Ekaterina Alexandrova and Sara Sorribes Tormo will square off in the final of the Tennis in the Land for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.68
Sara Sorribes Tormo -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Sara Sorribes Tormo face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sorribes Tormo (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Sorribes Tormo won 6-4 7-6(6) in the qualifications in Linz back in 2016.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-12 | 9-7 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, Ekaterina got to the final after defeating Patricia Maria Tig 6-1 6-4, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-62 6-3, Xinyu Wang 5-7 6-0 7-5 and Lin Zhu 7-5 6-2.
In the semifinal, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Zhu (7-5 6-2). During the match, Alexandrova scored 73 points vs Zhu’s 54. Ekaterina was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova fired 7 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of her 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Alexandrova broke Zhu 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has lost 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points she played.
Alexandrova has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (295-185). 11-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has an aggregate84-66 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(3).
Ekaterina has a compiled 27-14 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cleveland
Sara Sorribes Tormo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-12 | 2-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-17 | 10-6 | 17-9 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-18 | 9-10 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 24-11 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 4-7 | 9-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 95, Sorribes Tormo got to the final after defeating Asia Muhammad 6-1 6-2, Katerina Siniakova 6-2 4-0 ret., Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1, Sloane Stephens 6-1 6-3 and Tatjana Maria 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal, Sorribes Tormo had a good straight sets win against Maria (6-4 6-3). During the match Sorribes Tormo scored 69 points vs Maria’s 58. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Sorribes Tormo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Sara Sorribes Tormo lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sorribes Tormo put 77% of her first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 31% (4/13) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Maria 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sara started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points she played.
Sara’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W100 Madrid.
Sorribes Tormo has a composed 23-12 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cleveland
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 89 | 79 |
| Pts | 314-238 | 301-208 |
| Total Points | 552 | 509 |
| Winners | 124 | 107 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Alexandrova played 4 matches while Sorribes Tormo competed in 5 matches. Sorribes Tormo started her run from the qualifications while Alexandrova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded 1 set while Sara Sorribes Tormo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alexandrova has played 2 set(s) less than Sorribes Tormo (9 vs 11). However, it’s interesting to notice that Alexandrova played 10 games more than Sorribes Tormo. The Russian scored 124 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Sorribes Tormo recorded 107 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0.4 |
| 1st in | 162/286 | 161/237 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 124/162 | 107/161 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 63/124 | 34/76 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 45% |
Alexandrova fired 28 aces (7 per match). Sorribes Tormo made 2 aces (0.4 per match). Alexandrova won 77% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sorribes Tormo won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Sorribes Tormo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 30 |
| Converted | 17/26 | 30/53 |
| % Converted | 65% | 57% |
| Conceded | 18 | 23 |
| Saved | 11 | 12 |
| % Saved | 61% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 11 |
The Russian broke her opponents 17 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve 7 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded. Sorribes Tormo broke her opponents 30 times with a 57% conversion rate. Sorribes Tormo conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 52% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | ||||||
| R1 Maria Tig |
R2 Sasnovich |
1/4 Wang |
1/2 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-62 6-3 | 5-7 6-0 7-5 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 89 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 81-63 | 95-78 | 73-54 | 314-238 | |
| Total points | 108 | 144 | 173 | 127 | 552 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% | 36% | 38% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 32 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 42/78 | 46/87 | 36/57 | 162/286 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 54% | 53% | 63% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/42 | 34/46 | 28/36 | 124/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 74% | 74% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 16/36 | 21/41 | 12/21 | 63/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 51% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/6 | 6/8 | 4/7 | 17/26 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 75% | 57% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 1/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 50% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Sorribes Tormo | ||||||||
| Q1 Muhammad |
Q3 Burel |
R1 Siniakova |
R2 Kudermetova |
1/4 Stephens |
1/2 Maria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | 6-2 4-0 ret. | 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 105 | |
| pts | 62-42 | – | 49-27 | 66-50 | 55-31 | 69-58 | 301-208 | |
| Total points | 104 | 0 | 76 | 116 | 86 | 127 | 509 | |
| Winners | 19 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 107 | ||
| %Winners | 31% | 0% | 35% | 39% | 29% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | ||
| 1st in | 27/41 | / | 24/36 | 39/59 | 27/44 | 44/57 | 161/237 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 0% | 67% | 66% | 61% | 77% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | / | 17/24 | 26/39 | 16/27 | 29/44 | 107/161 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 0% | 71% | 67% | 59% | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | / | 6/12 | 10/20 | 6/17 | 4/13 | 34/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 0% | 50% | 50% | 35% | 31% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 30 | ||
| Converted | 6/16 | / | 5/5 | 5/7 | 8/12 | 6/13 | 30/53 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 0% | 100% | 71% | 67% | 46% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | ||
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/ | 2/3 | 3/5 | 2/6 | 3/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 67% | 60% | 33% | 50% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||
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