Anna Schmiedlova and Jessika Ponchet will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Court 15. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Schmiedlova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anna Schmiedlova is the pick to win this match.
Anna Schmiedlova -> 1.65
Jessika Ponchet -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Anna Schmiedlova vs. Jessika Ponchet

There is no head to head record between Anna Schmiedlova and Jessika Ponchet since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Anna Schmiedlova

Ranked no. 100, the Slovakian reached the qualifications after defeating Irina Khromacheva 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Khromacheva (6-2 6-3). During the match, Anna Schmiedlova scored 60 points vs Khromacheva’s 40. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Anna Schmiedlova bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Anna Schmiedlova lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Anna Schmiedlova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the 2nd serve. Karolina broke Khromacheva 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Anna Schmiedlova has winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (254-212). 1-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Anna Schmiedlova has an overall 92-91 record in the last years on hard.

The Slovakian has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Jessika Ponchet

Ranked no. 163, Jessika got to the qualifications after defeating Katie Swan 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Ponchet had a good straight sets win against Swan (6-4 6-3). During the match Ponchet scored 82 points vs Swan’s 67. The French player was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Ponchet struck 9 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Jessika Ponchet was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Jessika broke Swan 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).

The French player has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Anna Schmiedlova	Ponchet
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	19
Pts	60-40	82-67
Total Points	100	149
Winners	20	31
%Winners	33%	38%

Both Anna Schmiedlova and Ponchet played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Anna Schmiedlova and Ponchet have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Anna Schmiedlova played 2 games less than Ponchet. Karolina scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Jessika blasted 31 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Anna Schmiedlova	Ponchet
Aces	2	9
Avg per match	2	9
1st in	29/47	41/68
%1st in	62%	60%
1st pts	20/29	31/41
%1st pts	69%	76%
2nd pts	13/18	14/27
%2nd pts	72%	52%

Anna Schmiedlova made 2 aces . Ponchet blasted 9 aces . Anna Schmiedlova won 69% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Ponchet won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Anna Schmiedlova	Ponchet
Won	4	3
Converted	4/6	3/10
% Converted	67%	30%
Conceded	2	4
Saved	1	3
% Saved	50%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Karolina broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Slovakian surrendered her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Jessika conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Anna Schmiedlova
	Q1 Khromacheva	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	60-40	60-40
Total points	100	100
Winners	20	20
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	29/47	29/47
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	20/29	20/29
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	13/18	13/18
% 2nd pts	72%	72%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Ponchet
	Q1 Swan	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	82-67	82-67
Total points	149	149
Winners	31	31
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	41/68	41/68
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	31/41	31/41
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

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