Belinda Bencic and Jessica Pegula will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. 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 Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.86
Jessica Pegula -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Jessica Pegula
This will be the 3rd time that Belinda Bencic and Jessica Pegula face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Bencic won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in July 2021.
Belinda Bencic
Ranked no. 12, Bencic reached the 3rd round after beating Arantxa Rus 6-4 6-4 and Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Belinda had a good straight sets win against Trevisan (6-3 6-1). During the match, Bencic scored 68 points vs Trevisan’s 38. Bencic was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bencic scored 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Belinda Bencic was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (26/31) of her 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Belinda broke Trevisan 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bencic started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 61% of the points she played.
Bencic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (306-163). 18-7 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bencic has a composed 147-78 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Tokyo where she overcame Marketa Vondrousova in the final 7-5 2-6 6-3.
Belinda has a compiled 28-15 win-loss record in 2021, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.
Jessica Pegula
Ranked no. 25 (career-high), Pegula reached the 3rd round after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-2 6-2 and Misaki Doi 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Doi (6-3 6-2). During the match Pegula scored 62 points vs Doi’s 41. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Pegula scored 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jessica Pegula was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (31/37) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Doi 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points she played.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Doha and Montreal.
Jessica has an aggregate 34-16 win-loss record in 2021, 24-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Bencic | Pegula |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
Tot Games | 36 | 33 |
Pts | 136-88 | 124-83 |
Total Points | 224 | 207 |
Winners | 56 | 55 |
%Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Bencic and Pegula played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bencic and Pegula have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Bencic played 3 games more than Pegula. Bencic scored 56 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 55 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Bencic | Pegula |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 6 |
Avg per match | 3.5 | 3 |
1st in | 66/88 | 70/103 |
%1st in | 75% | 68% |
1st pts | 56/66 | 55/70 |
%1st pts | 85% | 79% |
2nd pts | 15/22 | 18/33 |
%2nd pts | 68% | 55% |
Bencic made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Pegula blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Bencic won 85% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Pegula won 79% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Bencic | Pegula |
---|---|---|
Won | 7 | 8 |
Converted | 7/21 | 8/14 |
% Converted | 33% | 57% |
Conceded | 1 | 7 |
Saved | 0 | 6 |
% Saved | 0% | 86% |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Bencic broke her opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Bencic surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Jessica broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Jessica conceded her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.
Bencic | ||||
R1 Rus |
R2 Trevisan |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
pts | 68-50 | 68-38 | 136-88 | |
Total points | 118 | 106 | 224 | |
Winners | 30 | 26 | 56 | |
%Winners | 44% | 38% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
1st in | 35/48 | 31/40 | 66/88 | |
% 1st in | 73% | 78% | 75% | |
1st pts | 30/35 | 26/31 | 56/66 | |
% 1st pts | 86% | 84% | 85% | |
2nd pts | 10/13 | 5/9 | 15/22 | |
% 2nd pts | 77% | 56% | 68% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Converted | 2/6 | 5/15 | 7/21 | |
Converted % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pegula | ||||
R1 Potapova |
R2 Doi |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
pts | 62-42 | 62-41 | 124-83 | |
Total points | 104 | 103 | 207 | |
Winners | 24 | 31 | 55 | |
%Winners | 39% | 50% | 44% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 33/49 | 37/54 | 70/103 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 69% | 68% | |
1st pts | 24/33 | 31/37 | 55/70 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 84% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/17 | 18/33 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 53% | 55% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 3/6 | 8/14 | |
Converted % | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 6 | |
Saved % | 86% | – | 43% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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