Kristina Mladenovic and Ana Konjuh will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ana Konjuh who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ana Konjuh is the pick to win this match.
Ana Konjuh -> 1.38
Kristina Mladenovic -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Kristina Mladenovic vs. Ana Konjuh
This will be the 4th time that Kristina Mladenovic and Ana Konjuh square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Konjuh (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Mladenovic won 5-7 6-3 ret. in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2017.
Kristina Mladenovic
Ranked no. 68, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Nika Radisic 4-6 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Radisic, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Mladenovic scored 88 points vs Radisic’s 64. Mladenovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mladenovic was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Kristina Mladenovic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Mladenovic put 72% of her first serves in, winning 60% (33/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Kristina broke Radisic 9 times after converting 69% of her break points (9/13).
Mladenovic has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of her matches (276-264). 8-12 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mladenovic has an overall 110-138 match record in the last years on hard.
The French player has a compiled 20-25 win-loss record in 2021, 8-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Portoroz
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Ana Konjuh
Ranked no. 82, Konjuh reached the 2nd round after defeating Donna Vekic 0-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Vekic, The Croatian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 6-2).-83) than Vekic. In fact, the world no. 68 won 83 points vs Vekic’s. That means that Konjuh was more focused during the important points. Ana was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Konjuh fired 6 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Ana Konjuh lost the serve 4 times and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Konjuh put 44% of her first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (19/48) on the 2nd serve. Ana broke Vekic 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
The Croatian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Belgrade.
Konjuh has an overall 38-19 win-loss record in 2021, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mladenovic | Konjuh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 |
| Pts | 88-64 | 83-86 |
| Total Points | 152 | 169 |
| Winners | 33 | 27 |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% |
Both Mladenovic and Konjuh played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Kristina Mladenovic conceded 1 set, while Ana Konjuh dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mladenovic and Konjuh have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Mladenovic played 2 games more than Konjuh. Mladenovic scored 33 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Ana managed to score 27 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mladenovic | Konjuh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 6 |
| 1st in | 55/76 | 37/85 |
| %1st in | 72% | 44% |
| 1st pts | 33/55 | 27/37 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 19/48 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 40% |
Mladenovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Konjuh scored 6 aces . Mladenovic won 60% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Konjuh won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mladenovic | Konjuh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 4 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 69% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 18 |
| Saved | 1 | 14 |
| % Saved | 17% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Mladenovic broke her opponent 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Kristina surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded. Ana broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.
| Mladenovic | |||
| R1 Radisic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 88-64 | 88-64 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 55/76 | 55/76 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 69% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Konjuh | |||
| R1 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 83-86 | 83-86 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 37/85 | 37/85 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/48 | 19/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 14/18 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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