Anett Kontaveit and Ekaterina Alexandrova will clash against each other in the final of the Kremlin Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.43
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 2nd time that Anett Kontaveit and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kontaveit won 4-6 6-2 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Ostrava back in 2020.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – Ostrava 19-October-2020
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 20, the Estonian got to the final after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-3, Andrea Petkovic 6-1 6-4, Garbine Muguruza 6-1 6-1 and Marketa Vondrousova 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Anett had a good straight sets win against Vondrousova (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kontaveit scored 67 points vs Vondrousova’s 54. The Estonian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kontaveit wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 60% of her first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Vondrousova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anett started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Kontaveit has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (338-171). 9-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kontaveit has a compiled 65-24 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Cleveland where she beat Irina-Camelia Begu in the final 7-6(5) 6-4 and in in Ostrava where she defeated Maria Sakkari in the final 6-2 7-5.
Anett has a compiled 39-15 win-loss record in 2021, 9-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Moscow
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See her history.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ranked no. 37, the Russian reached the final after defeating Ons Jabeur 6-1 1-0 ret., Anhelina Kalinina 6-4 6-1, Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-4 and Maria Sakkari 4-1 ret..
In the semifinal, Alexandrova had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (4-1 ret.). During the match Alexandrova scored 19 points vs Sakkari’s 9. Ekaterina was very aggressive to blast 7 winners.
About the serving games, Alexandrova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ekaterina Alexandrova was quite efficient on serve to win 100% (7/7) of her 1st serve and 71% (5/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexandrova was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Sakkari once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points she played.
Ekaterina’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne and Moscow.
The Russian has a compiled 26-20 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kontaveit | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 49 |
| Pts | 246-175 | 177-115 |
| Total Points | 421 | 292 |
| Winners | 97 | 66 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Kontaveit and Alexandrova played 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Kontaveit has played 1 set(s) less than Alexandrova (8 vs 9). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kontaveit played 19 games more than Alexandrova. Anett scored 97 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 66 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kontaveit | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 129/217 | 79/140 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 97/129 | 66/79 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 44/88 | 34/61 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Kontaveit scored 12 aces (3 per match). Alexandrova fired 11 aces (2.8 per match). Kontaveit won 75% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 84% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kontaveit | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 13 |
| Converted | 19/35 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 54% | 45% |
| Conceded | 28 | 12 |
| Saved | 22 | 10 |
| % Saved | 79% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Kontaveit broke her opponents 19 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded. Alexandrova broke her opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kontaveit | ||||||
| R1 Siniakova |
R2 Petkovic |
1/4 Muguruza |
1/2 Vondrousova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 68 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 58-43 | 54-22 | 67-54 | 246-175 | |
| Total points | 123 | 101 | 76 | 121 | 421 | |
| Winners | 31 | 24 | 17 | 25 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% | 31% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 31/55 | 19/35 | 36/60 | 129/217 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 54% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 24/31 | 17/19 | 25/36 | 97/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 77% | 89% | 69% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/24 | 13/24 | 12/16 | 10/24 | 44/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 54% | 75% | 42% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/7 | 5/7 | 5/11 | 19/35 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 71% | 45% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 28 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 3/4 | 3/3 | 6/9 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 75% | 100% | 67% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||||
| R1 Jabeur |
R2 Kalinina |
1/4 Sabalenka |
1/2 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-0 ret. | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 49 | |
| pts | 37-18 | 60-42 | 61-46 | 19-9 | 177-115 | |
| Total points | 55 | 102 | 107 | 28 | 292 | |
| Winners | 14 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% | 43% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 18/28 | 23/49 | 31/49 | 7/14 | 79/140 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 47% | 63% | 50% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 19/23 | 26/31 | 7/7 | 66/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 83% | 84% | 100% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 15/26 | 8/18 | 5/7 | 34/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 58% | 44% | 71% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/13 | 4/9 | 1/1 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 44% | 100% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 75% | – | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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