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.

As per the initial odds, Maryna Zanevska is the pick to win this match.
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

Maryna Zanevska

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
251
High
62
LLLLWLLLLW
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

Dubai
Zanevska's Record

Varvara Gracheva

Varvara Gracheva

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
77
High
39
LWWWLWWLWW
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.

Dubai
Gracheva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Zanevska
V.Gracheva
2h:12
2h:12
Time on court​
2h:59
2h:59
!
0h:43
0h:43
Last match​
!
2h:05
2h:05
2
2
Match played
2
2
26
26
Games Played​
40
40
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
107
107
Total points​
139
139
53.5
53.5
Avg point​
69.5
69.5
32
32
Winners
50
50
16
16
Avg Winners​
25
25
30%
30%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
2
2
Avg Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
32/51
32/51
1st won total​
50/79
50/79
63%
63%
1st won %
63%
63%
11/26
11/26
2nd won total​
25/50
25/50
42%
42%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
9/19
9/19
BP won
11/16
11/16
4.5/9.5
4.5/9.5
Avg BP won
5.5/8
5.5/8
47%
47%
Won
!
69%
69%
7
7
Conceded
15
15
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
7.5
7.5
4
4
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
3
3
Saved
9
9

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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