Simona Halep and Jasmine Paolini will fight against each other in the quarter of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
Simona Halep -> 1.23
Jasmine Paolini -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Jasmine Paolini
This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Jasmine Paolini play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Halep won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2020.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Jasmine Paolini – Rome 16-September-2020
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 22, the Romanian reached the quarter after defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Halep had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (7-5 6-3). During the match, Halep scored 72 points vs Sasnovich’s 62. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halep managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Simona was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Sasnovich 4 times.
Halep has a fantastic match record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (407-152). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Halep has a composed 32-20 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Simona’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Napoca.
Halep has an aggregate 23-10 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2012. See her history.
Jasmine Paolini
Ranked no. 51 (career-high), Paolini got to the quarter after defeating Dayana Yastremska 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Saisai Zheng 6-1 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Zheng (6-1 2-6 6-4). During the match Paolini scored 83 points vs Zheng’s 75. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Paolini scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jasmine Paolini lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Paolini put 64% of her first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Zheng 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in the Bol where she defeated Arantxa Rus in the final 6-2 7-6(4) and in in Portoroz where she overcame Alison Riske in the final 7-6(4) 6-2.
The Italian has a composed 34-23 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 52 |
| Pts | 72-62 | 189-181 |
| Total Points | 134 | 370 |
| Winners | 30 | 81 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Halep played 1 match while Paolini competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Jasmine Paolini conceded 2 sets while Simona Halep hasn’t conceded a set so far. Halep has played 4 set(s) less than Paolini (2 vs 6). Therefore, Halep played 31 games less than Paolini. Simona scored 30 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 81 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 119/184 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 81/119 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 28/65 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 43% |
Halep struck 6 aces . Paolini made 1 ace (0.5 per match). Halep won 70% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Paolini won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Paolini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 100% | 41% |
| Conceded | 3 | 19 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 33% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Simona broke her opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Simona lost her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Italian broke her opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Jasmine conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||
| R2 Sasnovich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-62 | 72-62 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 43/70 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Paolini | ||||
| R1 Yastremska | R2 Zheng | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | 6-1 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| pts | 106-106 | 83-75 | 189-181 | |
| Total points | 212 | 158 | 370 | |
| Winners | 44 | 37 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 68/104 | 51/80 | 119/184 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 44/68 | 37/51 | 81/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 73% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 13/29 | 28/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 45% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 4/6 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 67% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 4/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 132% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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