost the serve 6 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Minella put 65% of her first serves in, winning 43% (22/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Minella broke Lys 8 times after converting 80% of her break points (8/10).
The Luxembourger has a composed 5-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kucova | Minella |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 |
| Pts | 102-84 | 77-72 |
| Total Points | 186 | 149 |
| Winners | 33 | 22 |
| %Winners | 32% | 29% |
Both Kucova and Minella played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kristina Kucova lost 1 set while Mandy Minella hasn’t lost a set so far. Kucova has played 1 set more than Minella (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kucova played 3 games more than Minella. Kucova scored 33 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Luxembourger fired 22 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kucova | Minella |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 58/90 | 51/79 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 33/58 | 22/51 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 43% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 50% |
Kucova made 1 ace . Minella didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kucova won 57% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Minella won 43% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kucova | Minella |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/10 |
| % Converted | 62% | 80% |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 64% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Kucova broke her opponent 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Kucova surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. The Luxembourger broke her opponent 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Minella conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kucova | |||
| Q1 Wagner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 102-84 | 102-84 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/90 | 58/90 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/58 | 33/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 62% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Minella | |||
| Q1 Lys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-72 | 77-72 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/51 | 22/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 43% | 43% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/8 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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