Emina Bektas and Marcela Zacarias will face off in the qualifications of the Rothesay Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emina Bektas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emina Bektas is the pick to win this match.
Emina Bektas -> 1.35
Marcela Zacarias -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Emina Bektas vs. Marcela Zacarias
This will be the 3rd time that Emina Bektas and Marcela Zacarias clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Bektas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Bektas won 6-0 7-5 in the quarter in the W60 Las Vegas back in 2021.
Emina Bektas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-26 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 9-1 |
| 2023 | 55-20 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 12-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 17-9 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-20 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, Emina reached the qualifications after beating Caroline Dolehide 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Emina had a good straight sets win against Dolehide (6-3 7-5). During the match, Bektas scored 78 points vs Dolehide’s 64. The American was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bektas recorded 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Emina Bektas lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bektas put 75% of her first serves in, winning 78% (45/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Dolehide 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Bektas has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (208-146). 10-1 on grass in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Bektas has an overall15-7 record in the last 8 years on grass.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W25 Pretoria where she overcame Lina Glushko in the final 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) and the W60 Kurume where she overcame Yexin Ma in the final 7-5 5-7 6-1.
Bektas has an overall 34-10 win-loss record in 2023, 10-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Marcela Zacarias
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-27 | 7-12 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 26-16 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-15 | 18-10 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, Zacarias got to the qualifications after defeating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Marcela had a good straight sets win against Rakhimova (6-1 6-2). During the match Zacarias scored 57 points vs Rakhimova’s 31. Marcela was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Zacarias blasted 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Marcela Zacarias lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zacarias put 65% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Marcela broke Rakhimova 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Marcela’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W60+H Irapuato.
Zacarias has an aggregate 14-18 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Marcela has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bektas | Zacarias |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 15 |
| Pts | 78-64 | 57-31 |
| Total Points | 142 | 88 |
| Winners | 45 | 21 |
| %Winners | 58% | 37% |
Both Bektas and Zacarias played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bektas and Zacarias have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bektas played 6 games more than Zacarias. The American scored 45 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Zacarias bagged 21 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bektas | Zacarias |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 58/77 | 30/46 |
| %1st in | 75% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 45/58 | 21/30 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 6/16 |
| %2nd pts | 32% | 38% |
Bektas blasted 4 aces . Zacarias scored 2 aces . Bektas won 78% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Zacarias won 70% of the points behind 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 | Bektas | Zacarias |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 70% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The American broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American lost her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Mexican broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Mexican conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bektas | |||
| Q1 Dolehide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-64 | 78-64 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/77 | 58/77 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 45/58 | 45/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zacarias | |||
| Q1 Rakhimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-31 | 57-31 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 30/46 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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