Anett Kontaveit and Kaia Kanepi will square off in the semifinal of the Tallinn Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.52
Kaia Kanepi -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Kaia Kanepi
There is no head to head record between Anett Kontaveit and Kaia Kanepi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Anett Kontaveit
| 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. 4, Kontaveit reached the semifinal after beating Xiyu Wang 3-6 6-2 7-5, Tereza Martincova 6-2 6-1 and Ysaline Bonaventure 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Anett defeated Bonaventure (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Kontaveit scored 93 points vs Bonaventure’s 85. The Estonian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kontaveit blasted 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Anett Kontaveit was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (43/60) of her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Kontaveit broke Bonaventure 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kontaveit has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Kontaveit has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (354-177). 8-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kontaveit has an overall 68-20 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in St. Petersburg where she defeated Maria Sakkari in the final 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5.
Kontaveit has an aggregate 28-14 win-loss record in 2022, 8-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tallinn
The Estonian has never competed in this tournament before.
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, Kanepi got to the semifinal after beating Jelena Ostapenko 4-6 6-4 6-0, Ann Li 7-5 7-5 and Karolina Muchova 6-2 3-6 7-66.
In the quarter, Kanepi defeated Muchova (6-2 3-6 7-66). During the match Kanepi scored 95 points vs Muchova’s 90. Kaia was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Kanepi managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Kaia Kanepi lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kanepi put 65% of her first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the 2nd serve. Kaia broke Muchova 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Estonian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Kanepi’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Washington.
Kanepi has a composed 29-15 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kontaveit | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 71 | 80 |
| Pts | 249-207 | 265-229 |
| Total Points | 456 | 494 |
| Winners | 110 | 101 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Kontaveit and Kanepi played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Anett Kontaveit conceded 2 sets, while Kaia Kanepi conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Kontaveit and Kanepi have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Kontaveit played 9 games less than Kanepi. Kontaveit scored 110 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Estonian bagged 101 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kontaveit | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 156/233 | 141/248 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 110/156 | 101/141 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 34/77 | 55/107 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 51% |
Kontaveit struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Kanepi scored 12 aces (4 per match). Kontaveit won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Kanepi won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kontaveit | Kanepi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 15 |
| Converted | 16/27 | 15/26 |
| % Converted | 59% | 58% |
| Conceded | 27 | 22 |
| Saved | 18 | 13 |
| % Saved | 67% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 9 |
Kontaveit broke her opponents 16 times with a 59% conversion rate. Kontaveit dropped her serve 9 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Estonian broke her opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kanepi conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kontaveit | |||||
| R1 Wang |
R2 Martincova |
1/4 Bonaventure |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 15 | 27 | 71 | |
| pts | 96-84 | 60-38 | 93-85 | 249-207 | |
| Total points | 180 | 98 | 178 | 456 | |
| Winners | 46 | 21 | 43 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 67/104 | 29/42 | 60/87 | 156/233 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/67 | 21/29 | 43/60 | 110/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 72% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 5/13 | 14/27 | 34/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 38% | 52% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 7/13 | 3/5 | 16/27 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 54% | 60% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 4 | 8 | 27 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 2/4 | 6/8 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 75% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Kanepi | |||||
| R1 Ostapenko |
R2 Li |
1/4 Muchova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-2 3-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 24 | 30 | 80 | |
| pts | 91-71 | 79-68 | 95-90 | 265-229 | |
| Total points | 162 | 147 | 185 | 494 | |
| Winners | 32 | 30 | 39 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 39/80 | 45/80 | 57/88 | 141/248 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 56% | 65% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 30/45 | 39/57 | 101/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 67% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 20/35 | 19/31 | 55/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 57% | 61% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/6 | 3/9 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 83% | 33% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 5/8 | 4/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 63% | 67% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
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