Jelena Ostapenko and Petra Kvitova will fight against each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.9
Petra Kvitova -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Petra Kvitova

This will be the 8^th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Petra Kvitova play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kvitova won 6-2 5-7 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Doha back in 2020.

Highlights Petra Kvitova vs Jelena Ostapenko – Doha 26-February-2020

Jelena Ostapenko

Ranked no. 21, Jelena got to the quarter after beating Sofia Kenin 6-1 6-2 and Iga Swiatek 4-6 6-1 7-6⁴.

In the 2^nd round against Swiatek, Jelena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-6⁴). During the match, Ostapenko scored 112 points vs Swiatek’s 103. Ostapenko was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ostapenko fired 5 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko lost the serve 7 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 63% of her first serves in, winning 54% (33/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Swiatek 9 times after converting 41% of her break points (9/22).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Latvian has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Ostapenko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (278-174). 4-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ostapenko has a composed 87-78 match record in the last years on hard.

Jelena’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in St. Petersburg.

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

Previously in Dubai

Petra Kvitova

Ranked no. 25, Kvitova got to the quarter after defeating Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-0 and Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Sabalenka (6-4 6-4). During the match Kvitova scored 64 points vs Sabalenka’s 56. Kvitova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Kvitova fired 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Petra Kvitova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kvitova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Sabalenka 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Petra hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Petra has an aggregate 4-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2013. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ostapenko	Kvitova
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	45	34
Pts	168-135	125-92
Total Points	303	217
Winners	60	52
%Winners	36%	42%

Both Ostapenko and Kvitova played 2 matches. At the moment, Jelena Ostapenko dropped 1 set while Petra Kvitova hasn’t lost a set so far. Ostapenko has played 1 set more than Kvitova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ostapenko played 11 games more than Kvitova. The Latvian scored 60 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech scored 52 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ostapenko	Kvitova
Aces	12	9
Avg per match	6	4.5
1st in	94/147	72/114
%1st in	64%	63%
1st pts	60/94	52/72
%1st pts	64%	72%
2nd pts	23/53	21/42
%2nd pts	43%	50%

Ostapenko scored 12 aces (6 per match). Kvitova struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Ostapenko won 64% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kvitova won 72% 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	Ostapenko	Kvitova
Won	14	9
Converted	14/29	9/15
% Converted	48%	60%
Conceded	17	9
Saved	9	7
% Saved	53%	78%
Times Broken	8	2

The Latvian broke her opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Jelena dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. Petra broke her opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kvitova conceded her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.

Ostapenko
	R1 Kenin	R2 Swiatek	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	4-6 6-1 7-64
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	15	30	45
pts	56-32	112-103	168-135
Total points	88	215	303
Winners	27	33	60
%Winners	48%	29%	36%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	12
Double Faults	6	9	15
1st in	33/50	61/97	94/147
% 1st in	66%	63%	64%
1st pts	27/33	33/61	60/94
% 1st pts	82%	54%	64%
2nd pts	6/17	17/36	23/53
% 2nd pts	35%	47%	43%
Breaks
Won	5	9	14
Converted	5/7	9/22	14/29
Converted %	71%	41%	48%
Conceded	3	14	17
Saved	2/3	7/14	9
Saved %	67%	50%	59%
Times Broken	1	7	8

Kvitova
	R1 Giorgi	R2 Sabalenka	Total
Score	6-2 6-0	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	20	34
pts	61-36	64-56	125-92
Total points	97	120	217
Winners	23	29	52
%Winners	38%	45%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	9
Double Faults	1	6	7
1st in	33/51	39/63	72/114
% 1st in	65%	62%	63%
1st pts	23/33	29/39	52/72
% 1st pts	70%	74%	72%
2nd pts	10/18	11/24	21/42
% 2nd pts	56%	46%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/7	4/8	9/15
Converted %	71%	50%	60%
Conceded	4	5	9
Saved	4/4	3/5	7
Saved %	100%	60%	80%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Gilles MullerMuller – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Tomas BerdychBerdych (7-6⁵ 6-7¹ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marin CilicCilic – Donald YoungYoung (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jamie Murray/Bruno SoaresMurray/Bruno Soares – Ryan Harrison/Michael VenusHarrison/Michael Venus (7-6¹ 4-6 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (4-3) – H2H and prediction
• Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-1) – H2H and prediction