Angelique Kerber and Sloane Stephens will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Angelique Kerber who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Angelique Kerber is the pick to win this match.
Angelique Kerber -> 1.53
Sloane Stephens -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Angelique Kerber vs. Sloane Stephens
This will be the 7th time that Angelique Kerber and Sloane Stephens clash against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Stephens (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Stephens won 6-3 6-3 in the R in Singapore back in 2018.
Angelique Kerber
Ranked no. 17, Angelique reached the 3rd round after beating Dayana Yastremska 3-6 6-4 7-63 and Anhelina Kalinina 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Angelique had a good straight sets win against Kalinina (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kerber and Kalinina scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 17 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Regarding the service games, Kerber was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she was very steady in conceding no double faults. Angelique Kerber conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Angelique started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Kerber has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (403-189). 10-6 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kerber has an aggregate 234-112 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in in Bad Homburg where she beat Katerina Siniakova in the final 6-3 6-2.
The German has a composed 25-12 win-loss record in 2021, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2016. See her history.
Sloane Stephens
Ranked no. 66, Sloane got to the 3rd round after beating Madison Keys 6-3 1-6 7-67 and Cori Gauff 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Stephens had a good straight sets win against Gauff (6-4 6-2). During the match Stephens scored 59 points vs Gauff’s 40. Stephens was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Stephens wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sloane Stephens was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of her 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sloane broke Gauff 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Stephens’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Parma.
Sloane has a compiled 18-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kerber | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 47 |
| Pts | 103-98 | 150-142 |
| Total Points | 201 | 292 |
| Winners | 39 | 80 |
| %Winners | 38% | 53% |
Both Kerber and Stephens played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Angelique Kerber lost 1 set, while Sloane Stephens lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kerber and Stephens have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kerber played 2 games more than Stephens. The German scored 39 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Stephens blasted 80 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kerber | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 121/153 |
| %1st in | 63% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 80/121 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 19/32 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 59% |
Kerber didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Stephens recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kerber won 67% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Stephens won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kerber | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 56% | 46% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 38% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Angelique broke her opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Angelique lost her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Stephens broke her opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kerber | ||||
| R1 Yastremska |
R2 Kalinina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-63 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 103-98 | – | 103-98 | |
| Total points | 201 | 0 | 201 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | NAN% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 58/92 | / | 58/92 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | – | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | / | 39/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | – | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | / | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | – | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 5/9 | / | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | – | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | ||
| Saved | 3/8 | 0/ | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | – | 19% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | ||
| Stephens | ||||
| R1 Keys |
R2 Gauff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 7-67 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 47 | |
| pts | 91-102 | 59-40 | 150-142 | |
| Total points | 193 | 99 | 292 | |
| Winners | 47 | 33 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 56% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 80/104 | 41/49 | 121/153 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 84% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 47/80 | 33/41 | 80/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 80% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 6/8 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 75% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/5 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 60% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Misaki DoiDoi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Clara TausonTauson (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Fiona FerroFerro (3-6 7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Christina MchaleMchale (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Kristina KucovaKucova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Kaia KanepiKanepi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (w/o) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Valentini GrammatikopoulouGrammatikopoulou (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Pavel TsoyTsoy (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Clara TausonTauson (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Misaki DoiDoi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Fiona FerroFerro (3-6 7-6(3) 6-0) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Petra MarticMartic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Shelby RogersRogers (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Jessica PegulaPegula (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Simona HalepHalep (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Sloane StephensStephens (1-5) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
