Barbora Krejcikova and Tereza Martincova will face off in the final of the Livesport Prague Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 2 sets.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.173
Tereza Martincova -> 5.6
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Tereza Martincova
This will be the 4th time that Barbora Krejcikova and Tereza Martincova square off. The head to head is 2-1
for Martincova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.The last time that they played, Krejcikova won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in Ostrava back in 2020.
Barbora Krejcikova
Ranked no. 13 (career-high), the Czech got to the final after defeating Isabella Shinikova 6-2 6-3, Ysaline Bonaventure 7-62 6-4, Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-0 and Xin Yu Wang 6-1 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Yu Wang (6-1 6-2). During the match, Krejcikova scored 61 points vs Yu Wang’s 41. Barbora was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krejcikova recorded 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Krejcikova broke Yu Wang 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points she played.
Krejcikova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (300-157). 15-6 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Krejcikova has an overall 67-52 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in in Strasbourg where she beat Sorana Cirstea in the final 6-3 6-3 and in at the French Open where she overcame Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final 6-1 2-6 6-4.
Barbora has a compiled 33-10 win-loss record in 2021, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Prague
Krejcikova has never competed in this tournament before.
Tereza Martincova
Ranked no. 78 (career-high), Martincova got to the final after defeating Samantha Murray 6-1 6-4, Asia Muhammad 6-3 6-4, Viktoria Kuzmova 6-2 6-2 and Greetje Minnen 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Tereza had a good straight sets win against Minnen (6-3 6-4). During the match Martincova scored 67 points vs Minnen’s 58. Tereza was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Martincova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Tereza Martincova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martincova put 71% of her first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Martincova broke Minnen 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tereza started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Tereza’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Prague.
Martincova has a compiled 29-16 win-loss record in 2021, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Prague
Tereza has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krejcikova | Martincova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 71 |
| Pts | 268-187 | 260-195 |
| Total Points | 455 | 455 |
| Winners | 96 | 98 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Krejcikova and Martincova played 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krejcikova and Martincova have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Krejcikova played 1 game less than Martincova. Barbora scored 96 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Tereza fired 98 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krejcikova | Martincova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1.8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 133/224 | 148/225 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 96/133 | 98/148 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 50/91 | 41/77 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
Krejcikova bagged 7 aces (1.8 per match). Martincova fired 8 aces (2 per match). Krejcikova won 72% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Martincova won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krejcikova | Martincova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 20 |
| Converted | 20/30 | 20/39 |
| % Converted | 67% | 51% |
| Conceded | 15 | 16 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 9 |
The Czech broke her opponents 20 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Czech conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Martincova broke her opponents 20 times with a 51% conversion rate. Martincova conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Krejcikova | ||||||
| R1 Shinikova | R2 Bonaventure | 1/4 Siniakova | 1/2 Yu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 70 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 83-65 | 63-40 | 61-41 | 268-187 | |
| Total points | 102 | 148 | 103 | 102 | 455 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 19 | 21 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 30% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 47/83 | 29/47 | 25/46 | 133/224 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 57% | 62% | 54% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 32/47 | 19/29 | 21/25 | 96/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 68% | 66% | 84% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 18/36 | 13/18 | 11/21 | 50/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 72% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 5/9 | 20/30 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | 71% | 56% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/11 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 64% | 50% | 100% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Martincova | ||||||
| R1 Murray | R2 Muhammad | 1/4 Kuzmova | 1/2 Minnen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 71 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 65-50 | 63-41 | 67-58 | 260-195 | |
| Total points | 111 | 115 | 104 | 125 | 455 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% | 32% | 45% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 37/58 | 26/43 | 49/69 | 148/225 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 60% | 71% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 25/37 | 20/26 | 30/49 | 98/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 68% | 77% | 61% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 13/21 | 8/17 | 9/20 | 41/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 62% | 47% | 45% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/7 | 6/14 | 5/7 | 20/39 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 57% | 43% | 71% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | 33% | 57% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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