Iga Swiatek and Anna Blinkova will square off in the quarter of the Bad Homburg Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.101
Anna Blinkova -> 6.95

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Anna Blinkova

There is no head to head record between Iga Swiatek and Anna Blinkova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Iga Swiatek

Currently world no. 1 the Pole got to the quarter after defeating Tatjana Maria 5-7 6-2 6-0 and Jil Teichmann 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Belen Teichmann (6-3 6-1). During the match, Swiatek scored 60 points vs Belen Teichmann’s 36. Iga was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Swiatek couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Iga Swiatek conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 75% of her first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Belen Teichmann 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Iga has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 60% of the points she played.

Swiatek has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 80% of her matches (254-62). 2-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Swiatek has a composed11-6 record in the last 8 years on grass.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Doha where she beat Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Stuttgart where she overcame Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-3 6-4 and at the French Open where she beat Karolina Muchova in the final 6-2 5-7 6-4.

Swiatek has a composed 37-6 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Bad Homburg

Swiatek has never competed in this tournament before.

Anna Blinkova

Ranked no. 39 (career-high), Blinkova reached the quarter after defeating Sabine Lisicki 3-6 6-1 7-5 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Annie Fernandez (7-5 6-2). During the match Blinkova scored 77 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 65. Blinkova was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Blinkova fired 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Blinkova broke Annie Fernandez 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Blinkova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Strasbourg.

Blinkova has a composed 22-16 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Bad Homburg

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd

round in 2021. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Swiatek	Blinkova
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	42	48
Pts	151-101	171-145
Total Points	252	316
Winners	74	62
%Winners	49%	36%

Both Swiatek and Blinkova played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Iga Swiatek lost 1 set, while Anna Blinkova surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Swiatek and Blinkova have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Swiatek played 6 games less than Blinkova. The Pole scored 74 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Blinkova scored 62 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Swiatek	Blinkova
Aces	2	9
Avg per match	1	4.5
1st in	100/127	85/146
%1st in	79%	58%
1st pts	74/100	62/85
%1st pts	74%	73%
2nd pts	14/27	30/61
%2nd pts	52%	49%

Swiatek bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Blinkova made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Swiatek won 74% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Swiatek	Blinkova
Won	10	10
Converted	10/15	10/28
% Converted	67%	36%
Conceded	7	13
Saved	5	8
% Saved	71%	62%
Times Broken	2	5

Iga broke her opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Pole surrendered her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Anna broke her opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. Blinkova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.

Swiatek
	R1 Maria	R2 Belen Teichmann	Total
Score	5-7 6-2 6-0	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	26	16	42
pts	91-65	60-36	151-101
Total points	156	96	252
Winners	41	33	74
%Winners	45%	55%	49%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	58/71	42/56	100/127
% 1st in	82%	75%	79%
1st pts	41/58	33/42	74/100
% 1st pts	71%	79%	74%
2nd pts	8/13	6/14	14/27
% 2nd pts	62%	43%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/10	4/5	10/15
Converted %	60%	80%	67%
Conceded	2	5	7
Saved	0/2	5/5	5
Saved %	0%	100%	50%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Blinkova
	R1 Lisicki	R2 Annie	Total
Score	3-6 6-1 7-5	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	28	20	48
pts	94-80	77-65	171-145
Total points	174	142	316
Winners	35	27	62
%Winners	37%	35%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	5	9
Double Faults	5	5	10
1st in	49/90	36/56	85/146
% 1st in	54%	64%	58%
1st pts	35/49	27/36	62/85
% 1st pts	71%	75%	73%
2nd pts	22/41	8/20	30/61
% 2nd pts	54%	40%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/17	10/28
Converted %	45%	29%	36%
Conceded	9	4	13
Saved	6/9	2/4	8
Saved %	67%	50%	59%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Tennis Scores in Bad Homburg

• Ingrid Neel/Fang-Hsien WuNeel/Fang-Hsien Wu – Sophie Chang/Angela KulikovChang/Angela Kulikov (7-6¹ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Axel MichonMichon – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro CachinCachin – Jordi Samper-MontanaSamper-Montana (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Marc GinerGiner (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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