Kristina Kucova and Mayar Sherif will square off in the quarter of the Winners Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Mayar Sherif who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mayar Sherif is the pick to win this match.
Mayar Sherif -> 1.81
Kristina Kucova -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Kristina Kucova vs. Mayar Sherif

This will be the 5th time that Kristina Kucova and Mayar Sherif fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Sherif (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Sherif won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in the W100 Charleston back in 2020.

Kristina Kucova

Ranked no. 118, the Slovakian reached the quarter after defeating Cagla Buyukakcay 6-1 6-1 and Irina Maria Bara 2-6 7-63 7-65.

In the 2nd round against Maria Bara, Kristina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-63 7-65).-115) than Maria Bara. In fact, the world no. 118 won 115 points vs Maria Bara’s. That means that Kucova was more focused during the important points. Kristina was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kucova couldn’t to score even 1 ace and she committed only 5 double faults. Kristina Kucova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kucova put 68% of her first serves in, winning 60% (48/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. Kristina broke Maria Bara 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kristina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Kucova has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (244-178). 15-9 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kucova has a compiled 157-82 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Kucova’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Gdynia.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 22-16 win-loss record in 2021, 15-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cluj

Kucova has never competed in this tournament before.

Cluj
Kucova's Record

Mayar Sherif

Ranked no. 119, the Egyptian got to the quarter after beating Alize Cornet 6-2 6-4 and Alexandra Eala 6-2 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Mayar had a good straight sets win against Eala (6-2 6-2). During the match Sherif scored 58 points vs Eala’s 37. The Egyptian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Sherif bagged 6 aces and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mayar Sherif conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Sherif put 71% of her first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Mayar was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Eala 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sherif started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Mayar’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W60 Montpellier.

Mayar has a compiled 19-15 win-loss record in 2021, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Cluj
Sherif's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

K.Kucova
M.Sherif
!
4h:23
4h:23
Time on court​
2h:35
2h:35
!
3h:04
3h:04
Last match​
1h:10
1h:10
2
2
Match played
2
2
48
48
Games Played​
34
34
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
180
180
Total points​
120
120
90
90
Avg point​
60
60
72
72
Winners
59
59
36
36
Avg Winners​
29.5
29.5
40%
40%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
6
6
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
3
3
7
7
Double Faults
1
1
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
72/111
72/111
1st won total​
59/80
59/80
65%
65%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
29/53
29/53
2nd won total​
13/25
13/25
55%
55%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
9/19
9/19
BP won
8/16
8/16
4.5/9.5
4.5/9.5
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
47%
47%
Won
50%
50%
17
17
Conceded
7
7
8.5
8.5
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
6
6
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
11
11
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kucova Sherif
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 48 34
Pts 180-153 120-86
Total Points 333 206
Winners 72 59
%Winners 40% 49%

Both Kucova and Sherif played 2 matches. At the moment, Kristina Kucova surrendered 1 set while Mayar Sherif hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kucova has played 1 set more than Sherif (5 vs 4). Therefore, Kucova played 14 games more than Sherif. Kucova scored 72 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Egyptian scored 59 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kucova Sherif
Aces 1 6
Avg per match 0.5 3
1st in 111/164 80/105
%1st in 68% 76%
1st pts 72/111 59/80
%1st pts 65% 74%
2nd pts 29/53 13/25
%2nd pts 55% 52%

Kucova scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Sherif also struck 6 aces (3 per match). Kucova won 65% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Sherif won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kucova Sherif
Won 9 8
Converted 9/19 8/16
% Converted 47% 50%
Conceded 17 7
Saved 11 6
% Saved 65% 86%
Times Broken 6 1

Kucova broke her opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Slovakian lost her serve 6 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. The Egyptian broke her opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mayar conceded her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.

Kucova
R1
Buyukakcay		 R2
Maria Bara		 Total
Score 6-1 6-1 2-6 7-63 7-65
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 14 34 48
pts 65-37 115-116 180-153
Total points 102 231 333
Winners 24 48 72
%Winners 37% 42% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1
Double Faults 2 5 7
1st in 31/46 80/118 111/164
% 1st in 67% 68% 68%
1st pts 24/31 48/80 72/111
% 1st pts 77% 60% 65%
2nd pts 9/15 20/38 29/53
% 2nd pts 60% 53% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/8 4/11 9/19
Converted % 63% 36% 47%
Conceded 4 13 17
Saved 4/4 7/13 11
Saved % 100% 54% 77%
Times Broken 0 6 6
Sherif
R1
Cornet		 R2
Eala		 Total
Score 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 16 34
pts 62-49 58-37 120-86
Total points 111 95 206
Winners 32 27 59
%Winners 52% 47% 49%
SERVE
Aces 0 6 6
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 41/50 39/55 80/105
% 1st in 82% 71% 76%
1st pts 32/41 27/39 59/80
% 1st pts 78% 69% 74%
2nd pts 3/9 10/16 13/25
% 2nd pts 33% 63% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/12 4/4 8/16
Converted % 33% 100% 50%
Conceded 1 6 7
Saved 0/1 6/6 6
Saved % 0% 100% 50%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Tennis Scores in Cluj

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