Yulia Putintseva and Katie Boulter will square off in the 2nd round of the Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yulia Putintseva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yulia Putintseva is the pick to win this match.
Yulia Putintseva -> 1.46
Katie Boulter -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Katie Boulter
This will be the 2nd time that Yulia Putintseva and Katie Boulter clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Putintseva (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Putintseva won 3-6 6-2 7-6(6) in the Rubber 2 in 1 back in 2019.
Yulia Putintseva
Ranked no. 44, Putintseva got to the 2nd round after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-4 6-4). During the match, Putintseva scored 68 points vs Cristian’s 60. Yulia was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Putintseva couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Yulia Putintseva lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Putintseva put 71% of her first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Putintseva broke Cristian 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Putintseva has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (296-242). 10-10 on hard in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Putintseva has a composed 141-133 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in in Budapest where she beat Anhelina Kalinina in the final 6-4 6-0.
Yulia has an aggregate 23-20 win-loss record in 2021, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Portoroz
Yulia has never competed in this tournament before.
Katie Boulter
Ranked no. 171, the Brit got to the 2nd round after beating Manca Pislak 6-3 6-2, Irina Fetecau 7-64 6-2 and Katarina Zavatska 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Boulter had a good straight sets win against Zavatska (7-5 6-3). During the match Boulter scored 77 points vs Zavatska’s 61. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Boulter recorded 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Katie Boulter lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Boulter put 52% of her first serves in, winning 56% (19/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Zavatska 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Katie’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Charlottesville.
The Brit has a compiled 23-10 win-loss record in 2021, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Putintseva | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 59 |
| Pts | 68-60 | 224-178 |
| Total Points | 128 | 402 |
| Winners | 33 | 68 |
| %Winners | 49% | 30% |
Putintseva played 1 match while Boulter competed in 3 matches. Boulter started her run from the qualifications while Putintseva had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Putintseva has played 4 set(s) less than Boulter (2 vs 6). Therefore, Putintseva played 39 games less than Boulter. The Kazakhstani scored 33 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Katie managed to score 68 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Putintseva | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 103/197 |
| %1st in | 71% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 68/103 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 49/94 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 52% |
Putintseva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Boulter fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Putintseva won 72% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Boulter won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Putintseva | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 16 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 16/34 |
| % Converted | 75% | 47% |
| Conceded | 6 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Putintseva broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Yulia conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Boulter broke her opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Boulter conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Putintseva | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-60 | 68-60 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Boulter | |||||
| Q1 Pislak |
Q3 Fetecau |
R1 Zavatska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 21 | 59 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 80-68 | 77-61 | 224-178 | |
| Total points | 116 | 148 | 138 | 402 | |
| Winners | 17 | 32 | 19 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 40% | 25% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 25/52 | 44/80 | 34/65 | 103/197 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 55% | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 17/25 | 32/44 | 19/34 | 68/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 73% | 56% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/36 | 17/31 | 49/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 44% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/7 | 7/15 | 16/34 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 57% | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 4/6 | 3/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 43% | 160% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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