Lucia Bronzetti and Despina Papamichail will square off in the semifinal of the United Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 pm on Ken Rosewall Arena. 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 Lucia Bronzetti who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lucia Bronzetti is the pick to win this match.
Lucia Bronzetti -> 1.27
Despina Papamichail -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Lucia Bronzetti vs. Despina Papamichail
This will be the 2nd time that Lucia Bronzetti and Despina Papamichail play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Papamichail (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Papamichail won 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in San Severo back in 2018.
Lucia Bronzetti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-34 | 17-22 | 9-8 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 15-17 | 10-9 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-26 | 18-10 | 13-10 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 14-4 | 38-14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-11 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 54 (career-high), Bronzetti reached the semifinal after beating Laura Pigossi 6-0 6-2 and Ulrikke Eikeri 6-2 7-5.
Bronzetti has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (233-155). 2-1 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bronzetti has a composed66-29 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Italian has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Australia
Despina Papamichail
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-30 | 7-12 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-37 | 21-17 | 6-18 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-36 | 12-13 | 18-20 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-30 | 10-9 | 29-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-11 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, the Greek reached the semifinal after defeating Isabella Shinikova 3-6 6-4 6-1.
The Greek has an overall 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Australia
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bronzetti | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 26 |
| Pts | 142-95 | 98-82 |
| Total Points | 237 | 180 |
| Winners | 46 | 38 |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% |
Bronzetti played 2 matches while Papamichail competed in 1 match. At the moment, Despina Papamichail conceded 1 set while Lucia Bronzetti hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bronzetti has played 1 set more than Papamichail (4 vs 3). Therefore, Bronzetti played 8 games more than Papamichail. Bronzetti scored 46 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Greek fired 38 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bronzetti | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 64/122 | 61/91 |
| %1st in | 52% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 46/64 | 38/61 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 29/58 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Bronzetti fired 8 aces (4 per match). Papamichail blasted 2 aces . Bronzetti won 72% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Papamichail won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bronzetti | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 7 |
| Converted | 12/17 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 71% | 58% |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 |
| Saved | 9 | 1 |
| % Saved | 69% | 17% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Lucia broke her opponents 12 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Italian dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bronzetti | |||||
| Round Robin Eikeri |
Round Robin Pigossi |
1/4 Linette |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-0 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 | 15 | 49 | |
| pts | 83-63 | 59-32 | – | 142-95 | |
| Total points | 146 | 91 | 0 | 237 | |
| Winners | 26 | 20 | 46 | ||
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 0% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 35/75 | 29/47 | / | 64/122 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 62% | 0% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 20/29 | / | 46/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 69% | 0% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 10/18 | / | 29/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 56% | 0% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/7 | / | 12/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 86% | 0% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Saved | 8/11 | 1/2 | 0/ | 9 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 50% | – | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Papamichail | |||||
| Round Robin Van Uytvanck |
Round Robin Shinikova |
1/4 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 6-3 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 26 | 14 | 69 | |
| pts | – | 98-82 | – | 98-82 | |
| Total points | 0 | 180 | 0 | 180 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |||
| %Winners | 0% | 39% | 0% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1st in | / | 61/91 | / | 61/91 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 67% | 0% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | / | 38/61 | / | 38/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 62% | 0% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 14/30 | / | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 47% | 0% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |||
| Converted | / | 7/12 | / | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 58% | 0% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |||
| Saved | 0/ | 1/6 | 0/ | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 17% | – | 6% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |||
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