Barbora Krejcikova and Xiyu Wang will square off in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:00 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.29
Xiyu Wang -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Xiyu Wang
This will be the 4th time that Barbora Krejcikova and Xiyu Wang square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Wang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Wang won 6-1 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Budapest back in 2022.
Barbora Krejcikova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-9 | 5-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 22-11 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-15 | 12-10 | 2-3 | 9-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 27-13 | 15-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 7-4 | 9-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, the Czech got to the 3rd round after defeating Danka Kovinic 6-3 4-6 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Barbora defeated Kovinic (6-3 4-6 6-0). During the match, Krejcikova scored 93 points vs Kovinic’s 77. Krejcikova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Krejcikova managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Kovinic 7 times after converting 39% of her break points (7/18).
Krejcikova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (283-169). 3-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krejcikova has an aggregate 140-66 record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Dubai where she beat Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-2.
Krejcikova has an overall 18-8 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Xiyu Wang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 12-10 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 17-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 15-10 | 23-11 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 8-7 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 65, the Chinese got to the 3rd round after defeating Varvara Gracheva 6-72 6-3 6-4 and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 3-6 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Andreescu, Wang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-2). During the match Wang scored 118 points vs Andreescu’s 109. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 59 winners.
About the serving games, Wang scored 6 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Xiyu Wang lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 76% of her first serves in, winning 72% (59/82) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Andreescu 3 times after converting 20% of her break points (3/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Wang has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
The Chinese has an overall 5-8 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krejcikova | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 62 |
| Pts | 93-77 | 229-210 |
| Total Points | 170 | 439 |
| Winners | 30 | 101 |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% |
Krejcikova played 1 match while Wang competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Barbora Krejcikova conceded 1 set, while Xiyu Wang conceded 2 sets. Krejcikova has played 3 set(s) less than Wang (3 vs 6). Therefore, Krejcikova played 37 games less than Wang. Barbora scored 30 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Xiyu managed to score 101 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krejcikova | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 135/205 |
| %1st in | 61% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 101/135 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 31/70 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 44% |
Krejcikova bagged 2 aces . Wang fired 10 aces (5 per match). Krejcikova won 73% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krejcikova | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 8/27 |
| % Converted | 39% | 30% |
| Conceded | 4 | 18 |
| Saved | 1 | 12 |
| % Saved | 25% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Krejcikova broke her opponent 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Krejcikova surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded. Xiyu broke her opponents 8 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Krejcikova | |||
| R2 Kovinic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 93-77 | 93-77 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 41/67 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Wang | ||||
| R1 Gracheva |
R2 Andreescu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 30 | 62 | |
| pts | 111-101 | 118-109 | 229-210 | |
| Total points | 212 | 227 | 439 | |
| Winners | 42 | 59 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 53/97 | 82/108 | 135/205 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 76% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 42/53 | 59/82 | 101/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 10/26 | 31/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 38% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/15 | 8/27 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 20% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 134% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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