Anastasia Potapova and Caty McNally will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Ann Jones Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anastasia Potapova who should win in 3 sets.
Anastasia Potapova -> 1.71
Caty McNally -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Potapova vs. Caty McNally
There is no head to head record between Anastasia Potapova and Caty McNally since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Anastasia Potapova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-22 | 15-13 | 6-5 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-21 | 11-14 | 7-4 | 7-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-24 | 14-14 | 18-7 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-23 | 11-11 | 3-5 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21 (career-high), Anastasia reached the 2nd round after defeating Marta Kostyuk 6-76 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round against Kostyuk, Potapova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-5 6-4). During the match, Potapova scored 119 points vs Kostyuk’s 100. Anastasia was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Potapova scored 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Anastasia Potapova was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (51/64) of her 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Russian was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kostyuk 3 times.
Potapova has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (183-124). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Potapova has an overall7-6 win-loss record in the last 9 years on grass.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Linz where she beat Petra Martic in the final 6-3 6-1.
Anastasia has a composed 23-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Caty McNally
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-5 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-13 | 5-6 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 7-9 | 1-6 | 17-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-20 | 10-11 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-14 | 9-9 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 64, Caty reached the 2nd round after defeating Lauren Davis 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, McNally had a good straight sets win against Davis (6-1 7-5). During the match McNally scored 71 points vs Davis’s 46. McNally was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, McNally struck 5 aces and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Caty McNally lost the serve once. Furthermore, McNally put 74% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Davis 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Paris.
The American has an overall 16-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Potapova | McNally |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 19 |
| Pts | 119-100 | 71-46 |
| Total Points | 219 | 117 |
| Winners | 51 | 24 |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% |
Both Potapova and McNally played 1 match. At the moment, Anastasia Potapova lost 1 set while Caty McNally hasn’t dropped a set so far. Potapova has played 1 set more than McNally (3 vs 2). Therefore, Potapova played 16 games more than McNally. Anastasia scored 51 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, McNally struck 24 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Potapova | McNally |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 64/108 | 35/47 |
| %1st in | 59% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 51/64 | 24/35 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 10/12 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 83% |
Potapova fired 2 aces . McNally bagged 5 aces . Potapova won 80% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, McNally won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 83% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Potapova | McNally |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 100% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Russian broke her opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. McNally broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Potapova | |||
| R1 Kostyuk | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 119-100 | 119-100 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 64/108 | 64/108 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 51/64 | 51/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| McNally | |||
| R1 Davis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-46 | 71-46 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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- Baptiste CrepatteCrepatte – Javier Pulgar-GarciaPulgar-Garcia (3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco VilardoVilardo – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (7-5 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vladyslav OrlovOrlov – Daniil KlimovKlimov (7-68 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yan SabaninSabanin – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Denys MolchanovMolchanov (4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (2-0) – H2H and prediction