Maria Timofeeva and Marina Melnikova will square off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on Court 15. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Timofeeva who should win in 2 sets.
Maria Timofeeva -> 1.4
Marina Melnikova -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Maria Timofeeva vs. Marina Melnikova
This will be the 2nd time that Maria Timofeeva and Marina Melnikova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Timofeeva (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Timofeeva won 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in the W25 Sharm ElSheikh back in April 2023.
Maria Timofeeva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-21 | 14-10 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-19 | 15-6 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-21 | 21-11 | 7-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-19 | 22-11 | 13-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 11-4 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 208 (career-high), Maria will start her run at the French Open after she played her last match in the W60 Bodrum where she lost 1-6 6-4 6-2 to Cengiz in the quarter on the 19th of May.
Maria has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W40 Monastir where she defeated Sakura Hosogi in the final 7-5 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, Timofeeva has an overall 129-62 record. She has a positive 29-15 record on clay.
Previously at the French Open
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Marina Melnikova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-19 | 5-5 | 18-12 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 5-5 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-12 | 12-7 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-25 | 2-5 | 16-13 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-8 | 7-4 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 530, Marina will start her run at the Paris after she played her last match in the W100 Wiesbaden where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Kraus in the 2nd round on the 4th of May.
The Russian has a composed 6-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Marina has an overall 369-341 record. She has a positive 211-172 record on clay.
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.
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