Maryna Zanevska and Varvara Gracheva will square off in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on Court 2. 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 Maryna Zanevska who should win in 3 sets.
Maryna Zanevska -> 1.68
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Maryna Zanevska vs. Varvara Gracheva
This will be the 2nd time that Maryna Zanevska and Varvara Gracheva face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gracheva won 7-6(2) 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in the Dubai back in 2018.
Maryna Zanevska
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9-16 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-19 | 6-7 | 13-8 | 5-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-15 | 9-4 | 24-7 | 7-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 12-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 33-22 | 5-5 | 13-9 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 11-2 |
Ranked no. 68 (career-high), Maryna got to the qualifications after beating Lin Zhu 6-2 6-4 and Magda Linette 6-2 0-0 ret..
In the qualifications, Zanevska defeated Linette (6-2 0-0 ret.). During the match, Zanevska scored 34 points vs Linette’s 23. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 12 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zanevska struck 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Maryna Zanevska lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zanevska put 62% of her first serves in, winning 67% (12/18) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Linette 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Zanevska has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (298-189). 4-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Zanevska has a composed 67-48 record in the last years on hard.
Zanevska has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-28 | 20-14 | 9-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, the Russian got to the qualifications after beating Eri Hozumi 6-1 6-1 and Viktorija Golubic 6-3 1-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Gracheva defeated Golubic (6-3 1-6 6-4).During the match Gracheva scored less points (3) than Golubic. In fact, the world no. 68 won 84 points vs Golubic’s. That means that Gracheva was more focused during the important points. Varvara was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Gracheva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 64% of her first serves in, winning 56% (33/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Golubic 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gracheva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Varvara has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Gracheva has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zanevska | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 40 |
| Pts | 107-85 | 139-111 |
| Total Points | 192 | 250 |
| Winners | 32 | 50 |
| %Winners | 30% | 36% |
Both Zanevska and Gracheva played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Varvara Gracheva lost 1 set while Maryna Zanevska hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Zanevska and Gracheva have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Zanevska played 14 games less than Gracheva. The Belgian scored 32 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 50 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zanevska | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 51/77 | 79/129 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 50/79 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 25/50 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 50% |
Zanevska scored 4 aces (2 per match). Gracheva managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Zanevska won 63% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zanevska | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 11/16 |
| % Converted | 47% | 69% |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 43% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Zanevska broke her opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Maryna surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Gracheva conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zanevska | ||||
| Q1 Zhu | Q2 Linette | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 8 | 26 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 34-23 | 107-85 | |
| Total points | 135 | 57 | 192 | |
| Winners | 20 | 12 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 35% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 18/29 | 51/77 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/33 | 12/18 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 67% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 5/11 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 45% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 3/4 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 75% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Gracheva | ||||
| Q1 Hozumi | Q2 Golubic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 26 | 40 | |
| pts | 55-24 | 84-87 | 139-111 | |
| Total points | 79 | 171 | 250 | |
| Winners | 17 | 33 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 20/37 | 59/92 | 79/129 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 33/59 | 50/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 56% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 16/33 | 25/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/9 | 11/16 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 56% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 7/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 58% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
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- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Jordan ThompsonThompson (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Harriet DartDart – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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