Belinda Bencic and Jessica Pegula will play each other in the 1st round of the Olympics for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.76
Belinda Bencic -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Jessica Pegula face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bencic won 6-2 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Hertogenbosch back in 2015.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 12, Belinda will start her run in Olympics after she played her last match at the London where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Juvan in the 1st round on the 30th of June.
Bencic has an overall 17-14 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Swiss’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Adelaide and Berlin.
Talking about her overall career, Belinda has an overall 310-163 record. She has a positive 139-78 record on hard.
Previously in Olympics
Belinda has never competed in this tournament before.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 27, Pegula will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match at the London where she lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Samsonova in the 2nd round on the 30th of June.
The American has an aggregate 27-13 win-loss record in 2021, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Pegula’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Doha.
In terms of her career, The American has an overall 282-186 record. She has a positive 138-85 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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