Ons Jabeur overcomes Jessica Pegula 7-5 0-6 6-2 in the final in Madrid on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. This is the first time that Ons conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the 3rd round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Ons Jabeur vs. Jessica Pegula Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:54
At the end of the match, Jabeur scored 90 points vs. Pegula’s 85.
Jabeur
The Tunisian won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Pegula
On the other side, Pegula was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that she procured points (5/7). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Jabeur and Pegula is 3-2 for Ons.
This was the 2nd career title for Jabeur. (see list of titles and finals). Pegula remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Washington 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
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The American won the set after she broke Ons in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Tunisian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Jessica maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.
The Tunisian had to surrender the 10th game (6-4) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
The American was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Jabeur was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 6th game (2-4 15-40).
They played 71 points. The contest during this set was so even that Pegula won barely 1 point more than Ons (36-35). Pegula dropped 18 points on serve (23-18). on the other side of the court, Jabeur conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
This set was completely uneven since Jessica conceded no games to Ons before winning the set 6-0.
Pegula surrendered 9 points on serve (16-9). On the other side, Jabeur conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
Jabeur was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Tunisian to win the set because Jessica found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Jabeur maintained her cool to break Pegula in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Ons was perfect in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40).
They contested 50 points. Jabeur was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Pegula (30-20). The Tunisian dropped 11 points on serve (14-11). On the other side, Jessica conceded 16 points on serve (9-16).
