Jelena Ostapenko and Alize Cornet will fight against each other in the quarter of the BGL Luxembourg Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 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 Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.55
Alize Cornet -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Alize Cornet
This will be the 4th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Alize Cornet square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Cornet (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cornet won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg back in 2020.
Jelena Ostapenko
Ranked no. 30, Ostapenko reached the quarter after beating Jule Niemeier 6-2 6-2 and Arianne Hartono 6-2 4-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Jelena defeated Hartono (6-2 4-6 6-1). During the match, Ostapenko scored 95 points vs Hartono’s 77. Jelena was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ostapenko recorded 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 61% of her first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Hartono 6 times after converting 33% of her break points (6/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jelena started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Ostapenko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (286-178). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ostapenko has an aggregate 65-37 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Eastbourne where she defeated Anett Kontaveit in the final 6-3 6-3.
Jelena has an aggregate 25-15 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Luxembourg
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
Alize Cornet
Ranked no. 72, Cornet reached the quarter after beating Anastasia Potapova 6-4 6-2 and Mandy Minella 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alize had a good straight sets win against Minella (6-3 6-3). During the match Cornet scored 79 points vs Minella’s 63. Cornet was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Cornet fired 4 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Alize Cornet lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Cornet put 68% of her first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Minella 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cornet started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Cornet’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Chicago.
Cornet has a compiled 21-21 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ostapenko | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 36 |
| Pts | 155-113 | 153-124 |
| Total Points | 268 | 277 |
| Winners | 57 | 59 |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% |
Both Ostapenko and Cornet played 2 matches. At the moment, Jelena Ostapenko dropped 1 set while Alize Cornet hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ostapenko has played 1 set more than Cornet (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ostapenko played 5 games more than Cornet. The Latvian scored 57 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Alize struck 59 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ostapenko | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 82/129 | 84/136 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 57/82 | 59/84 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 21/52 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 40% |
Ostapenko bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Cornet made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Ostapenko won 70% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Cornet won 70% of the points on 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 | Ostapenko | Cornet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/29 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 41% | 45% |
| Conceded | 14 | 20 |
| Saved | 9 | 16 |
| % Saved | 64% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Jelena broke her opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Ostapenko surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Cornet broke her opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Alize conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Ostapenko | ||||
| R1 Niemeier |
R2 Hartono |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 41 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 95-77 | 155-113 | |
| Total points | 96 | 172 | 268 | |
| Winners | 23 | 34 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 49/80 | 82/129 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 34/49 | 57/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 16/31 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/18 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 8/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 73% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Cornet | ||||
| R1 Potapova |
R2 Minella |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 79-63 | 153-124 | |
| Total points | 135 | 142 | 277 | |
| Winners | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 44/65 | 84/136 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 30/44 | 59/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/31 | 9/21 | 21/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 43% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/10 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8/10 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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