Ekaterina Alexandrova and Clara Tauson will play each other in the 2nd round of the BGL Luxembourg Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clara Tauson who should win in 3 sets.
Clara Tauson -> 1.72
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Clara Tauson
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Clara Tauson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tauson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Tauson won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Lyon back in March 2021.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 33, Alexandrova got to the 2nd round after beating Stefanie Voegele 6-1 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Voegele (6-1 3-6 6-3). During the match, Alexandrova scored 90 points vs Voegele’s 78. Alexandrova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alexandrova made 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 49% of her first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterina broke Voegele 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).
Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of her matches (228-148). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has a composed77-29 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Ekaterina’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Russian has an aggregate 21-18 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Luxembourg
Alexandrova has never competed in this tournament before.
Clara Tauson
Ranked no. 70 (career-high), Tauson got to the 2nd round after defeating Astra Sharma 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Tauson had a good straight sets win against Sharma (6-2 6-2). During the match Tauson scored 63 points vs Sharma’s 40. Clara was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Tauson recorded 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Clara Tauson conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Tauson put 61% of her first serves in, winning 89% (25/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Tauson broke Sharma 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in the W25 Fujairah where she defeated Viktorija Golubic in the final 6-0 4-6 6-3 and in the W25 Altenkirchen where she defeated Simona Waltert in the final 3-6 6-1 6-3 and in in Lyon where she defeated Viktorija Golubic in the final 6-4 6-1 and in the Chicago where she beat Emma Raducanu in the final 6-1 2-6 6-4.
Clara has an aggregate 33-13 win-loss record in 2021, 13-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 16 |
| Pts | 90-78 | 63-40 |
| Total Points | 168 | 103 |
| Winners | 26 | 25 |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% |
Both Alexandrova and Tauson played 1 match. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova surrendered 1 set while Clara Tauson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Alexandrova has played 1 set more than Tauson (3 vs 2). Therefore, Alexandrova played 9 games more than Tauson. The Russian scored 26 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Tauson managed to score 25 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 35/72 | 28/46 |
| %1st in | 49% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 25/28 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 50% |
Alexandrova managed to score 6 aces . Tauson bagged 6 aces . Alexandrova won 74% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 89% of the points on 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 | Alexandrova | Tauson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 36% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Alexandrova broke her opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Alexandrova surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Tauson broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Clara was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Voegele | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 90-78 | 90-78 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/72 | 35/72 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 17/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Tauson | |||
| R1 Sharma | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Luxembourg
- Jaume Pla MalfeitoPla Malfeito – Jaime Fermosell DelgadoFermosell Delgado (6-0 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Albert Alcaraz IvorraAlcaraz Ivorra – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Zarina DiyasDiyas (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oceane DodinDodin – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Arianne HartonoHartono (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mandy MinellaMinella – Alize CornetCornet (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jana FettFett (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Elise MertensMertens (3-1) – H2H and prediction