Despina Papamichail and Katharina Gerlach will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katharina Gerlach who should win in 3 sets.
Katharina Gerlach -> 1.85
Despina Papamichail -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Despina Papamichail vs. Katharina Gerlach
There is no head to head record between Despina Papamichail and Katharina Gerlach since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Despina Papamichail
Ranked no. 199 (career-high), Despina got to the qualifications after defeating Dalila Spiteri 3-6 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications against Spiteri, The Greek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-2). During the match, Papamichail scored 106 points vs Spiteri’s 91. The Greek was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Papamichail scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Despina Papamichail lost the serve 6 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Papamichail put 65% of her first serves in, winning 64% (42/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Papamichail broke Spiteri 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Papamichail has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (358-252). 20-12 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Papamichail has an aggregate217-139 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Greek has a compiled 26-19 win-loss record in 2021, 20-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Papamichail has never competed in this tournament before.
Katharina Gerlach
Ranked no. 225, Gerlach got to the qualifications after defeating Lisa Pigato 7-5 7-65.
In the qualifications, Katharina had a good straight sets win against Pigato (7-5 7-65). During the match Gerlach scored 99 points vs Pigato’s 91. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Gerlach scored 6 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Katharina Gerlach lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gerlach put 52% of her first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. Gerlach broke Pigato 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
The German’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W25 Oeiras.
The German has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2021, 13-10 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Papamichail | Gerlach |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 25 |
| Pts | 106-91 | 99-91 |
| Total Points | 197 | 190 |
| Winners | 42 | 29 |
| %Winners | 40% | 29% |
Both Papamichail and Gerlach played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Despina Papamichail conceded 1 set while Katharina Gerlach hasn’t lost a set so far. Papamichail has played 1 set more than Gerlach (3 vs 2). Therefore, Papamichail played 4 games more than Gerlach. Papamichail scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Katharina struck 29 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Papamichail | Gerlach |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 45/86 |
| %1st in | 65% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 42/66 | 29/45 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 21/41 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 51% |
Papamichail fired 1 ace . Gerlach also fired 6 aces . Papamichail won 64% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Gerlach won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Papamichail | Gerlach |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 54% | 36% |
| Conceded | 14 | 13 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 57% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
The Greek broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Papamichail conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Gerlach broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Katharina conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Papamichail | |||
| Q1 Spiteri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 106-91 | 106-91 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 66/102 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/66 | 42/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 15/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 8/14 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Gerlach | |||
| Q1 Pigato | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 99-91 | 99-91 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 45/86 | 45/86 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 21/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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