Marina Melnikova and Anna Bondar will square off in the qualifications of the Gdynia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Bondar who should win in 3 sets.
Anna Bondar -> 1.61
Marina Melnikova -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Marina Melnikova vs. Anna Bondar
This will be the 2nd time that Marina Melnikova and Anna Bondar fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Melnikova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Melnikova won 7-5 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Prague back in 2020.
Marina Melnikova
Ranked no. 182, Melnikova reached the qualifications after beating Anna Danilina 6-1 2-0 ret..
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Danilina (6-1 2-0 ret.). During the match, Melnikova scored 41 points vs Danilina’s 22. Marina was very aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Regarding the service games, Melnikova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Marina Melnikova lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Melnikova put 70% of her first serves in, winning 62% (13/21) of the points behind her 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Danilina 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Melnikova has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 52% of her matches (265-243). 11-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Melnikova has an aggregate 151-114 match record in the last years on clay.
The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W25 Oeiras.
The Russian has a compiled 14-17 win-loss record in 2021, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gdynia
Melnikova has never competed in this tournament before.
Anna Bondar
Ranked no. 229, Anna reached the qualifications after defeating Conny Perrin 6-2 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Bondar defeated Perrin (6-2 4-6 6-2). During the match Bondar scored 87 points vs Perrin’s 71. Bondar was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Bondar scored 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Anna Bondar lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bondar put 78% of her first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Perrin 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
The Hungarian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W25 Potchefstroom.
The Hungarian has an overall 29-17 win-loss record in 2021, 20-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melnikova | Bondar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 9 | 26 |
| Pts | 41-22 | 87-71 |
| Total Points | 63 | 158 |
| Winners | 13 | 40 |
| %Winners | 32% | 46% |
Both Melnikova and Bondar played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Anna Bondar lost 1 set while Marina Melnikova hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Melnikova and Bondar have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Melnikova played 17 games less than Bondar. Melnikova scored 13 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Bondar recorded 40 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melnikova | Bondar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 21/30 | 61/78 |
| %1st in | 70% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 13/21 | 40/61 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 59% |
Melnikova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bondar recorded 2 aces . Melnikova won 62% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Bondar won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Melnikova | Bondar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 80% | 63% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Melnikova broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Hungarian broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Anna conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Melnikova | |||
| Q1 Danilina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 9 | |
| pts | 41-22 | 41-22 | |
| Total points | 63 | 63 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bondar | |||
| Q1 Perrin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 87-71 | 87-71 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/78 | 61/78 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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