Jessica Pegula and Barbora Krejcikova will face off in the 4th round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on John Cain Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.53
Barbora Krejcikova -> 2.51

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Barbora Krejcikova

There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Barbora Krejcikova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula

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Rank
6
High
3
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 53-23 35-12 11-5 3-4 4-2 0-0
2024 39-16 29-9 4-2 0-2 6-3 0-0
2023 59-18 45-12 8-4 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 42-21 28-15 11-4 1-1 2-1 0-0
2021 39-19 29-12 6-4 0-0 4-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Jessica got to the 4th round after beating Jaqueline Cristian 6-0 6-1, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 7-65 and Marta Kostyuk 6-0 6-2.

In the 3rd round, Jessica had a good straight sets win against Kostyuk (6-0 6-2). During the match, Pegula scored 64 points vs Kostyuk’s 44. Pegula was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pegula couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 54% of her first serves in, winning 78% (21/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Jessica broke Kostyuk 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points she played.

Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (247-149). 7-1 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pegula has an aggregate 148-79 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Australia where she beat Martina Trevisan in the final 6-4 6-2.

Jessica has an aggregate 7-1 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Pegula's Record

Barbora Krejcikova

Barbora Krejcikova

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Rank
65
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-9 11-5 1-2 0-0 4-2 0-0
2024 21-16 7-7 3-5 2-2 9-2 0-0
2023 34-19 22-11 5-5 2-1 5-2 0-0
2022 25-15 12-10 2-3 9-0 2-2 0-0
2021 45-19 27-13 15-3 0-2 3-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 23, Krejcikova got to the 4th round after beating Sara Bejlek 6-3 6-1, Clara Burel 6-4 6-1 and Anhelina Kalinina 6-2 6-3.

In the 3rd round, Barbora had a good straight sets win against Kalinina (6-2 6-3). During the match Krejcikova scored 67 points vs Kalinina’s 52. Krejcikova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Krejcikova made 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 68% of her first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Kalinina 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Barbora hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

Krejcikova has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.

Australian Open
Krejcikova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Pegula
B.Krejcikova
3h:35
3h:35
Time on court​
4h:06
4h:06
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
1h:26
1h:26
3
3
Match played
3
3
48
48
Games Played​
50
50
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
203
203
Total points​
196
196
67.7
67.7
Avg point​
65.3
65.3
77
77
Winners
71
71
25.7
25.7
Avg Winners​
23.7
23.7
38%
38%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
8
8
1.7
1.7
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
9
9
Double Faults
7
7
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
77/104
77/104
1st won total​
71/101
71/101
!
74%
74%
1st won %
70%
70%
28/63
28/63
2nd won total​
30/58
30/58
44%
44%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
16/31
16/31
BP won
16/25
16/25
5.3/10.3
5.3/10.3
Avg BP won
5.3/8.3
5.3/8.3
!
52%
52%
Won
!
64%
64%
19
19
Conceded
12
12
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
4
4
4
4
Broken
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
15
15
Saved
7
7
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pegula Krejcikova
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 48 50
Pts 203-139 196-136
Total Points 342 332
Winners 77 71
%Winners 38% 36%

Both Pegula and Krejcikova played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Krejcikova have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Pegula played 2 games less than Krejcikova. The American scored 77 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Krejcikova bagged 71 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pegula Krejcikova
Aces 5 8
Avg per match 1.7 2.7
1st in 104/167 101/159
%1st in 62% 64%
1st pts 77/104 71/101
%1st pts 74% 70%
2nd pts 28/63 30/58
%2nd pts 44% 52%

Pegula struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Krejcikova managed to score 8 aces (2.7 per match). Pegula won 74% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 70% of the points behind 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 Pegula Krejcikova
Won 16 16
Converted 16/31 16/25
% Converted 52% 64%
Conceded 19 12
Saved 15 7
% Saved 79% 58%
Times Broken 4 5

Jessica broke her opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Jessica conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 16 times with a 64% conversion rate. Krejcikova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.

Pegula
R1
Cristian		 R2
Sasnovich		 R3
Kostyuk		 Total
Score 6-0 6-1 6-2 7-65 6-0 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 13 21 14 48
pts 61-32 78-63 64-44 203-139
Total points 93 141 108 342
Winners 25 31 21 77
%Winners 41% 40% 33% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 0 5
Double Faults 1 4 4 9
1st in 30/45 47/72 27/50 104/167
% 1st in 67% 65% 54% 62%
1st pts 25/30 31/47 21/27 77/104
% 1st pts 83% 66% 78% 74%
2nd pts 7/15 11/25 10/23 28/63
% 2nd pts 47% 44% 43% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5 6 16
Converted 5/8 5/11 6/12 16/31
Converted % 63% 45% 50% 52%
Conceded 3 7 9 19
Saved 3/3 4/7 8/9 15
Saved % 100% 57% 89% 82%
Times Broken 0 3 1 4
Krejcikova
R1
Bejlek		 R2
Burel		 R3
Kalinina		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 16 17 17 50
pts 63-37 66-47 67-52 196-136
Total points 100 113 119 332
Winners 21 22 28 71
%Winners 33% 33% 42% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 3 8
Double Faults 2 3 2 7
1st in 26/41 34/58 41/60 101/159
% 1st in 63% 59% 68% 64%
1st pts 21/26 22/34 28/41 71/101
% 1st pts 81% 65% 68% 70%
2nd pts 10/15 11/24 9/19 30/58
% 2nd pts 67% 46% 47% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 6 5 16
Converted 5/8 6/10 5/7 16/25
Converted % 63% 60% 71% 64%
Conceded 1 7 4 12
Saved 0/1 4/7 3/4 7
Saved % 0% 57% 75% 44%
Times Broken 1 3 1 5

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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