Petra Martic and Anastasia Potapova will face off in the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Petra Martic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Petra Martic is the pick to win this match.
Petra Martic -> 1.75
Anastasia Potapova -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Anastasia Potapova

This will be the 3^rd time that Petra Martic and Anastasia Potapova play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Martic and Potapova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Potapova won 6-2 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Istanbul back in 2022.

Petra Martic

Ranked no. 34, Martic reached the final after beating Marina Bassols Ribera 6-1 7-5, Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4 6-7⁵ 7-6³, Clara Tauson 6-4 7-5 and Maria Sakkari 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the semifinal against Sakkari, Martic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Martic scored 97 points vs Sakkari’s 96. Martic was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Martic struck 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Petra Martic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Martic put 55% of her first serves in, winning 71% (36/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Sakkari 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Petra has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Martic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (236-160). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Martic has a composed 19-16 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Croatian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Linz.

Martic has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Linz

Anastasia Potapova

Ranked no. 44, Potapova got to the final after defeating Lucia Bronzetti 2-6 6-3 6-4, Jule Niemeier 7-5 3-6 6-3, Anna-Lena Friedsam 2-6 6-4 6-1 and Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-7⁴ 6-3.

In the semifinal, The Russian defeated Vondrousova (6-1 6-7⁴ 6-3). During the match Potapova scored 114 points vs Vondrousova’s 95. Potapova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Potapova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Anastasia Potapova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Potapova put 63% of her first serves in, winning 62% (43/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (24/41) on the 2nd serve. Potapova broke Vondrousova 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Potapova has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Potapova’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Linz.

Anastasia has an aggregate 9-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Martic	Potapova
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	12
Tot Games	105	111
Pts	353-298	393-359
Total Points	651	752
Winners	134	140
%Winners	38%	36%

Both Martic and Potapova played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Petra Martic conceded 2 sets, while Anastasia Potapova conceded 4 sets. Martic has played 2 set(s) less than Potapova (10 vs 12). Therefore, Martic played 6 games less than Potapova. Petra scored 134 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 140 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Martic	Potapova
Aces	27	11
Avg per match	6.8	2.8
1st in	182/313	234/374
%1st in	58%	63%
1st pts	134/182	140/234
%1st pts	74%	60%
2nd pts	70/131	69/140
%2nd pts	53%	49%

Martic recorded 27 aces (6.8 per match). Potapova bagged 11 aces (2.8 per match). Martic won 74% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Potapova won 60% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Martic	Potapova
Won	17	25
Converted	17/29	25/57
% Converted	59%	44%
Conceded	24	39
Saved	14	19
% Saved	58%	49%
Times Broken	10	20

Petra broke her opponents 17 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 25 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 20 times and she saved 49% of the break points that she conceded.

Martic
	R1 Bassols	R2 Van Uytvanck	1/4 Tauson	1/2 Sakkari	Total
Score	6-1 7-5	6-4 6-75 7-63	6-4 7-5	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	19	36	22	28	105
pts	65-42	120-105	71-55	97-96	353-298
Total points	107	225	126	193	651
Winners	21	48	29	36	134
%Winners	32%	40%	41%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	11	7	1	8	27
Double Faults	3	1	1	2	7
1st in	25/54	67/107	39/60	51/92	182/313
% 1st in	46%	63%	65%	55%	58%
1st pts	21/25	48/67	29/39	36/51	134/182
% 1st pts	84%	72%	74%	71%	74%
2nd pts	18/29	22/40	10/21	20/41	70/131
% 2nd pts	62%	55%	48%	49%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	4	17
Converted	4/5	4/7	5/6	4/11	17/29
Converted %	80%	57%	83%	36%	59%
Conceded	3	5	6	10	24
Saved	2/3	2/5	3/6	7/10	14
Saved %	67%	40%	50%	70%	57%
Times Broken	1	3	3	3	10

Potapova
	R1 Bronzetti	R2 Niemeier	1/4 Friedsam	1/2 Vondrousova	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 6-4	7-5 3-6 6-3	2-6 6-4 6-1	6-1 6-74 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	12
Tot Games	27	30	25	29	111
pts	86-89	116-108	77-67	114-95	393-359
Total points	175	224	144	209	752
Winners	32	37	28	43	140
%Winners	37%	32%	36%	38%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	5	1	11
Double Faults	2	4	4	3	13
1st in	60/80	67/114	38/70	69/110	234/374
% 1st in	75%	59%	54%	63%	63%
1st pts	32/60	37/67	28/38	43/69	140/234
% 1st pts	53%	55%	74%	62%	60%
2nd pts	6/20	22/47	17/32	24/41	69/140
% 2nd pts	30%	47%	53%	59%	49%
Breaks
Won	7	8	4	6	25
Converted	7/14	8/16	4/12	6/15	25/57
Converted %	50%	50%	33%	40%	44%
Conceded	11	17	3	8	39
Saved	4/11	10/17	0/3	5/8	19
Saved %	36%	59%	0%	63%	40%
Times Broken	7	7	3	3	20

Tennis Scores in Linz

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Upcoming matches in the draw

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