Marketa Vondrousova and Varvara Gracheva will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marketa Vondrousova is the pick to win this match.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.28
Varvara Gracheva -> 3.84

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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Varvara Gracheva

This will be the 2^nd time that Marketa Vondrousova and Varvara Gracheva face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vondrousova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Vondrousova won 6-4 6-0 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne back in 2021.

Highlights Marketa Vondrousova vs Varvara Gracheva – Melbourne 01-February-2021

Marketa Vondrousova

Ranked no. 38, Marketa reached the 2^nd round after beating Ena Shibahara 7-6² 6-3, Claire Liu 3-6 6-4 6-1, Yulia Putintseva 6-2 4-6 6-4 and Danielle Rose Collins 2-6 3-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Collins, Vondrousova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 3-0 ret.).During the match, Vondrousova scored less points (5) than Collins. In fact, the world no. 38 won 40 points vs Collins’s. That means that Vondrousova was more focused during the important points. Marketa was very aggressive to blast 12 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vondrousova scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 46% of her first serves in, winning 67% (12/18) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (6/21) on the 2nd serve. Vondrousova broke Collins 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Vondrousova has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (206-88). 7-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Vondrousova has an aggregate73-39 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Vondrousova has an overall 7-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 80, the Russian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Eri Hozumi 6-1 6-1, Viktorija Golubic 6-3 1-6 6-4, Maryna Zanevska 6-1 6-7⁴ 6-3 and Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Gracheva had a good straight sets win against Tomljanovic (6-1 7-5). During the match Gracheva scored 67 points vs Tomljanovic’s 51. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Gracheva made 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 61% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Tomljanovic 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Varvara has a composed 7-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vondrousova	Gracheva
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	11	10
Tot Games	87	88
Pts	314-296	307-248
Total Points	610	555
Winners	107	114
%Winners	34%	37%

Both Vondrousova and Gracheva played 4 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Marketa Vondrousova dropped 3 sets, while Varvara Gracheva surrendered 2 sets. Vondrousova has played 1 set more than Gracheva (11 vs 10). However, it’s interesting to notice that Vondrousova played 1 game less than Gracheva. Vondrousova scored 107 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Gracheva blasted 114 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vondrousova	Gracheva
Aces	12	9
Avg per match	3	2.3
1st in	157/313	180/298
%1st in	50%	60%
1st pts	107/157	114/180
%1st pts	68%	63%
2nd pts	71/156	65/118
%2nd pts	46%	55%

Vondrousova made 12 aces (3 per match). Gracheva recorded 9 aces (2.3 per match). Vondrousova won 68% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vondrousova	Gracheva
Won	19	22
Converted	19/43	22/33
% Converted	44%	67%
Conceded	34	28
Saved	20	17
% Saved	59%	61%
Times Broken	14	11

The Czech broke her opponents 19 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 14 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded. Varvara broke her opponents 22 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gracheva conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded.

Vondrousova
	Q1 Shibahara	Q2 Liu	Q3 Putintseva	R1 Collins	Total
Score	7-62 6-3	3-6 6-4 6-1	6-2 4-6 6-4	2-6 3-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	22	26	28	11	87
pts	86-80	99-87	89-84	40-45	314-296
Total points	166	186	173	85	610
Winners	30	37	28	12	107
%Winners	35%	37%	31%	30%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	5	1	12
Double Faults	10	8	7	4	29
1st in	40/91	54/99	45/84	18/39	157/313
% 1st in	44%	55%	54%	46%	50%
1st pts	30/40	37/54	28/45	12/18	107/157
% 1st pts	75%	69%	62%	67%	68%
2nd pts	25/51	18/45	22/39	6/21	71/156
% 2nd pts	49%	40%	56%	29%	46%
Breaks
Won	3	7	6	3	19
Converted	3/5	7/15	6/17	3/6	19/43
Converted %	60%	47%	35%	50%	44%
Conceded	7	13	10	4	34
Saved	5/7	8/13	6/10	1/4	20
Saved %	71%	62%	60%	25%	55%
Times Broken	2	5	4	3	14

Gracheva
	Q1 Hozumi	Q2 Golubic	Q3 Zanevska	R1 Tomljanovic	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-3 1-6 6-4	6-1 6-74 6-3	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	14	26	29	19	88
pts	55-24	84-87	101-86	67-51	307-248
Total points	79	171	187	118	555
Winners	17	33	37	27	114
%Winners	31%	39%	37%	40%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	3	4	9
Double Faults	3	4	6	2	15
1st in	20/37	59/92	60/102	41/67	180/298
% 1st in	54%	64%	59%	61%	60%
1st pts	17/20	33/59	37/60	27/41	114/180
% 1st pts	85%	56%	62%	66%	63%
2nd pts	9/17	16/33	27/42	13/26	65/118
% 2nd pts	53%	48%	64%	50%	55%
Breaks
Won	6	5	6	5	22
Converted	6/7	5/9	6/11	5/6	22/33
Converted %	86%	56%	55%	83%	67%
Conceded	3	12	6	7	28
Saved	2/3	7/12	3/6	5/7	17
Saved %	67%	58%	50%	71%	62%
Times Broken	1	5	3	2	11

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• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gilles MullerMuller – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas BerdychBerdych – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-6⁴ 6-7⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Donald YoungYoung – Viktor TroickiTroicki (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Julien BenneteauBenneteau (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H and prediction