Marta Kostyuk and Kaia Kanepi will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the WTA Chicago Women’s Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.89
Kaia Kanepi -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Kaia Kanepi
There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Kaia Kanepi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marta Kostyuk
Ranked no. 56 (career-high), the Ukrainian got to the 2nd round after beating Katherine Sebov 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kostyuk had a good straight sets win against Sebov (6-0 6-3). During the match, Kostyuk scored 67 points vs Sebov’s 43. Kostyuk was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kostyuk scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 63% of her first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Sebov 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Kostyuk has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 68% of her matches (125-60). 6-4 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kostyuk has a composed49-22 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Kostyuk’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi and Istanbul.
Kostyuk has a compiled 20-11 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chicago
Marta has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaia Kanepi
Ranked no. 70, the Estonian got to the 2nd round after defeating Anhelina Kalinina 3-6 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round against Kalinina, The Estonian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Kanepi scored 96 points vs Kalinina’s 91. Kanepi was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Kanepi made 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Kaia Kanepi lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kanepi put 55% of her first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (20/45) on the 2nd serve. Kaia broke Kalinina 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in the W25 Parnu where she overcame Anna Siskova in the final 7-5 6-4.
Kaia has an aggregate 16-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kostyuk | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 |
| Pts | 67-43 | 96-91 |
| Total Points | 110 | 187 |
| Winners | 23 | 38 |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% |
Both Kostyuk and Kanepi played 1 match. At the moment, Kaia Kanepi dropped 1 set while Marta Kostyuk hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kostyuk has played 1 set(s) less than Kanepi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kostyuk played 14 games less than Kanepi. The Ukrainian scored 23 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Kanepi struck 38 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kostyuk | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 56/101 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 38/56 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 20/45 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 44% |
Kostyuk bagged 1 ace . Kanepi also blasted 5 aces . Kostyuk won 66% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kanepi won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kostyuk | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 42% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 83% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Kanepi broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kaia conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kostyuk | |||
| R1 Sebov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 67-43 | 67-43 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kanepi | |||
| R1 Kalinina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-91 | 96-91 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/101 | 56/101 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 20/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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