Kristina Kucova and Ekaterine Gorgodze will fight against each other in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Poland Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kristina Kucova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kristina Kucova is the pick to win this match.
Kristina Kucova -> 1.61
Ekaterine Gorgodze -> 2.30
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Prediction and head to head Kristina Kucova vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze
This will be the 5th time that Kristina Kucova and Ekaterine Gorgodze face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Kucova (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Gorgodze won 7-6(7) 6-3 in the quarter in the W25 Canberra back in 2020.
Kristina Kucova
Ranked no. 150, the Slovakian reached the quarter after beating Urszula Radwanska 6-2 6-1 and Irina Maria Bara 3-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Maria Bara, Kucova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Kucova scored 111 points vs Maria Bara’s 109. Kristina was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kucova managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Kristina Kucova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kucova put 68% of her first serves in, winning 60% (41/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Kucova broke Maria Bara 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kucova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Kucova has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (240-177). 11-8 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kucova has an aggregate 153-81 match record in the last years on clay.
Kucova has an overall 18-15 win-loss record in 2021, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gdynia
Kucova has never competed in this tournament before.
Ekaterine Gorgodze
Ranked no. 208, the Georgean got to the quarter after beating Martyna Kubka 6-1 6-2, Amina Anshba 6-0 6-2, Anastasia Zakharova 6-75 6-3 6-1 and Varvara Lepchenko 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Ekaterine had a good straight sets win against Lepchenko (7-65 6-2). During the match Gorgodze scored 70 points vs Lepchenko’s 52. Ekaterine was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Gorgodze scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Ekaterine Gorgodze lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gorgodze put 82% of her first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterine broke Lepchenko 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Georgean started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Ekaterine’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Bellinzona.
Gorgodze has an overall 19-16 win-loss record in 2021, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kucova | Gorgodze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 79 |
| Pts | 170-137 | 305-213 |
| Total Points | 307 | 518 |
| Winners | 59 | 114 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Kucova played 2 matches while Gorgodze competed in 4 matches. Gorgodze started her run from the qualifications while Kucova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Kristina Kucova surrendered 1 set, while Ekaterine Gorgodze conceded 1 set. Kucova has played 4 set(s) less than Gorgodze (5 vs 9). Therefore, Kucova played 33 games less than Gorgodze. Kucova scored 59 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Ekaterine blasted 114 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kucova | Gorgodze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 87/132 | 185/240 |
| %1st in | 66% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 59/87 | 114/185 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 27/55 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 49% |
Kucova struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Gorgodze made 6 aces (1.5 per match). Kucova won 68% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Gorgodze won 62% of the points on 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 | Kucova | Gorgodze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 29 |
| Converted | 12/26 | 29/48 |
| % Converted | 46% | 60% |
| Conceded | 15 | 22 |
| Saved | 9 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 41% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 13 |
Kristina broke her opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Slovakian surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Georgean broke her opponents 29 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ekaterine conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 41% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kucova | ||||
| R1 Radwanska |
R2 Maria Bara |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 3-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 46 | |
| pts | 59-28 | 111-109 | 170-137 | |
| Total points | 87 | 220 | 307 | |
| Winners | 18 | 41 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 19/32 | 68/100 | 87/132 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 18/19 | 41/68 | 59/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 60% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 13/32 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 41% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/17 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 41% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 9/15 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Gorgodze | ||||||
| Q1 Kubka |
Q3 Anshba |
R1 Zakharova |
R2 Lepchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-0 6-2 | 6-75 6-3 6-1 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 14 | 29 | 21 | 79 | |
| pts | 64-40 | 66-40 | 105-81 | 70-52 | 305-213 | |
| Total points | 104 | 106 | 186 | 122 | 518 | |
| Winners | 18 | 23 | 39 | 34 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 35% | 37% | 49% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 40/51 | 75/92 | 46/56 | 185/240 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 78% | 82% | 82% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 23/40 | 39/75 | 34/46 | 114/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 58% | 52% | 74% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/11 | 8/17 | 5/10 | 27/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 64% | 47% | 50% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 29 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/14 | 11/18 | 4/6 | 29/48 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 50% | 61% | 67% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/5 | 4/11 | 1/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 60% | 36% | 33% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | |
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