Aryna Sabalenka and Varvara Gracheva will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of Wimbledon for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.084
Varvara Gracheva -> 7.7

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Varvara Gracheva

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Aryna Sabalenka

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), the Belarussian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Panna Udvardy 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Udvardy (6-3 6-1). During the match, Sabalenka scored 62 points vs Udvardy’s 37. Aryna was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sabalenka fired 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Aryna Sabalenka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of her 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belarussian broke Udvardy 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Sabalenka has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 67% of her matches (299-147). 2-1 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sabalenka has a compiled29-17 record in the last 8 years on grass.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Adelaide where she overcame Linda Noskova in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and at the Australian Open where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and in Madrid where she defeated Iga Swiatek in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.

The Belarussian has a compiled 36-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 41 (career-high), Gracheva reached the 2^nd round after defeating Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Giorgi (6-2 6-4). During the match Gracheva scored 76 points vs Giorgi’s 56. Varvara was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Gracheva blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Varvara Gracheva was very efficient on serve to win 75% (27/36) of her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Varvara broke Giorgi 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Gracheva’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Austin.

Gracheva has an aggregate 31-19 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sabalenka	Gracheva
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	18
Pts	62-37	76-56
Total Points	99	132
Winners	21	27
%Winners	34%	36%

Both Sabalenka and Gracheva played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sabalenka and Gracheva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sabalenka played 2 games less than Gracheva. The Belarussian scored 21 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Varvara bagged 27 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sabalenka	Gracheva
Aces	8	5
Avg per match	8	5
1st in	26/43	36/64
%1st in	60%	56%
1st pts	21/26	27/36
%1st pts	81%	75%
2nd pts	12/17	16/28
%2nd pts	71%	57%

Sabalenka managed to score 8 aces . Gracheva fired 5 aces . Sabalenka won 81% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sabalenka	Gracheva
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/12
% Converted	57%	33%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	2	5
% Saved	100%	83%
Times Broken	0	1

The Belarussian broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Sabalenka very solid her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The French player broke her opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
	R1 Udvardy	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	62-37	62-37
Total points	99	99
Winners	21	21
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	26/43	26/43
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	21/26	21/26
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	12/17	12/17
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Gracheva
	R1 Giorgi	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	76-56	76-56
Total points	132	132
Winners	27	27
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	36/64	36/64
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	27/36	27/36
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	16/28	16/28
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

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