Varvara Gracheva and Selena Janicijevic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on COURT PATRICE DOMINGUEZ. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Gracheva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Varvara Gracheva is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.28
Selena Janicijevic -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Selena Janicijevic
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Selena Janicijevic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Gracheva won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the W25 St. Etienne back in 2019.
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-18 | 4-8 | 15-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-14 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 44, Varvara reached the 2nd round after defeating Zhuoxuan Bai 6-3 3-6 7-63.
In the 1st round, Varvara defeated Bai (6-3 3-6 7-63). During the match, Gracheva and Bai scored the same amount of points (99). However, the world no. 44 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Gracheva was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gracheva bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 73% of her first serves in, winning 62% (46/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bai 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Gracheva has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (225-148). 5-4 on clay in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gracheva has an aggregate125-62 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Gracheva’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Austin.
The Russian has an aggregate 26-15 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Strasbourg
Selena Janicijevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 0-1 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-24 | 3-4 | 27-17 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-20 | 0-1 | 50-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-20 | 12-4 | 19-13 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 188, Janicijevic reached the 2nd round after beating Oceane Dodin 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Dodin, Selena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Janicijevic scored 82 points vs Dodin’s 75. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Janicijevic recorded 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Selena Janicijevic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Janicijevic put 56% of her first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Janicijevic broke Dodin 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W25 Sopo where she overcame Suzan Lamens in the final 6-4 5-7 6-4.
The French player has a compiled 13-12 win-loss record in 2023, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Strasbourg
Selena has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gracheva | Janicijevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 25 |
| Pts | 99-99 | 82-75 |
| Total Points | 198 | 157 |
| Winners | 46 | 29 |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% |
Both Gracheva and Janicijevic played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Varvara Gracheva conceded 1 set, while Selena Janicijevic dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gracheva and Janicijevic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gracheva played 6 games more than Janicijevic. Varvara scored 46 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Janicijevic made 29 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gracheva | Janicijevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 74/102 | 40/71 |
| %1st in | 73% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 46/74 | 29/40 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 13/31 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 42% |
Gracheva managed to score 2 aces . Janicijevic recorded 6 aces . Gracheva won 62% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Janicijevic won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gracheva | Janicijevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 57% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Gracheva conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Janicijevic broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gracheva | |||
| R1 Bai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-99 | 99-99 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 74/102 | 74/102 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 46/74 | 46/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Janicijevic | |||
| R1 Dodin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-75 | 82-75 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 40/71 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 29/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 13/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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