Ann Li and Kirsten Flipkens will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Libema Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.6
Kirsten Flipkens -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Kirsten Flipkens
There is no head to head record between Ann Li and Kirsten Flipkens since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ann Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-27 | 16-14 | 22-9 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-14 | 19-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-9 | 17-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ann had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-3 6-4). During the match, Li scored 66 points vs Samsonova’s 62. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Li scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Ann Li lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Li put 70% of her first serves in, winning 60% (31/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Samsonova 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Li has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of her matches (145-87). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Li has an overall4-7 win-loss record in the last 7 years on grass.
Li’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
The American has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Ann has never competed in this tournament before.
Kirsten Flipkens
8 - 6win/loss
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LWLWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13-9 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 8-8 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 30-26 | 17-13 | 0-5 | 10-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 31-24 | 12-11 | 8-6 | 2-5 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 308, Flipkens got to the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Tikhonova 6-2 5-7 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kirsten defeated Tikhonova (6-2 5-7 6-3). During the match Flipkens scored 94 points vs Tikhonova’s 84. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Flipkens scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Kirsten Flipkens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Flipkens put 63% of her first serves in, winning 59% (33/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Flipkens broke Tikhonova 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
The Belgian has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Li | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 66-62 | 94-84 |
| Total Points | 128 | 178 |
| Winners | 31 | 33 |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% |
Both Li and Flipkens played 1 match. At the moment, Kirsten Flipkens lost 1 set while Ann Li hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Li has played 1 set(s) less than Flipkens (2 vs 3). Therefore, Li played 10 games less than Flipkens. Li scored 31 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian scored 33 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Li | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 52/74 | 56/89 |
| %1st in | 70% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 31/52 | 33/56 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 19/33 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 58% |
Li made 1 ace . Flipkens also blasted 1 ace . Li won 60% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Flipkens won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Li | Flipkens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 60% | 58% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Ann broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Flipkens broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kirsten conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Li | |||
| R1 Samsonova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-62 | 66-62 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 52/74 | 52/74 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 31/52 | 31/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Flipkens | |||
| R1 Tikhonova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 94-84 | 94-84 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/89 | 56/89 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/56 | 33/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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