Varvara Gracheva and Ana Bogdan will square off in the 2nd round of the WTA Chicago Women’s Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ana Bogdan who should win in 2 sets.
Ana Bogdan -> 1.42
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Ana Bogdan
There is no head to head record between Varvara Gracheva and Ana Bogdan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Varvara Gracheva
Ranked no. 88, Gracheva got to the 2nd round after defeating Tamara Zidansek 6-3 1-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Gracheva defeated Zidansek (6-3 1-6 6-2). During the match, Gracheva scored 74 points vs Zidansek’s 68. Varvara was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gracheva scored 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 64% of her first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Zidansek 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Gracheva has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of her matches (160-94). 6-7 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gracheva has an overall28-30 record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Malo.
Gracheva has an aggregate 13-20 win-loss record in 2021, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chicago
Varvara has never competed in this tournament before.
Ana Bogdan
Ranked no. 106, Ana reached the 2nd round after defeating Emma Navarro 6-2 5-7 6-3, Kimberley Zimmermann 6-1 6-2 and Heather Watson 6-2 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Ana had a good straight sets win against Watson (6-2 1-0 ret.). During the match Bogdan scored 37 points vs Watson’s 23. Bogdan was extremely aggressive to blast 7 winners.
About the serving games, Bogdan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ana Bogdan was very effective on serve to win 78% (7/9) of her 1st serve and 90% (9/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Watson 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Ana has an aggregate 14-12 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gracheva | Bogdan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 53 |
| Pts | 74-68 | 191-137 |
| Total Points | 142 | 328 |
| Winners | 29 | 49 |
| %Winners | 39% | 26% |
Gracheva played 1 match while Bogdan competed in 3 matches. Bogdan started her run from the qualifications while Gracheva had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Varvara Gracheva conceded 1 set, while Ana Bogdan conceded 1 set. Gracheva has played 5 set(s) less than Bogdan (3 vs 8). Therefore, Gracheva played 29 games less than Bogdan. The Russian scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Ana struck 49 winners (26%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gracheva | Bogdan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 45/70 | 76/142 |
| %1st in | 64% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 49/76 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 43/66 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 65% |
Gracheva bagged 5 aces . Bogdan recorded 3 aces (1 per match). Gracheva won 64% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bogdan won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gracheva | Bogdan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 16/33 |
| % Converted | 67% | 48% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 40% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. Bogdan broke her opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. Ana conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gracheva | |||
| R1 Zidansek | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 74-68 | 74-68 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/70 | 45/70 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bogdan | |||||
| Q1 Navarro | Q3 Zimmermann | R1 Watson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 15 | 9 | 53 | |
| pts | 97-81 | 57-33 | 37-23 | 191-137 | |
| Total points | 178 | 90 | 60 | 328 | |
| Winners | 22 | 20 | 7 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 35% | 19% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/78 | 26/45 | 9/19 | 76/142 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 58% | 47% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/41 | 20/26 | 7/9 | 49/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 77% | 78% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 14/19 | 9/10 | 43/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 74% | 90% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 9/19 | 4/7 | 3/7 | 16/33 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 57% | 43% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 25% | – | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Chicago
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- Oscar OtteOtte – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-2 6-73 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher HeymanHeyman – Adriaan De JagerDe Jager (6-1 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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