Marina Bassols Ribera and Despina Papamichail will play each other in the qualifications of the Abierto GNP Seguros for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on Court 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marina Bassols Ribera who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marina Bassols Ribera is the pick to win this match.
Marina Bassols Ribera -> 1.37
Despina Papamichail -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Despina Papamichail
This will be the 8th time that Marina Bassols Ribera and Despina Papamichail square off. The head to head is 7-0 for Bassols Ribera (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bassols Ribera won 6-2 6-1 in the qualifications in Palermo back in 2022.
Marina Bassols Ribera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 3-4 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 33-29 | 10-13 | 11-10 | 10-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-25 | 25-12 | 17-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 43-31 | 20-12 | 15-13 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-11 | 11-4 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, Bassols Ribera reached the qualifications after defeating Renata Zarazua 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Bassols Ribera defeated Zarazua (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match, Bassols Ribera scored 86 points vs Zarazua’s 85. Marina was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bassols Ribera blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Marina Bassols Ribera lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bassols Ribera put 59% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Zarazua twice after converting 20% of her break points (2/10).
Bassols Ribera has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (246-155). 2-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Bassols Ribera has an overall77-49 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Marina has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monterrey
Bassols Ribera has never competed in this tournament before.
Despina Papamichail
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 1-5 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-37 | 21-17 | 6-18 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-36 | 12-13 | 18-20 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-30 | 10-9 | 29-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-11 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, will start her run in Monterrey after she played her last match in Monterrey where she overcame 6-1 6-1 to Fernandez in the qualifications on the 25th of February.
Papamichail has a composed 9-8 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Papamichail’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W40 Mexico City.
In terms of her career, The Greek has an overall 412-307 record. She has a positive 149-99 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bassols Ribera | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 14 |
| Pts | 86-85 | 65-38 |
| Total Points | 171 | 103 |
| Winners | 33 | 24 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Both Bassols Ribera and Papamichail played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marina Bassols Ribera surrendered 1 set while Despina Papamichail hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bassols Ribera has played 1 set more than Papamichail (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bassols Ribera played 14 games more than Papamichail. Bassols Ribera scored 33 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Despina struck 24 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bassols Ribera | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 28/44 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 8/16 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 50% |
Bassols Ribera scored 2 aces . Papamichail didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bassols Ribera won 69% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Papamichail won 86% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bassols Ribera | Papamichail |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 20% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Marina broke her opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Greek broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Greek was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Bassols Ribera | |||
| Q1 Zarazua |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 86-85 | 86-85 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 48/82 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Papamichail | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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