Magdalena Frech and Marina Melnikova will fight against each other in the 1st round of the European Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 3. 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 Magdalena Frech who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Magdalena Frech is the pick to win this match.
Magdalena Frech -> 1.285
Marina Melnikova -> 3.8
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Prediction and head to head Magdalena Frech vs. Marina Melnikova
This will be the 2nd time that Magdalena Frech and Marina Melnikova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Frech (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Frech won 6-4 4-1 ret. in the 1st round in the Pune back in 2016.
Magdalena Frech
Ranked no. 145, the Pole will start her run in Hamburg after she played her last match at the London where she lost 7-5 7-5 to Rodionova in the qualifications on the 24th of June.
Magdalena has a compiled 18-11 win-loss record in 2021, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Magdalena’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the W100 Charleston.
Talking about her overall career, Magdalena has an overall 236-149 record. She has a positive 96-56 record on clay.
Previously in Hamburg
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Marina Melnikova
Ranked no. 183, the Russian got to the 1st round after beating Noma Akugue Noha 6-1 4-1 ret. and Katharina Hobgarski 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Hobgarski (6-4 6-0). During the match Melnikova scored 62 points vs Hobgarski’s 40. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Melnikova struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Marina Melnikova lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Melnikova put 78% of her first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the 2nd serve. Marina broke Hobgarski 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Marina’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the W25 Oeiras.
The Russian has an overall 13-15 win-loss record in 2021, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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