Natalija Stevanovic and Valeria Savinykh will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Thailand Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on Court 1. 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 Valeria Savinykh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valeria Savinykh is the pick to win this match.
Valeria Savinykh -> 1.68
Natalija Stevanovic -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Natalija Stevanovic vs. Valeria Savinykh
This will be the 2nd time that Natalija Stevanovic and Valeria Savinykh clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kostic won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Astana back in 2018.
Natalija Stevanovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-17 | 2-6 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-27 | 8-12 | 8-6 | 2-4 | 8-4 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 40-25 | 19-10 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-25 | 9-8 | 3-9 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 215, the Serbian got to the qualifications after defeating Kaylah Mcphee 6-2 7-63.
In the qualifications, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Mcphee (6-2 7-63). During the match, Kostic scored 71 points vs Mcphee’s 54. Kostic was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kostic couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 7 double faults. Natalija Stevanovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kostic put 56% of her first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Natalija broke Mcphee 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Kostic has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (257-181). 1-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kostic has a composed 103-70 record in the last years on hard.
The Serbian has an aggregate 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hua Hin
Valeria Savinykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-11 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 51-27 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 24-16 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-21 | 21-13 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-12 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 245, Savinykh got to the qualifications after beating Xinyu Gao 7-5 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Valeria defeated Gao (7-5 2-6 6-4). During the match Savinykh scored 110 points vs Gao’s 106. Valeria was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Savinykh wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Valeria Savinykh lost the serve 10 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Savinykh put 80% of her first serves in, winning 47% (37/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. Savinykh broke Gao 10 times after converting 59% of her break points (10/17).
Valeria’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W40 Nonthaburi.
Savinykh has an aggregate 11-4 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kostic | Savinykh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 |
| Pts | 71-54 | 110-106 |
| Total Points | 125 | 216 |
| Winners | 27 | 37 |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% |
Both Kostic and Savinykh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Valeria Savinykh dropped 1 set while Natalija Stevanovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kostic has played 1 set(s) less than Savinykh (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kostic played 9 games less than Savinykh. Natalija scored 27 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Savinykh fired 37 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kostic | Savinykh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 78/97 |
| %1st in | 56% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 37/78 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 47% |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 6/19 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 32% |
Kostic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Savinykh also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kostic won 77% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Savinykh won 47% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 32% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kostic | Savinykh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 63% | 59% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 40% | 23% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
The Serbian broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Natalija dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. Valeria broke her opponent 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. Valeria conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 23% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kostic | |||
| Q1 Mcphee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 71-54 | 71-54 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 35/63 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 13/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Savinykh | |||
| Q1 Gao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 110-106 | 110-106 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 78/97 | 78/97 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 37/78 | 37/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 47% | 47% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 10 | 10 | |
| Converted | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 59% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/13 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 23% | 23% | |
| Times Broken | 10 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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