Marina Bassols Ribera and Natalija Stevanovic will square off in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Natalija Stevanovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Natalija Stevanovic is the pick to win this match.
Natalija Stevanovic -> 1.69
Marina Bassols Ribera -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Marina Bassols Ribera vs. Natalija Stevanovic
This will be the 2nd time that Marina Bassols Ribera and Natalija Stevanovic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kostic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kostic won 7-6(1) 7-5 in the 1st round in Bogota back in April 2023.
Highlights Natalija Stevanovic vs Marina Bassols Ribera – Bogota 03-April-2023
Marina Bassols Ribera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 3-4 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 33-29 | 10-13 | 11-10 | 10-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-25 | 25-12 | 17-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 43-31 | 20-12 | 15-13 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-11 | 11-4 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Lucie Havlickova 7-64 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Havlickova (7-64 6-3). During the match, Bassols Ribera scored 76 points vs Havlickova’s 68. Marina was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bassols Ribera wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Marina Bassols Ribera lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bassols Ribera put 68% of her first serves in, winning 63% (36/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Bassols Ribera broke Havlickova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Bassols Ribera has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (253-168). 1-1 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bassols Ribera has an aggregate1-1 record in the last 8 years on grass.
Bassols Ribera’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Valencia.
The Spaniard has an overall 13-18 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Bassols Ribera has never competed in this tournament before.
Natalija Stevanovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-17 | 2-6 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-27 | 8-12 | 8-6 | 2-4 | 8-4 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 40-25 | 19-10 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-25 | 9-8 | 3-9 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 223, Kostic reached the qualifications after beating Valentini Grammatikopoulou 6-2 6-1 and Elizabeth Mandlik 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Natalija had a good straight sets win against Grammatikopoulou (6-2 6-1). During the match Kostic scored 54 points vs Grammatikopoulou’s 24. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Kostic managed to score 3 aces and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Natalija Stevanovic lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kostic put 55% of her first serves in, winning 70% (16/23) of the points behind her 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the 2nd serve. Natalija was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Grammatikopoulou 5 times.
The Serbian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Bellinzona.
Kostic has an aggregate 13-15 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bassols Ribera | Kostic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 31 |
| Pts | 153-131 | 115-67 |
| Total Points | 284 | 182 |
| Winners | 65 | 44 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Bassols Ribera and Kostic played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bassols Ribera and Kostic have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Bassols Ribera played 9 games more than Kostic. Marina scored 65 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian made 44 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bassols Ribera | Kostic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 105/162 | 58/97 |
| %1st in | 65% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 65/105 | 44/58 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 29/57 | 23/39 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 59% |
Bassols Ribera managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kostic also recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Bassols Ribera won 62% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kostic won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bassols Ribera | Kostic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 69% | 75% |
| Conceded | 19 | 4 |
| Saved | 14 | 3 |
| % Saved | 74% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Bassols Ribera broke her opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Marina lost her serve 5 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded. Natalija broke her opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Natalija conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bassols Ribera | |||
| Q1 Havlickova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-68 | 76-68 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/84 | 57/84 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 36/57 | 36/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kostic | |||
| Q1 Grammatikopoulou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-24 | 54-24 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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