Petra Kvitova and Angelique Kerber will square off in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open for the 16th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Petra Kvitova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.6
Angelique Kerber -> 2.46

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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Angelique Kerber

This will be the 16th time that Petra Kvitova and Angelique Kerber fight against each other. The head to head is 8-7 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kerber won 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Bad Homburg back in June 2021.

Highlights Angelique Kerber vs Petra Kvitova – Bad Homburg 25-June-2021

Petra Kvitova

Ranked no. 11, Petra reached the quarter after beating Madison Keys 7-5 6-4, Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 6-4 and Ons Jabeur 6-1 6-2.

In the 3rd round, Petra had a good straight sets win against Jabeur (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kvitova scored 60 points vs Jabeur’s 40. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kvitova managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Petra Kvitova was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Kvitova broke Jabeur 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Petra started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Kvitova has an impressive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (370-158). 13-7 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kvitova has a compiled 209-90 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Doha where she defeated Garbine Muguruza in the final 6-2 6-1.

The Czech has an overall 24-13 win-loss record in 2021, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2012 and 2018. See her history.

Cincinnati
Kvitova's Record

Angelique Kerber

Ranked no. 22, the German reached the quarter after defeating Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-2, Elina Svitolina 7-5 2-6 6-4 and Jelena Ostapenko 4-6 6-2 7-5.

In the 3rd round against Ostapenko, Kerber recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Kerber scored 104 points vs Ostapenko’s 87. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Kerber made 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Angelique Kerber lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kerber put 65% of her first serves in, winning 62% (40/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. Kerber broke Ostapenko 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Angelique started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Bad Homburg where she beat Katerina Siniakova in the final 6-3 6-2.

Kerber has an overall 22-11 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cincinnati
Kerber's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

P.Kvitova
A.Kerber
3h:56
3h:56
Time on court​
5h:14
5h:14
1h:03
1h:03
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
3
3
Match played
3
3
55
55
Games Played​
76
76
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
197
197
Total points​
263
263
65.7
65.7
Avg point​
87.7
87.7
84
84
Winners
105
105
28
28
Avg Winners​
35
35
43%
43%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
6
6
7
7
Avg Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
84/113
84/113
1st won total​
105/176
105/176
!
74%
74%
1st won %
60%
60%
33/63
33/63
2nd won total​
45/86
45/86
52%
52%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
13/32
13/32
BP won
18/35
18/35
4.3/10.7
4.3/10.7
Avg BP won
6/11.7
6/11.7
41%
41%
Won
!
51%
51%
17
17
Conceded
36
36
5.7
5.7
Avg Conceded
12
12
4
4
Broken
12
12
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
4
4
13
13
Saved
24
24
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kvitova Kerber
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 55 76
Pts 197-151 263-235
Total Points 348 498
Winners 84 105
%Winners 43% 40%

Both Kvitova and Kerber played 3 matches. At the moment, Angelique Kerber surrendered 2 sets while Petra Kvitova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kvitova has played 2 set(s) less than Kerber (6 vs 8). Therefore, Kvitova played 21 games less than Kerber. Kvitova scored 84 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kerber scored 105 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kvitova Kerber
Aces 21 6
Avg per match 7 2
1st in 113/176 176/262
%1st in 64% 67%
1st pts 84/113 105/176
%1st pts 74% 60%
2nd pts 33/63 45/86
%2nd pts 52% 52%

Kvitova managed to score 21 aces (7 per match). Kerber bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Kvitova won 74% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kerber won 60% of the points behind 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 Kvitova Kerber
Won 13 18
Converted 13/32 18/35
% Converted 41% 51%
Conceded 17 36
Saved 13 24
% Saved 76% 67%
Times Broken 4 12

Kvitova broke her opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Kvitova surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded. The German broke her opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. The German conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Kvitova
R1
Keys		 R2
Kudermetova		 R3
Jabeur		 Total
Score 7-5 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 22 18 15 55
pts 72-64 65-47 60-40 197-151
Total points 136 112 100 348
Winners 38 26 20 84
%Winners 53% 40% 33% 43%
SERVE
Aces 9 10 2 21
Double Faults 3 1 1 5
1st in 50/78 35/52 28/46 113/176
% 1st in 64% 67% 61% 64%
1st pts 38/50 26/35 20/28 84/113
% 1st pts 76% 74% 71% 74%
2nd pts 14/28 9/17 10/18 33/63
% 2nd pts 50% 53% 56% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 5 5 13
Converted 3/7 5/12 5/13 13/32
Converted % 43% 42% 38% 41%
Conceded 9 4 4 17
Saved 8/9 2/4 3/4 13
Saved % 89% 50% 75% 71%
Times Broken 1 2 1 4
Kerber
R1
Sakkari		 R2
Svitolina		 R3
Ostapenko		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 7-5 2-6 6-4 4-6 6-2 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 16 30 30 76
pts 63-45 96-103 104-87 263-235
Total points 108 199 191 498
Winners 25 40 40 105
%Winners 40% 42% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 4 6
Double Faults 1 4 1 6
1st in 41/56 70/106 65/100 176/262
% 1st in 73% 66% 65% 67%
1st pts 25/41 40/70 40/65 105/176
% 1st pts 61% 57% 62% 60%
2nd pts 8/15 16/36 21/35 45/86
% 2nd pts 53% 44% 60% 52%
Breaks
Won 6 6 6 18
Converted 6/13 6/11 6/11 18/35
Converted % 46% 55% 55% 51%
Conceded 7 18 11 36
Saved 5/7 12/18 7/11 24
Saved % 71% 67% 64% 67%
Times Broken 2 6 4 12

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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