Jessica Pegula and Belinda Bencic will square off in the semifinal of the Credit One Charleston Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Credit One Stadium. 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 Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.65
Belinda Bencic -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Belinda Bencic
This will be the 4th time that Jessica Pegula and Belinda Bencic clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Bencic won 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2021.
Highlights Belinda Bencic vs Jessica Pegula – U.S. Open 04-September-2021
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-6 | 11-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Jessica got to the semifinal after beating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-0, Irina-Camelia Begu 7-5 4-6 6-4 and Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 7-66.
In the quarter, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Badosa (6-3 7-66). During the match, Pegula scored 77 points vs Badosa’s 64. Pegula was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pegula scored just 1 ace and she committed only 3 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once. Furthermore, Pegula put 65% of her first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Jessica broke Badosa twice after converting 67% of her break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jessica has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.
Pegula has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (262-154). 3-0 on clay in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pegula has an aggregate 66-45 match record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where she overcame Martina Trevisan in the final 6-4 6-2.
Pegula has an overall 22-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Belinda Bencic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 31-13 | 24-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-18 | 13-9 | 13-4 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-20 | 22-9 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 50-22 | 23-9 | 11-6 | 9-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11, Belinda reached the semifinal after beating Katherine Sebov 6-0 6-3, Shelby Rogers 4-6 7-5 6-2 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (6-3 6-3). During the match Bencic scored 68 points vs Alexandrova’s 47. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Bencic made 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Bencic put 67% of her first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Bencic broke Alexandrova 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Adelaide where she defeated Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-0 6-2 and in Abu Dhabi where she beat Liudmila Samsonova in the final 1-6 7-6(8) 6-4.
Bencic has a composed 19-5 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Charleston
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Bencic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 63 |
| Pts | 238-186 | 222-159 |
| Total Points | 424 | 381 |
| Winners | 84 | 84 |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% |
Both Pegula and Bencic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jessica Pegula lost 1 set, while Belinda Bencic lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Bencic have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Pegula played 5 games more than Bencic. Pegula scored 84 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Belinda blasted 84 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Bencic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 116/205 | 107/169 |
| %1st in | 57% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 84/116 | 84/107 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 46/89 | 34/62 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Pegula managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Bencic struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Pegula won 72% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Bencic won 79% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Bencic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 15 |
| Converted | 15/25 | 15/33 |
| % Converted | 60% | 45% |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 43% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
The American broke her opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Pegula surrendered her serve 8 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. The Swiss broke her opponents 15 times with a 45% conversion rate. Belinda conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||||
| R2 Blinkova |
R3 Begu |
1/4 Badosa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 32 | 22 | 68 | |
| pts | 59-33 | 102-89 | 77-64 | 238-186 | |
| Total points | 92 | 191 | 141 | 424 | |
| Winners | 15 | 34 | 35 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 33% | 45% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 21/38 | 51/99 | 44/68 | 116/205 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 52% | 65% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 34/51 | 35/44 | 84/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 67% | 80% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 24/48 | 11/24 | 46/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 46% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 7/12 | 2/3 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 58% | 67% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/12 | 0/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 0% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Bencic | |||||
| R2 Sebov |
R3 Rogers |
1/4 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 30 | 18 | 63 | |
| pts | 53-25 | 101-87 | 68-47 | 222-159 | |
| Total points | 78 | 188 | 115 | 381 | |
| Winners | 17 | 40 | 27 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 21/33 | 51/84 | 35/52 | 107/169 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 40/51 | 27/35 | 84/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 78% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/12 | 16/33 | 7/17 | 34/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 92% | 48% | 41% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/12 | 5/12 | 15/33 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 42% | 42% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/6 | 0/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 0% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Cristian CarliCarli (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Belinda BencicBencic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-4) – H2H and prediction
