Ana Konjuh and Kaia Kanepi will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Melbourne Summer Set 1 for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 8. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ana Konjuh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ana Konjuh is the pick to win this match.
Ana Konjuh -> 1.833
Kaia Kanepi -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Ana Konjuh vs. Kaia Kanepi
This will be the 2nd time that Ana Konjuh and Kaia Kanepi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Konjuh (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Konjuh won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in the W25 Reims back in 2020.
Ana Konjuh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-8 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-15 | 3-4 | 3-7 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-23 | 9-9 | 2-6 | 20-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-23 | 17-9 | 16-8 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-5 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Tereza Martincova 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Konjuh had a good straight sets win against Martincova (6-4 6-4). During the match, Konjuh scored 75 points vs Martincova’s 66. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Konjuh blasted 8 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ana Konjuh lost the serve twice and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Konjuh put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Martincova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Konjuh has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (203-125). 1-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Konjuh has a composed 78-54 record in the last years on hard.
Konjuh has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Konjuh has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaia Kanepi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-22 | 6-10 | 11-9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-19 | 15-11 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 16-8 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-5 | 1-3 | 6-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73, Kaia reached the 2nd round after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-72 7-67 6-2.
In the 1st round against Cristian, Kaia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-67 6-2). During the match Kanepi scored 119 points vs Cristian’s 101. Kaia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Kanepi fired 11 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kaia Kanepi lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kanepi put 59% of her first serves in, winning 66% (38/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (28/41) on the 2nd serve. Kanepi broke Cristian 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
The Estonian has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Konjuh | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 34 |
| Pts | 75-66 | 119-101 |
| Total Points | 141 | 220 |
| Winners | 32 | 38 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Both Konjuh and Kanepi played 1 match. At the moment, Kaia Kanepi lost 1 set while Ana Konjuh hasn’t lost a set so far. Konjuh has played 1 set(s) less than Kanepi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Konjuh played 14 games less than Kanepi. Konjuh scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kanepi blasted 38 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Konjuh | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 11 |
| 1st in | 46/75 | 58/99 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 38/58 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 28/41 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 68% |
Konjuh recorded 8 aces . Kanepi managed to score 11 aces . Konjuh won 70% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Kanepi won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Konjuh | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 82% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Croatian broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Konjuh lost her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded. The Estonian broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kaia conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Konjuh | |||
| R1 Martincova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-66 | 75-66 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/75 | 46/75 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kanepi | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 119-101 | 119-101 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/99 | 58/99 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 38/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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