Sloane Stephens and Varvara Gracheva will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the French Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 14. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sloane Stephens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sloane Stephens is the pick to win this match.
Sloane Stephens -> 1.63
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Varvara Gracheva

This will be the 4^th time that Sloane Stephens and Varvara Gracheva fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Gracheva won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the quarter in Austin back in March 2023.

Highlights Varvara Gracheva vs Sloane Stephens – Austin 03-March-2023

Sloane Stephens

Ranked no. 30, Sloane reached the 2^nd round after defeating Karolina Pliskova 6-0 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Sloane had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (6-0 6-4). During the match, Stephens scored 67 points vs Pliskova’s 48. Stephens was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Stephens was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she was very steady in conceding no double faults. Sloane Stephens lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Stephens put 66% of her first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Stephens broke Pliskova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Stephens has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (208-156). 11-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Stephens has a composed 73-42 record in the last years on clay.

Her best result of the year was winning the title the Malo where she overcame Greetje Minnen in the final 6-3 6-4.

The American has a compiled 15-11 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 41 (career-high), the Russian got to the 2^nd round after beating Dalma Galfi 6-4 2-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Gracheva defeated Galfi (6-4 2-6 6-1). During the match Gracheva scored 93 points vs Galfi’s 80. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Gracheva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 58% of her first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the 2nd serve. Gracheva broke Galfi 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Austin.

The Russian has a composed 28-16 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2021 and 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Stephens	Gracheva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	25
Pts	67-48	93-80
Total Points	115	173
Winners	29	37
%Winners	43%	40%

Both Stephens and Gracheva played 1 match. At the moment, Varvara Gracheva lost 1 set while Sloane Stephens hasn’t lost a set so far. Stephens has played 1 set(s) less than Gracheva (2 vs 3). Therefore, Stephens played 9 games less than Gracheva. The American scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Varvara bagged 37 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Stephens	Gracheva
Aces	0	1
Avg per match	0	1
1st in	40/61	56/96
%1st in	66%	58%
1st pts	29/40	37/56
%1st pts	73%	66%
2nd pts	9/21	21/40
%2nd pts	43%	53%

Stephens didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gracheva bagged 1 ace . Stephens won 73% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Stephens	Gracheva
Won	5	4
Converted	5/8	4/6
% Converted	63%	67%
Conceded	4	8
Saved	3	5
% Saved	75%	63%
Times Broken	1	3

Stephens broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sloane surrendered her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Varvara broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Varvara conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

Stephens
	R1 Pliskova	Total
Score	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	67-48	67-48
Total points	115	115
Winners	29	29
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	40/61	40/61
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	29/40	29/40
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	9/21	9/21
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Gracheva
	R1 Galfi	Total
Score	6-4 2-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	93-80	93-80
Total points	173	173
Winners	37	37
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	56/96	56/96
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	37/56	37/56
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	21/40	21/40
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

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