Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Astra Sharma will face off in the qualifications of the Hungarian Grand Prix for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Astra Sharma who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Astra Sharma is the pick to win this match.
Astra Sharma -> 1.68
Valentini Grammatikopoulou -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Valentini Grammatikopoulou vs. Astra Sharma
This will be the 2nd time that Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Astra Sharma fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Grammatikopoulou (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Grammatikopoulou won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in the Vancouver back in 2022.
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 12-21 | 1-4 | 9-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
2023 | 38-33 | 9-9 | 25-17 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 25-29 | 11-9 | 9-10 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 30-25 | 11-6 | 16-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
2020 | 18-11 | 1-2 | 8-3 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 164, the Greek got to the qualifications after defeating Adrienn Nagy 6-2 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Greek defeated Nagy (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match, Grammatikopoulou scored 83 points vs Nagy’s 73. The Greek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Grammatikopoulou bagged 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Valentini Grammatikopoulou lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Grammatikopoulou put 62% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. The Greek broke Nagy 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Grammatikopoulou has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (304-215). 17-7 on clay in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Grammatikopoulou has an aggregate138-87 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W25 Santa Margherita di Pula where she beat Kathinka Von Deichmann in the final 6-4 6-1 and the W40 Otocec where she beat Rebecca Sramkova in the final 6-4 6-4.
Valentini has a composed 23-18 win-loss record in 2023, 17-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Budapest
Grammatikopoulou has never competed in this tournament before.
Astra Sharma
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 11-23 | 3-6 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 42-20 | 16-8 | 25-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 19-26 | 11-18 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 25-21 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 9-12 | 5-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 255, Sharma reached the qualifications after defeating Rebeka Stolmar 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, Astra had a good straight sets win against Stolmar (6-1 6-0). During the match Sharma scored 55 points vs Stolmar’s 26. Sharma was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Sharma couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Astra Sharma was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Astra broke Stolmar 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W40 Ystad and the W60 Montpellier.
Astra has a compiled 25-12 win-loss record in 2023, 18-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Grammatikopoulou | Sharma |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 27 | 13 |
Pts | 83-73 | 55-26 |
Total Points | 156 | 81 |
Winners | 33 | 21 |
%Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Grammatikopoulou and Sharma played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Valentini Grammatikopoulou conceded 1 set while Astra Sharma hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Grammatikopoulou has played 1 set more than Sharma (3 vs 2). Therefore, Grammatikopoulou played 14 games more than Sharma. Grammatikopoulou scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Sharma scored 21 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Grammatikopoulou | Sharma |
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Aces | 2 | 0 |
Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
1st in | 48/78 | 24/41 |
%1st in | 62% | 59% |
1st pts | 33/48 | 21/24 |
%1st pts | 69% | 88% |
2nd pts | 13/30 | 9/17 |
%2nd pts | 43% | 53% |
Grammatikopoulou made 2 aces . Sharma didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Grammatikopoulou won 69% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Sharma won 88% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Grammatikopoulou | Sharma |
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Won | 6 | 5 |
Converted | 6/9 | 5/9 |
% Converted | 67% | 56% |
Conceded | 7 | 0 |
Saved | 3 | 0 |
% Saved | 43% | 0% |
Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Valentini broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Valentini surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Astra broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sharma was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
Grammatikopoulou | |||
Q1 Nagy |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
pts | 83-73 | 83-73 | |
Total points | 156 | 156 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
1st in | 48/78 | 48/78 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
1st pts | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
% 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
% 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Sharma | |||
Q1 Stolmar |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
pts | 55-26 | 55-26 | |
Total points | 81 | 81 | |
Winners | 21 | 21 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 24/41 | 24/41 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
% 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
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