Katerina Siniakova defeats Lucia Bronzetti 6-2 7-6(5) in the final in Bad Homburg on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. This is the first time that Siniakova conquered this tournament. Her best result in this competition so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when her history at this event.
The Czech added $ 12,170 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned $ 29,760 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Katerina Siniakova vs. Lucia Bronzetti Bad Homburg Open – Bad Homburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:36
At the end of the match, Siniakova scored 65 points vs. Bronzetti’s 64.
Siniakova
The Czech was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).
Bronzetti
On the other side, the Italian was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that she conquered points (3/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Siniakova and Bronzetti is 1-0 for Katerina.
This was the 4th career title for Katerina. She won the previous title in Bad Homburg. (see list of titles and finals). The Italian remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Rabat 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Siniakova conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Lucia Bronzetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Siniakova reinforced her lead after breaking Lucia in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Katerina failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
The Czech was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (1-6 0-40).
They played 51 points. Siniakova was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Lucia (28-23). The Czech surrendered 13 points on serve (17-13). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
The Czech won the set after she broke Lucia in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, Siniakova stayed solid to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
The Czech won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 2nd (2-0), 5th (4-1), 6th (5-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Italian won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 7th (2-5) and 11th (5-6) point.
Siniakova won the tiebreak 7-5 after she conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Czech converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Lucia converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40), the 7th (2-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40).
They played 80 points. It’s worth to point out that, Katerina won this set even if she scored less points 6 than Lucia (37-43). The Czech dropped 23 points on serve (18-23). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).
