Petra Kvitova and Ons Jabeur will face off in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT 10. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Kvitova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.77
Ons Jabeur -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Ons Jabeur
This will be the 3rd time that Petra Kvitova and Ons Jabeur clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kvitova won 7-6(2) 7-6(4) in the quarter in Doha back in 2020.
Petra Kvitova
Ranked no. 12, Petra got to the 3rd round after defeating Madison Keys 7-5 6-4 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kvitova scored 65 points vs Kudermetova’s 47. Petra was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kvitova struck 10 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Petra Kvitova was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Kvitova broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Petra started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
Kvitova has a great record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (369-158). 12-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kvitova has an aggregate 208-90 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in in Doha where she defeated Garbine Muguruza in the final 6-2 6-1.
Kvitova has an aggregate 23-13 win-loss record in 2021, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2012 and 2018. See her history.
Ons Jabeur
Ranked no. 22 (career-high), the Tunisian reached the 3rd round after defeating Anett Kontaveit 6-2 4-6 7-5 and Iga Swiatek 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ons had a good straight sets win against Swiatek (6-3 6-3). During the match Jabeur scored 67 points vs Swiatek’s 51. Ons was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Jabeur struck 10 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ons Jabeur was very efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ons broke Swiatek 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ons started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Birmingham where she overcame Daria Kasatkina in the final 7-5 6-4.
Jabeur has an aggregate 38-14 win-loss record in 2021, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kvitova | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 48 |
| Pts | 137-111 | 187-158 |
| Total Points | 248 | 345 |
| Winners | 64 | 62 |
| %Winners | 47% | 33% |
Both Kvitova and Jabeur played 2 matches. At the moment, Ons Jabeur lost 1 set while Petra Kvitova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kvitova has played 1 set(s) less than Jabeur (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kvitova played 8 games less than Jabeur. The Czech scored 64 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Jabeur blasted 62 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kvitova | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 85/130 | 82/159 |
| %1st in | 65% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 64/85 | 62/82 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 36/77 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 47% |
Kvitova scored 19 aces (9.5 per match). Jabeur blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Kvitova won 75% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Jabeur won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kvitova | Jabeur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 10/27 |
| % Converted | 42% | 37% |
| Conceded | 13 | 14 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 77% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Petra broke her opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Petra dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded. Ons broke her opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Tunisian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kvitova | ||||
| R1 Keys |
R2 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 40 | |
| pts | 72-64 | 65-47 | 137-111 | |
| Total points | 136 | 112 | 248 | |
| Winners | 38 | 26 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 40% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/78 | 35/52 | 85/130 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 26/35 | 64/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 9/17 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 53% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/12 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 2/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 50% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jabeur | ||||
| R1 Kontaveit |
R2 Swiatek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 7-5 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 120-107 | 67-51 | 187-158 | |
| Total points | 227 | 118 | 345 | |
| Winners | 38 | 24 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 29/62 | 82/159 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 47% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 24/29 | 62/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 83% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 17/33 | 36/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 52% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 7/20 | 3/7 | 10/27 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 43% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 3/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 100% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWLWLLL Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jennifer BradyBrady (6-72 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Simona HalepHalep (w/o) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Cori GauffGauff (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Alison RiskeRiske (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (5-7 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Heather WatsonWatson (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Mateo Nicolas MartinezNicolas Martinez – Simon CarrCarr (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Vignesh Peranamallur-ChandrasekharPeranamallur-Chandrasekhar (6-1 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Youssef HossamHossam – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Simona HalepHalep (w/o) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (5-7 6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Shelby RogersRogers (7-6(1) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
