Petra Kvitova crushes the defending champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 6-2 in the final in Eastbourne on Saturday after playing a tremendous match to win her 29th career title, the 2nd of this season. This is the first time that Petra conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when her history at this event.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs. Jelena Ostapenko Viking International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, Petra scored 72 points vs. Ostapenko’s 51.
Kvitova
The Czech served extremely well to win 80% of the points (33/41) behind her first serve, and she won 53% points (10/19) on her second serve. The Czech won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Ostapenko
On the other side, Jelena wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kvitova and Ostapenko is 5-4 for Petra.
This was the 29th career title for Kvitova. (see list of titles and finals). The Latvian remains with 5th titles after she conquered the tournament at the French Open 2017, in Seoul 2017, in Luxembourg 2019, in Eastbourne 2021 and in Dubai 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Kvitova commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Petra to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Kvitova converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. Kvitova conquered the set after winning 12 more points than the Latvian (35-23). Kvitova was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Jelena conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
The Czech in this set was too strong for the Latvian and without too much hustling she won 6-2 after breaking Jelena in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Kvitova won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Petra converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Ostapenko was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 65 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Ostapenko (37-28). Kvitova conceded 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the court, the Latvian conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
