Kaia Kanepi and Ann Li will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Tallinn Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kaia Kanepi who should win in 2 sets.
Kaia Kanepi -> 1.38
Ann Li -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Ann Li
There is no head to head record between Kaia Kanepi and Ann Li since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kaia Kanepi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-22 | 6-10 | 11-9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-19 | 15-11 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 16-8 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-5 | 1-3 | 6-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, Kaia got to the 2nd round after beating Jelena Ostapenko 4-6 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round against Ostapenko, The Estonian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-0). During the match, Kanepi scored 91 points vs Ostapenko’s 71. Kanepi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kanepi made 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Kaia Kanepi lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kanepi put 49% of her first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (16/41) on the 2nd serve. Kanepi broke Ostapenko 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Kanepi has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (231-123). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kanepi has an overall 34-11 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Estonian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Washington.
The Estonian has an overall 27-15 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tallinn
Kaia has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 62, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Claire Liu 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-2 7-5). During the match Li scored 73 points vs Liu’s 57. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Li scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ann Li lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Li put 63% of her first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Liu 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Li’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
Li has a compiled 11-13 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kanepi | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 |
| Pts | 91-71 | 73-57 |
| Total Points | 162 | 130 |
| Winners | 32 | 30 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Both Kanepi and Li played 1 match. At the moment, Kaia Kanepi surrendered 1 set while Ann Li hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kanepi has played 1 set more than Li (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kanepi played 6 games more than Li. Kanepi scored 32 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Ann struck 30 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kanepi | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 39/80 | 41/65 |
| %1st in | 49% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 30/41 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 11/24 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 46% |
Kanepi fired 6 aces . Li scored 1 ace . Kanepi won 82% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Li won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kanepi | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 64% | 71% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Kaia broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Kaia dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Ann broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Li conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kanepi | |||
| R1 Ostapenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 91-71 | 91-71 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 39/80 | 39/80 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 32/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 16/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Li | |||
| R1 Liu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 73-57 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 41/65 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Tallinn
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- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (4-6 6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jared HiltzikHiltzik – Luis David MartinezDavid Martinez (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin KingKing – Christian HarrisonHarrison (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Eric QuigleyQuigley (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Henry CraigCraig (7-63 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Isaiah StrodeStrode – Felix CorwinCorwin (0-6 6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon HoltHolt – Borna GojoGojo (7-5 6-74 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ann LiLi – Kaia KanepiKanepi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Donna VekicVekic (4-1) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-0) – H2H and prediction