Simona Halep and Danka Kovinic will face off in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on John Cain Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.107
Danka Kovinic -> 7.8
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Danka Kovinic
This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Danka Kovinic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Halep won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Bucharest back in 2016.
Simona Halep
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 39-11 | 23-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 24-10 | 12-5 | 4-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 13-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, the Romanian got to the 3rd round after beating Magdalena Frech 6-4 6-3 and Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Haddad Maia (6-2 6-0). During the match, Halep scored 56 points vs Haddad Maia’s 32. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halep made 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Simona Halep was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (17/22) of her 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Halep broke Haddad Maia 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simona 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 60% of the points she played.
Halep has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (386-128). 7-0 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has an overall 199-71 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.
Halep has an aggregate 7-0 win-loss record in 2022, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Danka Kovinic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2023 | 16-16 | 4-8 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 29-21 | 6-8 | 23-11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 14-20 | 4-12 | 10-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 9-9 | 3-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 47-27 | 8-10 | 35-12 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 98, the reached the 3rd round after defeating Su Jeong Jang 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Emma Raducanu 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Danka defeated Raducanu (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Kovinic scored 99 points vs Raducanu’s 88. The was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovinic struck 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Danka Kovinic lost the serve 6 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kovinic put 57% of her first serves in, winning 65% (37/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (16/43) on the 2nd serve. The broke Raducanu 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Danka started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Danka has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016 and 2017. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Halep | Kovinic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
Tot Games | 33 | 56 |
Pts | 126-84 | 213-198 |
Total Points | 210 | 411 |
Winners | 36 | 75 |
%Winners | 29% | 35% |
Both Halep and Kovinic played 2 matches. At the moment, Danka Kovinic lost 2 sets while Simona Halep hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Halep has played 2 set(s) less than Kovinic (4 vs 6). Therefore, Halep played 23 games less than Kovinic. Simona scored 36 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Danka recorded 75 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Halep | Kovinic |
---|---|---|
Aces | 6 | 4 |
Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
1st in | 53/87 | 116/211 |
%1st in | 61% | 55% |
1st pts | 36/53 | 75/116 |
%1st pts | 68% | 65% |
2nd pts | 20/34 | 41/95 |
%2nd pts | 59% | 43% |
Halep recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Kovinic managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Halep won 68% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kovinic won 65% of the points behind 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 | Kovinic |
---|---|---|
Won | 12 | 11 |
Converted | 12/22 | 11/26 |
% Converted | 55% | 42% |
Conceded | 5 | 28 |
Saved | 1 | 18 |
% Saved | 20% | 64% |
Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
Simona broke her opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded. The broke her opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kovinic conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
Halep | ||||
R1 Frech |
R2 Haddad Maia |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 33 | |
pts | 70-52 | 56-32 | 126-84 | |
Total points | 122 | 88 | 210 | |
Winners | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
%Winners | 27% | 30% | 29% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
1st in | 31/50 | 22/37 | 53/87 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 59% | 61% | |
1st pts | 19/31 | 17/22 | 36/53 | |
% 1st pts | 61% | 77% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 9/19 | 11/15 | 20/34 | |
% 2nd pts | 47% | 73% | 59% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
Converted | 7/12 | 5/10 | 12/22 | |
Converted % | 58% | 50% | 55% | |
Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Saved | 1/5 | 0/0 | 1 | |
Saved % | 20% | – | 10% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Kovinic | ||||
R1 Jeong Jang |
R2 Raducanu |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 29 | 56 | |
pts | 114-110 | 99-88 | 213-198 | |
Total points | 224 | 187 | 411 | |
Winners | 38 | 37 | 75 | |
%Winners | 33% | 37% | 35% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
1st in | 59/111 | 57/100 | 116/211 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 57% | 55% | |
1st pts | 38/59 | 37/57 | 75/116 | |
% 1st pts | 64% | 65% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 25/52 | 16/43 | 41/95 | |
% 2nd pts | 48% | 37% | 43% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
Converted | 4/15 | 7/11 | 11/26 | |
Converted % | 27% | 64% | 42% | |
Conceded | 13 | 15 | 28 | |
Saved | 9/13 | 9/15 | 18 | |
Saved % | 69% | 60% | 65% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 6 | 10 |
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