Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Ankita Raina will square off in the qualifications of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Court 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentini Grammatikopoulou who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentini Grammatikopoulou is the pick to win this match.
Valentini Grammatikopoulou -> 1.42
Ankita Raina -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Valentini Grammatikopoulou vs. Ankita Raina
There is no head to head record between Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Ankita Raina since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-21 | 1-4 | 9-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 38-33 | 9-9 | 25-17 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-29 | 11-9 | 9-10 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 11-6 | 16-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 1-2 | 8-3 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, the Greek reached the qualifications after defeating Nadiya Kichenok 7-5 6-73 6-0.
In the qualifications, Valentini defeated Kichenok (7-5 6-73 6-0). During the match, Grammatikopoulou scored 98 points vs Kichenok’s 87. Valentini was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Grammatikopoulou recorded 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Valentini Grammatikopoulou lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Grammatikopoulou put 65% of her first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Valentini broke Kichenok 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).
Grammatikopoulou has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (278-190). 10-6 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Grammatikopoulou has an aggregate104-53 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in the Vancouver where she beat Lucia Bronzetti in the final 6-2 6-4.
Valentini has a composed 22-22 win-loss record in 2022, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Ankita Raina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-30 | 25-26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 30-24 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-27 | 29-20 | 8-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-22 | 8-11 | 1-1 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-16 | 17-11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325, Ankita got to the qualifications after beating Riya Bhatia 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Raina had a good straight sets win against Bhatia (6-1 6-1). During the match Raina scored 51 points vs Bhatia’s 23. Ankita was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Raina couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ankita Raina conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 74% of her first serves in, win 86% (24/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Raina broke Bhatia 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Ankita’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W25 Aldershot.
Raina has an overall 24-21 win-loss record in 2022, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Raina has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Grammatikopoulou | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 14 |
| Pts | 98-87 | 51-23 |
| Total Points | 185 | 74 |
| Winners | 39 | 24 |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% |
Both Grammatikopoulou and Raina played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Valentini Grammatikopoulou dropped 1 set while Ankita Raina hasn’t lost a set so far. Grammatikopoulou has played 1 set more than Raina (3 vs 2). Therefore, Grammatikopoulou played 17 games more than Raina. The Greek scored 39 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ankita managed to score 24 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Grammatikopoulou | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 62/96 | 28/38 |
| %1st in | 65% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 39/62 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 5/10 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 50% |
Grammatikopoulou fired 5 aces . Raina didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Grammatikopoulou won 63% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Raina won 86% 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 | Grammatikopoulou | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 62% | 71% |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Grammatikopoulou broke her opponent 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Grammatikopoulou lost her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Indian broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Indian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Grammatikopoulou | |||
| Q1 Kichenok |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-73 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 98-87 | 98-87 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/96 | 62/96 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 62% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Raina | |||
| Q1 Bhatia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 51-23 | 51-23 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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