Julia Grabher and Kristina Mladenovic will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kristina Mladenovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kristina Mladenovic is the pick to win this match.
Kristina Mladenovic -> 1.87
Julia Grabher -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Julia Grabher vs. Kristina Mladenovic
There is no head to head record between Julia Grabher and Kristina Mladenovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Julia Grabher
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-19 | 2-2 | 18-15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-26 | 5-9 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-32 | 3-6 | 46-22 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 5-4 | 21-13 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, Julia reached the qualifications after beating Eden Silva 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Silva (6-2 6-3). During the match, Grabher scored 67 points vs Silva’s 49. Grabher was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Grabher scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Julia Grabher conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Grabher put 72% of her first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Julia broke Silva 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Grabher has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of her matches (317-197). 2-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Grabher has a compiled23-22 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Julia has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Julia has never competed in this tournament before.
Kristina Mladenovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-33 | 12-9 | 11-18 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 19-15 | 1-12 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-10 | 10-14 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-30 | 9-13 | 6-7 | 10-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Mladenovic got to the qualifications after beating Maryna Zanevska 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Zanevska, Mladenovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Mladenovic scored 97 points vs Zanevska’s 92. Mladenovic was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Mladenovic recorded 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Kristina Mladenovic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mladenovic put 52% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Mladenovic broke Zanevska 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).
Mladenovic has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017 and 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Grabher | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 |
| Pts | 67-49 | 97-92 |
| Total Points | 116 | 189 |
| Winners | 32 | 28 |
| %Winners | 48% | 29% |
Both Grabher and Mladenovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kristina Mladenovic dropped 1 set while Julia Grabher hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Grabher has played 1 set(s) less than Mladenovic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Grabher played 9 games less than Mladenovic. Grabher scored 32 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Mladenovic bagged 28 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Grabher | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 42/81 |
| %1st in | 72% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 28/42 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 46% |
Grabher blasted 1 ace . Mladenovic also struck 2 aces . Grabher won 82% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Mladenovic won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Grabher | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 33% | 35% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Julia broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Grabher extremely effective on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Kristina broke her opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Mladenovic conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Grabher | |||
| Q1 Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 67-49 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 32/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mladenovic | |||
| Q1 Zanevska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 97-92 | 97-92 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 42/81 | 42/81 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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