Julia Grabher and Julia Riera will square off in the semifinal of the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Julia Grabher who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Julia Grabher is the pick to win this match.
Julia Grabher -> 1.66
Julia Riera -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Julia Grabher vs. Julia Riera
There is no head to head record between Julia Grabher and Julia Riera since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Julia Grabher
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-19 | 2-2 | 18-15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-26 | 5-9 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-32 | 3-6 | 46-22 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 5-4 | 21-13 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74 (career-high), Grabher got to the semifinal after defeating Ysaline Bonaventure 6-73 6-4 6-2, Cagla Buyukakcay 6-1 7-64 and Martina Trevisan 6-3 ret..
In the quarter against Trevisan, Grabher had a free pass after Trevisan retired on a 6-3 . scoreline.
Grabher has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (329-210). 9-6 on clay in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Grabher has a compiled286-151 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Austrian has a compiled 14-18 win-loss record in 2023, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rabat
Julia has never competed in this tournament before.
Julia Riera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-26 | 8-10 | 33-15 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 4-5 | 49-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 8-5 | 42-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-17 | 21-8 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 195, the Argentine reached the semifinal after defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-0, Mayar Sherif 7-5 7-5 and Yulia Putintseva 5-7 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter against Putintseva, Julia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match Riera scored 105 points vs Putintseva’s 90. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Riera scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Julia Riera lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Riera put 63% of her first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. Riera broke Putintseva 7 times after converting 37% of her break points (7/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Julia has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W25 Guayaquil where she beat Francesca Jones in the final 6-2 7-5 and the W25 Guayaquil where she beat Solana Sierra in the final 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Riera has a composed 34-9 win-loss record in 2023, 34-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Grabher | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 69 |
| Pts | 221-182 | 265-213 |
| Total Points | 403 | 478 |
| Winners | 91 | 96 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Grabher and Riera played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Julia Grabher conceded 1 set, while Julia Riera surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Grabher and Riera have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Grabher played 9 games less than Riera. Grabher scored 91 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Riera blasted 96 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Grabher | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 133/205 | 147/243 |
| %1st in | 65% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 91/133 | 96/147 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 31/72 | 46/96 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 48% |
Grabher recorded 2 aces (0.7 per match). Riera struck 4 aces (1.3 per match). Grabher won 68% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Riera won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Grabher | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 19 |
| Converted | 14/26 | 19/43 |
| % Converted | 54% | 44% |
| Conceded | 20 | 30 |
| Saved | 12 | 20 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 10 |
Grabher broke her opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Austrian surrendered her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Julia broke her opponents 19 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Grabher | |||||
| R1 Bonaventure |
R2 Buyukakcay |
1/4 Trevisan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 7-64 | 6-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 | 9 | 60 | |
| pts | 111-98 | 79-63 | 31-21 | 221-182 | |
| Total points | 209 | 142 | 52 | 403 | |
| Winners | 42 | 34 | 15 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 48% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 66/109 | 44/63 | 23/33 | 133/205 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 70% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/66 | 34/44 | 15/23 | 91/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 77% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 6/19 | 6/10 | 31/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 32% | 60% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 8/15 | 4/9 | 2/2 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 53% | 44% | 100% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 | 3 | 20 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 50% | 67% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Riera | |||||
| R1 Mladenovic |
R2 Sherif |
1/4 Putintseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 24 | 30 | 69 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 102-89 | 105-90 | 265-213 | |
| Total points | 92 | 191 | 195 | 478 | |
| Winners | 17 | 39 | 40 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 38% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 66/108 | 59/94 | 147/243 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 61% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 39/66 | 40/59 | 96/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 59% | 68% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 24/42 | 14/35 | 46/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 57% | 40% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/12 | 7/19 | 19/43 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 42% | 37% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 18 | 10 | 30 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 15/18 | 5/10 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 50% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
LW
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- Benjamin HassanHassan – Jeroen VannesteVanneste (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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