Barbora Krejcikova and Paula Badosa Gibert will square off in the final of the Sydney Tennis Classic for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on Ken Rosewall Arena. 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 Paula Badosa Gibert who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa Gibert is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa Gibert -> 1.94
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Paula Badosa Gibert

This will be the 3^rd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Paula Badosa Gibert face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Badosa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Badosa won 6-1 7-5 in the 4^th round in Indian Wells back in 2021.

Barbora Krejcikova

Ranked no. 4, Barbora got to the final after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 7-5, Caroline Garcia 6-0 6-2 and Anett Kontaveit 0-6 6-4 7-6¹².

In the semifinal against Kontaveit, Barbora recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 7-6¹²).During the match, Krejcikova scored less points (6) than Kontaveit. In fact, the world no. 4 won 101 points vs Kontaveit’s. That means that Krejcikova was more focused during the important points. Barbora was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Krejcikova bagged 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Kontaveit twice after converting 18% of her break points (2/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Krejcikova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Krejcikova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (292-157). 3-0 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Krejcikova has an overall 82-59 match record in the last years on hard.

Krejcikova’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Sydney.

The Czech has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Sydney

Barbora has never competed in this tournament before.

Paula Badosa Gibert

Ranked no. 9, Badosa reached the final after defeating Jelena Ostapenko 7-6¹ 6-1, Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-4, Belinda Bencic 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-3 and Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-2.

In the semifinal, Badosa had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-2 6-2). During the match Badosa scored 66 points vs Kasatkina’s 42. Badosa was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Badosa managed to score 3 aces and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Paula Badosa Gibert lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 76% of her first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the 2nd serve. Paula broke Kasatkina 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Paula started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Sydney.

Badosa has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krejcikova	Badosa
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	7	9
Tot Games	62	86
Pts	237-196	306-254
Total Points	433	560
Winners	97	103
%Winners	41%	34%

Krejcikova played 3 matches while Badosa competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Barbora Krejcikova surrendered 1 set, while Paula Badosa Gibert surrendered 1 set. Krejcikova has played 2 set(s) less than Badosa (7 vs 9). Therefore, Krejcikova played 24 games less than Badosa. The Czech scored 97 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 103 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krejcikova	Badosa
Aces	15	21
Avg per match	5	5.3
1st in	138/217	154/249
%1st in	64%	62%
1st pts	97/138	103/154
%1st pts	70%	67%
2nd pts	38/79	39/95
%2nd pts	48%	41%

Krejcikova struck 15 aces (5 per match). Badosa recorded 21 aces (5.3 per match). Krejcikova won 70% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Badosa won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krejcikova	Badosa
Won	13	23
Converted	13/30	23/53
% Converted	43%	43%
Conceded	13	24
Saved	7	11
% Saved	54%	46%
Times Broken	6	13

Barbora broke her opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. Badosa broke her opponents 23 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded.

Krejcikova
	R2 Cristian	1/4 Garcia	1/2 Kontaveit	Total
Score	6-1 7-5	6-0 6-2	0-6 6-4 7-612
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	14	29	62
pts	74-55	62-34	101-107	237-196
Total points	129	96	208	433
Winners	34	22	41	97
%Winners	46%	35%	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	2	5	15
Double Faults	6	3	4	13
1st in	49/75	26/43	63/99	138/217
% 1st in	65%	60%	64%	64%
1st pts	34/49	22/26	41/63	97/138
% 1st pts	69%	85%	65%	70%
2nd pts	9/26	9/17	20/36	38/79
% 2nd pts	35%	53%	56%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	5	2	13
Converted	6/7	5/12	2/11	13/30
Converted %	86%	42%	18%	43%
Conceded	5	1	7	13
Saved	3/5	1/1	3/7	7
Saved %	60%	100%	43%	68%
Times Broken	2	0	4	6

Badosa
	R1 Ostapenko	R2 Tomljanovic	1/4 Bencic	1/2 Kasatkina	Total
Score	7-61 6-1	6-3 6-4	7-66 3-6 6-3	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	20	19	31	16	86
pts	68-50	65-52	107-110	66-42	306-254
Total points	118	117	217	108	560
Winners	24	15	39	25	103
%Winners	35%	23%	36%	38%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	11	3	21
Double Faults	4	2	8	0	14
1st in	31/54	27/50	59/96	37/49	154/249
% 1st in	57%	54%	61%	76%	62%
1st pts	24/31	15/27	39/59	25/37	103/154
% 1st pts	77%	56%	66%	68%	67%
2nd pts	10/23	8/23	14/37	7/12	39/95
% 2nd pts	43%	35%	38%	58%	41%
Breaks
Won	5	8	4	6	23
Converted	5/13	8/13	4/15	6/12	23/53
Converted %	38%	62%	27%	50%	43%
Conceded	2	8	10	4	24
Saved	0/2	3/8	6/10	2/4	11
Saved %	0%	38%	60%	50%	49%
Times Broken	2	5	4	2	13

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