Greetje Minnen and Marie Bouzkova will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the BGL Luxembourg Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marie Bouzkova who should win in 3 sets.
Marie Bouzkova -> 1.83
Greetje Minnen -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Greetje Minnen vs. Marie Bouzkova
This will be the 2nd time that Greetje Minnen and Marie Bouzkova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bouzkova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Bouzkova won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in the W60 Istanbul back in 2019.
Greetje Minnen
Ranked no. 78 (career-high), the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 7-64 6-71 7-62.
In the 1st round, Minnen defeated Parrizas-Diaz (7-64 6-71 7-62). During the match, Minnen scored 142 points vs Parrizas-Diaz’s 137. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Talking about the service games, Minnen struck 9 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Greetje Minnen lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Minnen put 63% of her first serves in, winning 64% (59/92) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (30/54) on the 2nd serve. Greetje broke Parrizas-Diaz 4 times after converting 29% of her break points (4/14).
Minnen has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (246-127). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Minnen has a composed40-19 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Greetje’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W100 Landisville.
Minnen has a composed 33-20 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Luxembourg
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See her history.
Marie Bouzkova
Ranked no. 84, Bouzkova got to the 2nd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-73 6-3.
In the 1st round, Bouzkova defeated Zhang (6-2 6-73 6-3). During the match Bouzkova scored 110 points vs Zhang’s 98. Bouzkova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Bouzkova blasted 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marie Bouzkova was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (49/69) of her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Marie broke Zhang 4 times after converting 22% of her break points (4/18).
The Czech’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Melbourne.
Marie has a compiled 15-18 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Minnen | Bouzkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 30 |
| Pts | 142-137 | 110-98 |
| Total Points | 279 | 208 |
| Winners | 59 | 49 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Both Minnen and Bouzkova played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Greetje Minnen conceded 1 set, while Marie Bouzkova lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Minnen and Bouzkova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Minnen played 9 games more than Bouzkova. Greetje scored 59 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech fired 49 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Minnen | Bouzkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 8 |
| 1st in | 92/146 | 69/106 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 59/92 | 49/69 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 30/54 | 19/37 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Minnen scored 9 aces . Bouzkova bagged 8 aces . Minnen won 64% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bouzkova won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Minnen | Bouzkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/18 |
| % Converted | 29% | 22% |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Minnen broke her opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponent 4 times with a 22% conversion rate. Bouzkova conceded her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded.
| Minnen | |||
| R1 Parrizas-Diaz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-71 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 142-137 | 142-137 | |
| Total points | 279 | 279 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 92/146 | 92/146 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 59/92 | 59/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/54 | 30/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Bouzkova | |||
| R1 Zhang | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-73 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 110-98 | 110-98 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 69/106 | 69/106 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 49/69 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/18 | 4/18 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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