Kristina Kucova and Katie Boulter will fight against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on Court 9. 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 Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.58
Kristina Kucova -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Kristina Kucova vs. Katie Boulter
There is no head to head record between Kristina Kucova and Katie Boulter since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kristina Kucova
Ranked no. 111, the Slovakian reached the qualifications after defeating Daniela Seguel 6-3 6-2 and Hanna Chang 7-5 7-65.
In the qualifications, Kristina had a good straight sets win against Chang (7-5 7-65). During the match, Kucova scored 89 points vs Chang’s 78. Kristina was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kucova managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Kristina Kucova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kucova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Chang 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kucova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.
Kucova has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (246-180). 8-7 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kucova has an overall 67-67 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Kucova’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Gdynia.
Kucova has a compiled 24-18 win-loss record in 2021, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016. See her history.
Katie Boulter
Ranked no. 190, the Brit reached the qualifications after defeating Gabriella Price 6-3 6-2 and Vitalia Diatchenko 6-2 5-7 6-4.
In the qualifications, Boulter defeated Diatchenko (6-2 5-7 6-4). During the match Boulter scored 107 points vs Diatchenko’s 105. Katie was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Boulter scored 10 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Katie Boulter lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Boulter put 51% of her first serves in, winning 59% (34/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (27/55) on the 2nd serve. Boulter broke Diatchenko 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Katie 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.
Boulter’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Charlottesville.
Katie has a compiled 19-9 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kucova | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 47 |
| Pts | 156-126 | 173-148 |
| Total Points | 282 | 321 |
| Winners | 57 | 49 |
| %Winners | 37% | 28% |
Both Kucova and Boulter played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Katie Boulter surrendered 1 set while Kristina Kucova hasn’t lost a set so far. Kucova has played 1 set(s) less than Boulter (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kucova played 5 games less than Boulter. Kucova scored 57 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Katie fired 49 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kucova | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 85/131 | 75/153 |
| %1st in | 65% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 57/85 | 49/75 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 39/78 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Kucova fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Boulter fired 17 aces (8.5 per match). Kucova won 67% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Boulter won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kucova | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 13/27 |
| % Converted | 48% | 48% |
| Conceded | 11 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 45% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
The Slovakian broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kristina conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded. Katie broke her opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Boulter conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kucova | ||||
| Q1 Seguel |
Q2 Chang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 | 42 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 89-78 | 156-126 | |
| Total points | 115 | 167 | 282 | |
| Winners | 26 | 31 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 47/73 | 85/131 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 31/47 | 57/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 13/26 | 23/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/10 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 33% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Boulter | ||||
| Q1 Price |
Q2 Diatchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 30 | 47 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 107-105 | 173-148 | |
| Total points | 109 | 212 | 321 | |
| Winners | 15 | 34 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 32% | 28% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 17/40 | 58/113 | 75/153 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 51% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 15/17 | 34/58 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 59% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 27/55 | 39/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 49% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 7/15 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 47% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 14 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 9/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 64% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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