Nadia Podoroska and Maria Timofeeva will face off in the semifinal of the Hungarian Grand Prix for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 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 Nadia Podoroska who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nadia Podoroska is the pick to win this match.
Nadia Podoroska -> 1.4
Maria Timofeeva -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Nadia Podoroska vs. Maria Timofeeva
There is no head to head record between Nadia Podoroska and Maria Timofeeva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nadia Podoroska
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 8-7 | 10-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 13-13 | 24-14 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 7-6 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-19 | 10-12 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 45-8 | 18-3 | 25-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 80, Nadia got to the semifinal after beating Storm Hunter 1-6 6-1 6-1, Anna Siskova 6-3 6-0 and Elina Avanesyan 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Avanesyan (6-1 6-3). During the match, Podoroska scored 66 points vs Avanesyan’s 44. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Podoroska wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 6 double faults. Nadia Podoroska lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Podoroska put 53% of her first serves in, winning 63% (19/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Avanesyan 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Podoroska has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points she played.
Podoroska has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (319-175). 18-10 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Podoroska has an aggregate 201-93 match record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the Cali where she overcame Paula Ormaechea in the final 6-4 6-2.
Nadia has a compiled 26-20 win-loss record in 2023, 18-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Budapest
Nadia has never competed in this tournament before.
Maria Timofeeva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-13 | 9-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-19 | 15-6 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-21 | 21-11 | 7-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-19 | 22-11 | 13-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 11-4 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, the Russian got to the semifinal after defeating Ulrikke Eikeri 6-3 6-2, Daria Saville 2-6 6-3 6-4, Diana Shnaider 6-1 6-1 and Kaja Juvan 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter against Juvan, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Timofeeva scored 108 points vs Juvan’s 99. Maria was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Timofeeva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Maria Timofeeva lost the serve twice and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Timofeeva put 73% of her first serves in, winning 59% (47/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Juvan 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W40 Monastir where she beat Sakura Hosogi in the final 7-5 6-4.
Maria has an aggregate 26-15 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Podoroska | Timofeeva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 84 |
| Pts | 190-131 | 337-278 |
| Total Points | 321 | 615 |
| Winners | 68 | 132 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Podoroska played 3 matches while Timofeeva competed in 4 matches. Timofeeva started her run from the qualifications while Podoroska had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nadia Podoroska conceded 1 set, while Maria Timofeeva surrendered 2 sets. Podoroska has played 3 set(s) less than Timofeeva (7 vs 10). Therefore, Podoroska played 32 games less than Timofeeva. Nadia scored 68 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Maria bagged 132 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Podoroska | Timofeeva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 98/169 | 211/311 |
| %1st in | 58% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 68/98 | 132/211 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 34/71 | 53/100 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 53% |
Podoroska made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Timofeeva managed to score 5 aces (1.3 per match). Podoroska won 69% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Timofeeva won 63% of the points behind 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 | Podoroska | Timofeeva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 21 |
| Converted | 17/23 | 21/43 |
| % Converted | 74% | 49% |
| Conceded | 12 | 39 |
| Saved | 6 | 29 |
| % Saved | 50% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 10 |
The Argentine broke her opponents 17 times with a 74% conversion rate. Podoroska conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Maria broke her opponents 21 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded.
| Podoroska | |||||
| R1 Sanders |
R2 Siskova |
1/4 Avanesyan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 15 | 16 | 52 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 58-33 | 66-44 | 190-131 | |
| Total points | 120 | 91 | 110 | 321 | |
| Winners | 24 | 25 | 19 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% | 29% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 33/52 | 30/57 | 98/169 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 63% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 25/33 | 19/30 | 68/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 9/19 | 14/27 | 34/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 47% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/7 | 6/7 | 17/23 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 71% | 86% | 74% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/2 | 3/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 50% | 60% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Timofeeva | |||||||
| Q1 Eikeri |
Q3 Siskova |
R1 Gavrilova |
R2 Shnaider |
1/4 Juvan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 3-6 7-65 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 26 | 113 | |
| pts | 78-61 | – | 95-93 | 56-25 | 108-99 | 337-278 | |
| Total points | 139 | 0 | 188 | 81 | 207 | 615 | |
| Winners | 28 | 34 | 23 | 47 | 132 | ||
| %Winners | 36% | 0% | 36% | 41% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1st in | 41/72 | / | 58/82 | 32/48 | 80/109 | 211/311 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 0% | 71% | 67% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | / | 34/58 | 23/32 | 47/80 | 132/211 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 0% | 59% | 72% | 59% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | / | 11/24 | 8/16 | 18/29 | 53/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 0% | 46% | 50% | 62% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | ||
| Converted | 5/12 | / | 6/15 | 6/7 | 4/9 | 21/43 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 0% | 40% | 86% | 44% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 39 | ||
| Saved | 10/12 | 0/ | 5/10 | 4/5 | 10/12 | 29 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 50% | 80% | 83% | 99% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
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