Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anna-Lena Friedsam will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 6. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.4
Anna-Lena Friedsam -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
This will be the 4th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anna-Lena Friedsam square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Friedsam (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Friedsam won 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in Stuttgart back in 2019.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-10 | 5-7 | 8-3 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Viktoriya Tomova 6-1 2-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Alexandrova defeated Tomova (6-1 2-6 6-1). During the match, Alexandrova scored 84 points vs Tomova’s 67. Ekaterina was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova made 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 48% (24/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Tomova 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (280-181). 5-4 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has a compiled85-61 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Ekaterina has an overall 12-10 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Anna-Lena Friedsam
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-7 | 6-3 | 4-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 |
| 2024 | 9-12 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2023 | 31-27 | 8-9 | 10-8 | 13-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 7-9 | 10-9 | 12-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 18-23 | 3-6 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, Friedsam reached the 2nd round after defeating Nao Hibino 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Anna-Lena defeated Hibino (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Friedsam scored 115 points vs Hibino’s 109. Friedsam was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Friedsam scored 6 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Anna-Lena Friedsam lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Friedsam put 58% of her first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (21/47) on the 2nd serve. Anna-Lena broke Hibino 5 times after converting 26% of her break points (5/19).
Anna-Lena has a composed 18-12 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Friedsam |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 |
| Pts | 84-67 | 115-109 |
| Total Points | 151 | 224 |
| Winners | 24 | 44 |
| %Winners | 29% | 38% |
Both Alexandrova and Friedsam played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ekaterina Alexandrova surrendered 1 set, while Anna-Lena Friedsam dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Alexandrova and Friedsam have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Alexandrova played 6 games less than Friedsam. Alexandrova scored 24 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The German bagged 44 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Friedsam |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 50/81 | 66/113 |
| %1st in | 62% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 24/50 | 44/66 |
| %1st pts | 48% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/47 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 45% |
Alexandrova blasted 5 aces . Friedsam recorded 6 aces . Alexandrova won 48% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Friedsam won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Friedsam |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/19 |
| % Converted | 64% | 26% |
| Conceded | 10 | 13 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Russian broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Friedsam broke her opponent 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Anna-Lena conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Tomova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-67 | 84-67 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/81 | 50/81 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/50 | 24/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 48% | 48% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Friedsam | |||
| R1 Hibino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 115-109 | 115-109 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 66/113 | 66/113 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 44/66 | 44/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/47 | 21/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/19 | 5/19 | |
| Converted % | 26% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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