Belinda Bencic and Sloane Stephens will square off in the 2nd round of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Akron Tennis Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.52
Sloane Stephens -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Sloane Stephens
This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Sloane Stephens fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Stephens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Stephens won 6-4 7-6(5) in the 4th round in Miami back in 2015.
Belinda Bencic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31-13 | 24-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-18 | 13-9 | 13-4 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-20 | 22-9 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 50-22 | 23-9 | 11-6 | 9-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, the Swiss got to the 2nd round after defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 6-710 6-3.
In the 1st round, Belinda defeated Annie Fernandez (7-5 6-710 6-3). During the match, Bencic scored 120 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 110. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bencic blasted 7 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 13 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 63% of her first serves in, winning 77% (60/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Annie Fernandez 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Bencic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (335-179). 13-8 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has a compiled 154-88 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Charleston where she overcame Ons Jabeur in the final 6-1 5-7 6-4.
Bencic has a composed 38-17 win-loss record in 2022, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guadalajara
Belinda has never competed in this tournament before.
Sloane Stephens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-12 | 8-8 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-20 | 11-14 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-17 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-19 | 6-11 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-11 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, Sloane got to the 2nd round after beating Linda Fruhvirtova 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Fruhvirtova (6-0 6-2). During the match Stephens scored 52 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 22. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Stephens fired 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sloane Stephens was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of her 1st serve and 63% (5/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Fruhvirtova 5 times.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Guadalajara where she defeated Marie Bouzkova in the final 7-5 1-6 6-2.
Sloane has an overall 16-16 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bencic | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 14 |
| Pts | 120-110 | 52-22 |
| Total Points | 230 | 74 |
| Winners | 60 | 25 |
| %Winners | 50% | 48% |
Both Bencic and Stephens played 1 match. At the moment, Belinda Bencic surrendered 1 set while Sloane Stephens hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bencic has played 1 set more than Stephens (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bencic played 20 games more than Stephens. Bencic scored 60 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Sloane managed to score 25 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 78/123 | 32/40 |
| %1st in | 63% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 60/78 | 25/32 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 5/8 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 63% |
Bencic scored 7 aces . Stephens blasted 2 aces . Bencic won 77% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Stephens won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Stephens |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 56% | 100% |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Swiss broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Sloane broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Stephens was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Bencic | |||
| R1 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-710 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 120-110 | 120-110 | |
| Total points | 230 | 230 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 13 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 78/123 | 78/123 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 60/78 | 60/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 19/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Stephens | |||
| R1 Fruhvirtova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 52-22 | 52-22 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Lin ZhuZhu (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel YooYoo – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cheong-Eui KimKim – Ku Keon KangKeon Kang (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Madison KeysKeys (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Sloane StephensStephens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Caroline GarciaGarcia (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Donna VekicVekic (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Eugenie BouchardBouchard – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
