Lena Papadakis and Taylah Preston will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Libema Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylah Preston who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylah Preston is the pick to win this match.
Taylah Preston -> 1.62
Lena Papadakis -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Lena Papadakis vs. Taylah Preston
There is no head to head record between Lena Papadakis and Taylah Preston since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Lena Papadakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-12 | 6-3 | 10-5 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 17-25 | 0-1 | 13-13 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-2 |
| 2022 | 45-30 | 9-4 | 35-23 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-19 | 6-3 | 40-13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 315, the German got to the qualifications after beating Coco Vandeweghe 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Rueffer had a good straight sets win against Vandeweghe (6-3 6-2). During the match, Rueffer scored 54 points vs Vandeweghe’s 35. Rueffer was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rueffer blasted 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Lena Papadakis lost the serve once. Furthermore, Rueffer put 76% of her first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. The German was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Vandeweghe 4 times.
Rueffer has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of her matches (184-136). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rueffer has a compiled1-2 record in the last 7 years on grass.
Rueffer has an overall 10-13 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Lena has never competed in this tournament before.
Taylah Preston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-28 | 24-18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-13 | 48-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 563 (career-high), Taylah reached the qualifications after defeating Dalila Jakupovic 6-4 2-6 7-65.
In the qualifications, Preston defeated Jakupovic (6-4 2-6 7-65).During the match Preston scored less points (4) than Jakupovic. In fact, the world no. 315 won 96 points vs Jakupovic’s. That means that Preston was more focused during the important points. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Preston was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Taylah Preston lost the serve 7 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Preston put 59% of her first serves in, winning 59% (36/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (16/42) on the 2nd serve. Preston broke Jakupovic 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W25 Monastir where she defeated Gabriela Andrea Knutson in the final 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3.
Preston has a compiled 25-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rueffer | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 |
| Pts | 54-35 | 96-100 |
| Total Points | 89 | 196 |
| Winners | 28 | 36 |
| %Winners | 52% | 38% |
Both Rueffer and Preston played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Taylah Preston surrendered 1 set while Lena Papadakis hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rueffer has played 1 set(s) less than Preston (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rueffer played 14 games less than Preston. Rueffer scored 28 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Taylah bagged 36 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rueffer | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 35/46 | 61/103 |
| %1st in | 76% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 36/61 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 16/42 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 38% |
Rueffer made 5 aces . Preston didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Rueffer won 80% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Preston won 59% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rueffer | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 100% | 46% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Lena broke her opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The German surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Taylah broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Taylah conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded.
| Rueffer | |||
| Q1 Vandeweghe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 54-35 | 54-35 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Preston | |||
| Q1 Jakupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 96-100 | 96-100 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 61/103 | 61/103 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 36/61 | 36/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/42 | 16/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/12 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 42% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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