Varvara Lepchenko and Ekaterine Gorgodze will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Poland Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Lepchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Varvara Lepchenko is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Lepchenko -> 1.56
Ekaterine Gorgodze -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Lepchenko vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Lepchenko and Ekaterine Gorgodze clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gorgodze (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gorgodze won 6-2 7-6(4) in the qualifications in Stuttgart back in 2019.
Varvara Lepchenko
Ranked no. 154, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Marina Melnikova 4-6 7-64 6-3.
In the 1st round against Melnikova, Varvara recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-3). During the match, Lepchenko scored 123 points vs Melnikova’s 118. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lepchenko struck 4 aces and she was very steady in conceding no double faults. Varvara Lepchenko lost the serve 5 times and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Lepchenko put 64% of her first serves in, winning 60% (50/83) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (24/47) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Melnikova 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).
Lepchenko has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (253-222). 6-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lepchenko has a compiled 64-52 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Varvara has an aggregate 18-10 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gdynia
Varvara has never competed in this tournament before.
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Ranked no. 208, Ekaterine got to the 2nd round after beating Martyna Kubka 6-1 6-2, Amina Anshba 6-0 6-2 and Anastasia Zakharova 6-75 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round against Zakharova, Gorgodze recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-1). During the match Gorgodze scored 105 points vs Zakharova’s 81. The Georgean was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Gorgodze bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Ekaterine Gorgodze lost the serve 7 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gorgodze put 82% of her first serves in, winning 52% (39/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterine broke Zakharova 11 times after converting 61% of her break points (11/18).
Gorgodze’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Bellinzona.
Ekaterine has a compiled 18-16 win-loss record in 2021, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lepchenko | Gorgodze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 58 |
| Pts | 123-118 | 235-161 |
| Total Points | 241 | 396 |
| Winners | 50 | 80 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Lepchenko played 1 match while Gorgodze competed in 3 matches. Gorgodze started her run from the qualifications while Lepchenko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Varvara Lepchenko surrendered 1 set, while Ekaterine Gorgodze surrendered 1 set. Lepchenko has played 4 set(s) less than Gorgodze (3 vs 7). Therefore, Lepchenko played 26 games less than Gorgodze. The American scored 50 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean fired 80 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lepchenko | Gorgodze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 83/130 | 139/184 |
| %1st in | 64% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 50/83 | 80/139 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 22/45 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 49% |
Lepchenko bagged 4 aces . Gorgodze managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Lepchenko won 60% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gorgodze won 58% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lepchenko | Gorgodze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 25 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 25/42 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 18 | 19 |
| Saved | 13 | 8 |
| % Saved | 72% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 5 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded. Gorgodze broke her opponents 25 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded.
| Lepchenko | |||
| R1 Melnikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 123-118 | 123-118 | |
| Total points | 241 | 241 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 83/130 | 83/130 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 50/83 | 50/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 13/18 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 72% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Gorgodze | |||||
| Q1 Kubka |
Q3 Anshba |
R1 Zakharova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-0 6-2 | 6-75 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 14 | 29 | 58 | |
| pts | 64-40 | 66-40 | 105-81 | 235-161 | |
| Total points | 104 | 106 | 186 | 396 | |
| Winners | 18 | 23 | 39 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 35% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 40/51 | 75/92 | 139/184 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 78% | 82% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 23/40 | 39/75 | 80/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 58% | 52% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/11 | 8/17 | 22/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 64% | 47% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/14 | 11/18 | 25/42 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 50% | 61% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/5 | 4/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 60% | 36% | 129% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
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