Mayar Sherif and Mihaela Buzarnescu will play each other in the semifinal of the Winners Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mihaela Buzarnescu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mihaela Buzarnescu is the pick to win this match.
Mihaela Buzarnescu -> 1.94
Mayar Sherif -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Mayar Sherif vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
There is no head to head record between Mayar Sherif and Mihaela Buzarnescu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mayar Sherif
Ranked no. 119, Sherif got to the semifinal after beating Alize Cornet 6-2 6-4, Alexandra Eala 6-2 6-2 and Kristina Kucova 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Sherif had a good straight sets win against Kucova (6-3 6-1). During the match, Sherif scored 56 points vs Kucova’s 30. Sherif was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sherif managed to score 2 aces and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Mayar Sherif was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of her 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sherif was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kucova 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mayar started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Sherif has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 69% of her matches (167-75). 13-7 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sherif has an overall104-36 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Sherif’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W60 Montpellier.
The Egyptian has a composed 20-15 win-loss record in 2021, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cluj
Sherif has never competed in this tournament before.
Mihaela Buzarnescu
Ranked no. 170, Buzarnescu got to the semifinal after defeating Viktoriya Tomova 6-2 6-3, Lara Arruabarrena 6-3 7-5 and Kristyna Pliskova 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, Mihaela had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (7-5 6-3). During the match Buzarnescu scored 74 points vs Pliskova’s 56. Mihaela was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Buzarnescu was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Mihaela Buzarnescu lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Buzarnescu put 69% of her first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Mihaela broke Pliskova 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Buzarnescu’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Bastad.
Mihaela has an overall 15-15 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sherif | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 59 |
| Pts | 176-116 | 217-164 |
| Total Points | 292 | 381 |
| Winners | 85 | 93 |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% |
Both Sherif and Buzarnescu played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sherif and Buzarnescu have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Sherif played 9 games less than Buzarnescu. The Egyptian scored 85 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Mihaela bagged 93 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sherif | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 112/146 | 133/191 |
| %1st in | 77% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 85/112 | 93/133 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 24/58 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 41% |
Sherif bagged 8 aces (2.7 per match). Buzarnescu struck 6 aces (2 per match). Sherif won 76% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Buzarnescu won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sherif | Buzarnescu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 15 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 15/31 |
| % Converted | 60% | 48% |
| Conceded | 7 | 17 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 86% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Sherif broke her opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Egyptian dropped her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. Buzarnescu broke her opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. Buzarnescu conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sherif | |||||
| R1 Cornet |
R2 Eala |
1/4 Kucova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 16 | 50 | |
| pts | 62-49 | 58-37 | 56-30 | 176-116 | |
| Total points | 111 | 95 | 86 | 292 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 26 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 47% | 46% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/50 | 39/55 | 32/41 | 112/146 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 71% | 78% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 27/39 | 26/32 | 85/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 69% | 81% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/9 | 10/16 | 7/9 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 63% | 78% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 100% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/6 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | – | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Buzarnescu | |||||
| R1 Tomova |
R2 Arruabarrena-Vecino |
1/4 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 21 | 59 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 77-64 | 74-56 | 217-164 | |
| Total points | 110 | 141 | 130 | 381 | |
| Winners | 23 | 34 | 36 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 35/52 | 54/75 | 44/64 | 133/191 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 72% | 69% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 34/54 | 36/44 | 93/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 63% | 82% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 8/21 | 9/20 | 24/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 38% | 45% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/11 | 3/4 | 15/31 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 55% | 75% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 43% | 50% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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