Anastasia Tikhonova and Valeriya Strakhova will square off in the qualifications of the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anastasia Tikhonova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anastasia Tikhonova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Tikhonova -> 1.46
Valeriya Strakhova -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Tikhonova vs. Valeriya Strakhova
There is no head to head record between Anastasia Tikhonova and Valeriya Strakhova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Anastasia Tikhonova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 24-26 | 10-14 | 1-5 | 12-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-29 | 22-14 | 16-10 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 36-28 | 20-13 | 6-9 | 8-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 48-19 | 27-10 | 4-4 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 14-10 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 235, the Russian got to the qualifications after beating Luca Udvardy 6-73 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Udvardy, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 6-3). During the match, Tikhonova scored 125 points vs Udvardy’s 114. Tikhonova was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tikhonova scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 8 double faults. Anastasia Tikhonova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tikhonova put 49% of her first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (21/51) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Udvardy 9 times after converting 38% of her break points (9/24).
Tikhonova has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of her matches (145-82). 5-3 on clay in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tikhonova has an aggregate20-23 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W40 Bhopal where she beat Joanne Zuger in the final 6-4 6-1.
The Russian has a composed 21-11 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rabat
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Valeriya Strakhova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 25-33 | 4-7 | 20-24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 49-40 | 4-6 | 44-32 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
2022 | 28-34 | 1-9 | 26-23 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 26-37 | 6-7 | 17-25 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 13-16 | 8-10 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 315, the Ukrainian got to the qualifications after defeating Daniela Vismane 6-2 2-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Valeriya defeated Vismane (6-2 2-6 6-1). During the match Strakhova scored 80 points vs Vismane’s 68. Strakhova was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Strakhova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Valeriya Strakhova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Strakhova put 73% of her first serves in, winning 50% (28/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the 2nd serve. Valeriya broke Vismane 7 times after converting 78% of her break points (7/9).
Valeriya’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the W25 Bujumbura.
The Ukrainian has a compiled 22-13 win-loss record in 2023, 22-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tikhonova | Strakhova |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 31 | 23 |
Pts | 125-114 | 80-68 |
Total Points | 239 | 148 |
Winners | 32 | 28 |
%Winners | 26% | 35% |
Both Tikhonova and Strakhova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Anastasia Tikhonova surrendered 1 set, while Valeriya Strakhova dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tikhonova and Strakhova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Tikhonova played 8 games more than Strakhova. The Russian scored 32 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Valeriya struck 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tikhonova | Strakhova |
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Aces | 1 | 0 |
Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
1st in | 49/100 | 56/77 |
%1st in | 49% | 73% |
1st pts | 32/49 | 28/56 |
%1st pts | 65% | 50% |
2nd pts | 21/51 | 15/21 |
%2nd pts | 41% | 71% |
Tikhonova managed to score 1 ace . Strakhova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Tikhonova won 65% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Strakhova won 50% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tikhonova | Strakhova |
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Won | 9 | 7 |
Converted | 9/24 | 7/9 |
% Converted | 38% | 78% |
Conceded | 10 | 9 |
Saved | 4 | 5 |
% Saved | 40% | 56% |
Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Tikhonova broke her opponent 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Tikhonova surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. The Ukrainian broke her opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Strakhova conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
Tikhonova | |||
Q1 Udvardy |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-73 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
pts | 125-114 | 125-114 | |
Total points | 239 | 239 | |
Winners | 32 | 32 | |
%Winners | 26% | 26% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
1st in | 49/100 | 49/100 | |
% 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
1st pts | 32/49 | 32/49 | |
% 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 21/51 | 21/51 | |
% 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 9 | 9 | |
Converted | 9/24 | 9/24 | |
Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
Saved | 4/10 | 4 | |
Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Strakhova | |||
Q1 Vismane |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 2-6 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
pts | 80-68 | 80-68 | |
Total points | 148 | 148 | |
Winners | 28 | 28 | |
%Winners | 35% | 35% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 56/77 | 56/77 | |
% 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
1st pts | 28/56 | 28/56 | |
% 1st pts | 50% | 50% | |
2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
% 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 7 | 7 | |
Converted | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
Converted % | 78% | 78% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
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