Varvara Lepchenko and Hanna Chang will square off in the quarter of the Charleston for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 am on Court 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Lepchenko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Varvara Lepchenko is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Lepchenko -> 1.28
Hanna Chang -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Lepchenko vs. Hanna Chang
There is no head to head record between Varvara Lepchenko and Hanna Chang since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Varvara Lepchenko
Ranked no. 152, the American reached the quarter after beating Carol Zhao 6-1 7-5 and Tori Kinard 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Lepchenko had a good straight sets win against Kinard (6-2 6-3). During the match, Lepchenko scored 64 points vs Kinard’s 44. Varvara was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lepchenko blasted 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Varvara Lepchenko lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lepchenko put 70% of her first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Kinard 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Varvara started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Lepchenko has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (255-223). 8-5 on clay in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lepchenko has an overall 66-53 record in the last years on clay.
Lepchenko has an aggregate 20-11 win-loss record in 2021, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charleston
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Hanna Chang
Ranked no. 285, the American got to the quarter after beating Ellie Douglas 6-3 6-4 and Na-Lae Han 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Han (6-4 6-3). During the match Chang scored 62 points vs Han’s 49. Hanna was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Chang scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Hanna Chang was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of her 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Hanna broke Han 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.
Chang’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in W15 Antalya and the W100 Bonita Springs.
Chang has an aggregate 20-14 win-loss record in 2021, 16-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lepchenko | Chang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 38 |
| Pts | 127-83 | 132-105 |
| Total Points | 210 | 237 |
| Winners | 52 | 39 |
| %Winners | 41% | 30% |
Both Lepchenko and Chang played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lepchenko and Chang have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Lepchenko played 2 games less than Chang. The American scored 52 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Hanna scored 39 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lepchenko | Chang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 66/94 | 60/110 |
| %1st in | 70% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 39/60 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 30/50 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 60% |
Lepchenko bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Chang scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Lepchenko won 79% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Chang won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lepchenko | Chang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/18 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 67% | 56% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Varvara broke her opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. Varvara surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Hanna conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Lepchenko | ||||
| R1 Zhao |
R2 Kinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 63-39 | 64-44 | 127-83 | |
| Total points | 102 | 108 | 210 | |
| Winners | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/47 | 33/47 | 66/94 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 25/33 | 52/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 5/14 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 36% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/8 | 12/18 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 75% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 60% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Chang | ||||
| R1 Douglas |
R2 Han |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 62-49 | 132-105 | |
| Total points | 126 | 111 | 237 | |
| Winners | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 32% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 27/48 | 60/110 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/33 | 20/27 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 74% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 14/21 | 30/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/8 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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