Jelena Ostapenko and Jule Niemeier will fight against each other in the 1st round of the BGL Luxembourg Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on Centre 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 Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.46
Jule Niemeier -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jule Niemeier
There is no head to head record between Jelena Ostapenko and Jule Niemeier since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jelena Ostapenko
Ranked no. 30, Jelena will start her run in Luxembourg after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 4-6 6-2 7-5 to Kerber in the 3rd round on the 19th of August.
The Latvian has an aggregate 23-15 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Eastbourne where she beat Anett Kontaveit in the final 6-3 6-3.
Talking about her overall career, Jelena has an overall 284-178 record. She has a positive 63-37 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Luxembourg
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
Jule Niemeier
Ranked no. 133 (career-high), the German got to the 1st round after beating Lena Papadakis 7-63 4-6 6-3 and Tereza Smitkova 6-73 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Smitkova, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 6-4). During the match Niemeier scored 113 points vs Smitkova’s 101. The German was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Niemeier blasted 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Jule Niemeier was very efficient on serve to win 76% (48/63) of her 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The German broke Smitkova 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jule started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in the W25 Prague where she defeated Dalma Galfi in the final 6-4 6-2.
The German has a composed 37-16 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Clara TausonTauson – Astra SharmaSharma (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jana FettFett – Ekaterina Makarova (1996)Makarova (1996) (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alize CornetCornet – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Misaki DoiDoi (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oceane DodinDodin – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (6-74 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaume Pla MalfeitoPla Malfeito – Alejandro Ortega PalaciosOrtega Palacios (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Maximilian MannMann (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arianne HartonoHartono – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Mandy MinellaMinella (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oceane DodinDodin – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
