Garbine Muguruza and Anett Kontaveit will face off in the Round Robin of the WTA Finals for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7.30 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.51
Garbine Muguruza -> 2.63
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Anett Kontaveit
This will be the 5th time that Garbine Muguruza and Anett Kontaveit square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kontaveit won 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in Moscow back in October 2021.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs Garbine Muguruza – Moscow 22-October-2021
Garbine Muguruza
Ranked no. 5, the Spaniard reached the Round Robin after beating Barbora Krejcikova 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the previous match against Krejcikova, Muguruza recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Muguruza scored 90 points vs Krejcikova’s 89. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muguruza managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Garbine Muguruza lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Muguruza put 68% of her first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (9/28) on the 2nd serve. Garbine broke Krejcikova 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Muguruza has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (344-182). 31-11 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muguruza has an aggregate 205-102 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Dubai where she beat Barbora Krejcikova in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in in Chicago where she overcame Ons Jabeur in the final 3-6 6-3 6-0.
Garbine has a composed 39-17 win-loss record in 2021, 31-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015. See her history.
Anett Kontaveit
Ranked no. 8 (career-high), Anett got to the Round Robin after defeating Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 6-4 and Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-0.
In the previous match, Anett had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (6-4 6-0). During the match Kontaveit scored 56 points vs Pliskova’s 36. Anett was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kontaveit struck 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Anett Kontaveit was quite effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Anett broke Pliskova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anett 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 58% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Cleveland where she defeated 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 and in in Moscow where she beat Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final 4-6 6-4 7-5 and in in Napoca where she defeated Simona Halep in the final 6-2 6-3.
Anett has an overall 47-15 win-loss record in 2021, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muguruza | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 35 |
| Pts | 90-89 | 117-85 |
| Total Points | 179 | 202 |
| Winners | 42 | 47 |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% |
Muguruza played 1 match while Kontaveit competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Garbine Muguruza dropped 1 set while Anett Kontaveit hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Muguruza has played 1 set(s) less than Kontaveit (3 vs 4). Therefore, Muguruza played 8 games less than Kontaveit. Muguruza scored 42 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Anett recorded 47 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muguruza | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 59/87 | 56/105 |
| %1st in | 68% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 42/59 | 47/56 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 9/28 | 30/49 |
| %2nd pts | 32% | 61% |
Muguruza struck 6 aces . Kontaveit scored 14 aces (7 per match). Muguruza won 71% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Kontaveit won 84% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muguruza | Kontaveit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 67% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 56% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Garbine broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Muguruza surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Anett broke her opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Estonian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Muguruza | ||||
| Round Robin Pliskova |
Round Robin Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-66 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 27 | 58 | |
| pts | – | 90-89 | 90-89 | |
| Total points | 0 | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | / | 59/87 | 59/87 | |
| % 1st in | – | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | / | 42/59 | 42/59 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 9/28 | 9/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | / | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | – | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | ||
| Kontaveit | ||||
| Round Robin Pliskova |
Round Robin Krejcikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 61-49 | 117-85 | |
| Total points | 92 | 110 | 202 | |
| Winners | 24 | 23 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 29/46 | 27/59 | 56/105 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 46% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 23/27 | 47/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 85% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 20/32 | 30/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 63% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/3 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Guadalajara
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (2-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Darija Jurak/Andreja KlepacJurak/Andreja Klepac – Samantha Stosur/Shuai ZhangStosur/Shuai Zhang (6-710 7-64 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (4-6 6-2 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicole Melichar/Demi SchuursMelichar/Demi Schuurs – Samantha Stosur/Shuai ZhangStosur/Shuai Zhang (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shuko Aoyama/Ena ShibaharaAoyama/Ena Shibahara – Darija Jurak/Andreja KlepacJurak/Andreja Klepac (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria SakkariSakkari (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-2) – H2H and prediction
