Irina Maria Bara and Kristina Kucova will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Poland Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 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 Irina Maria Bara who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Irina Maria Bara is the pick to win this match.
Irina Maria Bara -> 1.82
Kristina Kucova -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Irina Maria Bara vs. Kristina Kucova
There is no head to head record between Irina Maria Bara and Kristina Kucova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Irina Maria Bara
Ranked no. 116, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after defeating Federica Di Sarra 6-3 1-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Maria Bara defeated Di Sarra (6-3 1-6 7-5).-92) than Di Sarra. In fact, the world no. 116 won 92 points vs Di Sarra’s. That means that Maria Bara was more focused during the important points. Maria Bara was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Maria Bara wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 6 double faults. Irina Maria Bara lost the serve 10 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Maria Bara put 72% of her first serves in, winning 48% (32/67) of the points behind her 1st serve and 31% (8/26) on the 2nd serve. Irina broke Di Sarra 10 times after converting 59% of her break points (10/17).
Maria Bara has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of her matches (227-156). 14-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Maria Bara has a compiled197-110 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W100 Bonita Springs.
Maria Bara has an overall 14-14 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gdynia
Irina has never competed in this tournament before.
Kristina Kucova
Ranked no. 150, Kucova reached the 2nd round after beating Urszula Radwanska 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Radwanska (6-2 6-1). During the match Kucova scored 59 points vs Radwanska’s 28. Kucova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Kucova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kristina Kucova was very effective on serve to win 95% (18/19) of her 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kristina broke Radwanska 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Kristina has a compiled 17-15 win-loss record in 2021, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Maria Bara | Kucova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 15 |
| Pts | 92-94 | 59-28 |
| Total Points | 186 | 87 |
| Winners | 32 | 18 |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% |
Both Maria Bara and Kucova played 1 match. At the moment, Irina Maria Bara dropped 1 set while Kristina Kucova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Maria Bara has played 1 set more than Kucova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Maria Bara played 13 games more than Kucova. The Romanian scored 32 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian blasted 18 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Maria Bara | Kucova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 67/93 | 19/32 |
| %1st in | 72% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/67 | 18/19 |
| %1st pts | 48% | 95% |
| 2nd pts | 8/26 | 10/13 |
| %2nd pts | 31% | 77% |
Maria Bara didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kucova scored 1 ace . Maria Bara won 48% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 31% of the points. On the other side, Kucova won 95% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Maria Bara | Kucova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/17 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 59% | 56% |
| Conceded | 17 | 0 |
| Saved | 7 | 0 |
| % Saved | 41% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 0 |
Maria Bara broke her opponent 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 41% of the break points that she conceded. Kucova broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kristina was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Maria Bara | |||
| R1 Di Sarra |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 92-94 | 92-94 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 67/93 | 67/93 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 32/67 | 32/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 48% | 48% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/26 | 8/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 31% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 10 | 10 | |
| Converted | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 59% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 7/17 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 41% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 10 | 10 | |
| Kucova | |||
| R1 Radwanska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-28 | 59-28 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/19 | 18/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Gdynia
- Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko – Marina MelnikovaMelnikova (4-6 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Olga GovortsovaGovortsova (1-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Ekaterine GorgodzeGorgodze – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (6-75 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Weronika BaszakBaszak (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Amina AnshbaAnshba – Harmony TanTan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Katarzyna KawaKawa – Tereza MrdezaMrdeza (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Katie VolynetsVolynets (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Urszula RadwanskaRadwanska (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Ekaterine Gorgodze/Oksana KalashnikovaGorgodze/Oksana Kalashnikova – Amina Anshba/Anastasia DetiucAnshba/Anastasia Detiuc (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Weronika FalkowskaFalkowska – Kateryna BondarenkoBondarenko (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna BondarBondar – Valeriya OlyanovskayaOlyanovskaya (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara – Federica Di SarraDi Sarra (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Amina AnshbaAnshba – Harmony TanTan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Katarzyna KawaKawa – Tereza MrdezaMrdeza (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Jamie LoebLoeb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Amina AnshbaAnshba (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Katarzyna KawaKawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterine GorgodzeGorgodze – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kristina KucovaKucova – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Weronika FalkowskaFalkowska – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
