H2H, PREDICTION Anett Kontaveit vs Serena Williams | U.S. Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Serena Williams

Anett Kontaveit and Serena Williams will play each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.5
Serena Williams -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Serena Williams

There is no head to head record between Anett Kontaveit and Serena Williams since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Anett Kontaveit

Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
81
High
2
LWLLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 4-8 2-4 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 29-16 13-9 6-4 9-2 1-1 0-0
2021 48-17 24-12 5-3 15-0 4-2 0-0
2020 24-11 14-7 5-3 5-1 0-0 0-0
2019 27-16 17-9 4-4 3-0 3-3 0-0

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), the Estonian got to the 2nd round after beating Jaqueline Cristian 6-3 6-0.

In the 1st round, Anett had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-3 6-0). During the match, Kontaveit scored 58 points vs Cristian’s 38. The Estonian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kontaveit bagged 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 54% of her first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Kontaveit broke Cristian 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Kontaveit has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (351-176). 13-8 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kontaveit has a compiled 155-94 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in St. Petersburg where she defeated Maria Sakkari in the final 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5.

The Estonian has a compiled 25-13 win-loss record in 2022, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Kontaveit
U.S. Open
Kontaveit's Record

Serena Williams

Serena Williams
Serena Williams

2 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-0
Grass
0-1
Rank
320
High
1
LWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2022 3-4 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 12-5 8-1 4-3 0-0 0-1 0-0
2020 17-5 15-4 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2019 25-6 16-4 3-1 0-0 6-1 0-0
2018 18-6 9-5 3-0 0-0 6-1 0-0

Ranked no. 605, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Danka Kovinic 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kovinic (6-3 6-3). During the match Williams scored 76 points vs Kovinic’s 52. The American was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Williams made 9 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Serena Williams lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Williams put 66% of her first serves in, winning 77% (33/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kovinic 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Serena has an aggregate 2-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, she won this tournament 5 times in 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014. See her history.

Williams
U.S. Open
Williams's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Kontaveit
S.Williams
1h:06
1h:06
Time on court​
!
1h:40
1h:40
1h:06
1h:06
Last match​
1h:40
1h:40
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
58
58
Total points​
76
76
58
58
Avg point​
76
76
23
23
Winners
33
33
23
23
Avg Winners​
33
33
40%
40%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
9
9
3
3
Avg Aces
9
9
6
6
Double Faults
6
6
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
23/27
23/27
1st won total​
33/43
33/43
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
9/23
9/23
2nd won total​
8/22
8/22
!
39%
39%
2nd won %
!
36%
36%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
5/11
5/11
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
5/11
5/11
!
71%
71%
Won
45%
45%
4
4
Conceded
10
10
4
4
Avg Conceded
10
10
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kontaveit Williams
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 18
Pts 58-38 76-52
Total Points 96 128
Winners 23 33
%Winners 40% 43%

Both Kontaveit and Williams played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kontaveit and Williams have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kontaveit played 3 games less than Williams. Anett scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Williams recorded 33 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kontaveit Williams
Aces 3 9
Avg per match 3 9
1st in 27/50 43/65
%1st in 54% 66%
1st pts 23/27 33/43
%1st pts 85% 77%
2nd pts 9/23 8/22
%2nd pts 39% 36%

Kontaveit bagged 3 aces . Williams managed to score 9 aces . Kontaveit won 85% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Williams won 77% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 36% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kontaveit Williams
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/11
% Converted 71% 45%
Conceded 4 10
Saved 3 8
% Saved 75% 80%
Times Broken 1 2

Kontaveit broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Estonian surrendered her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Serena broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Serena conceded her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Kontaveit
R1
Cristian
Total
Score 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 58-38 58-38
Total points 96 96
Winners 23 23
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 27/50 27/50
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 23/27 23/27
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 9/23 9/23
% 2nd pts 39% 39%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Williams
R1
Kovinic
Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 76-52 76-52
Total points 128 128
Winners 33 33
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 43/65 43/65
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 33/43 33/43
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 8/22 8/22
% 2nd pts 36% 36%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8/10 8
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kontaveit
Williams
2024 2023 2022
0 - 0
0 - 0

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