Anett Kontaveit and Magda Linette will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.49
Magda Linette -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Magda Linette
This will be the 8th time that Anett Kontaveit and Magda Linette fight against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Linette (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kontaveit won 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2020.
Highlights Anett Kontaveit vs Magda Linette – U.S. Open 04-September-2020
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. 19, Kontaveit got to the 2nd round after beating Julia Grabher 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Grabher (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kontaveit scored 61 points vs Grabher’s 45. Anett was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kontaveit scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 71% of her first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The Estonian broke Grabher 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Kontaveit has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (318-169). 1-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kontaveit has a compiled 131-89 record in the last years on hard.
Kontaveit has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Magda Linette
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-11 | 3-9 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 9-7 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, Linette got to the 2nd round after beating Mayar Sherif 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Magda had a good straight sets win against Sherif (7-5 6-1). During the match Linette scored 69 points vs Sherif’s 39. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Linette blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Magda Linette was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of her 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Magda broke Sherif 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
The Pole’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Australia.
Magda has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kontaveit | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 |
| Pts | 61-45 | 69-39 |
| Total Points | 106 | 108 |
| Winners | 28 | 27 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Both Kontaveit and Linette played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kontaveit and Linette have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kontaveit played 2 games less than Linette. The Estonian scored 28 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Magda scored 27 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kontaveit | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 35/52 |
| %1st in | 71% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 14/17 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 82% |
Kontaveit managed to score 1 ace . Linette also scored 2 aces . Kontaveit won 68% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Linette won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 82% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kontaveit | Linette |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Kontaveit broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Anett dropped her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Pole broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Linette conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kontaveit | |||
| R1 Grabher |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/58 | 41/58 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 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 | |
| Linette | |||
| R1 Sherif |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-39 | 69-39 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/52 | 35/52 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/17 | 14/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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