Ons Jabeur wins against Anett Kontaveit 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday. Jabeur will square off with Paula Badosa Gibert in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2015. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Tunisian added to her prize money $ 160,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 335,000 until now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Ons will add $ 305,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 640,000.
Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Anett Kontaveit BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Tunisian scored 75 points vs. Anett’s 62.
Jabeur
The Tunisian won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Kontaveit
On the other side, the Estonian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Jabeur and Kontaveit is 3-1 for Ons.
Draw and next match H2H: Ons Jabeur vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats
Jabeur will come up against Badosa Gibert in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Ons Jabeur and Paula Badosa Gibert fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Jabeur and Badosa Gibert (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Jabeur won 7-66 5-7 7-5 in the 2nd round in Miami back in March 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Ons won the set after she broke the Estonian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Estonian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the Tunisian maintained the focus to conquer the set 7-5.
There was an important spell in this set when the Tunisian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
Ons converted 33% of her break points (3/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Kontaveit was perfect in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 78 points. Jabeur won 6 more points than Anett (42-36). The Tunisian surrendered 13 points on serve (18-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Kontaveit conceded 24 points on serve (23-24).
Ons won the set after she broke the Estonian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Estonian was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Tunisian converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Estonian was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 58 points. The Tunisian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Estonian (33-25). Ons lost 10 points on serve (20-10). On the losing side, the Estonian conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Angelique KerberKerber (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jessica PegulaPegula (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Shelby RogersRogers (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-0) – H2H details and stats