Anna Kalinskaya and Ashlyn Krueger will play each other in the quarter of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on Center. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Kalinskaya who should win in 3 sets.
Anna Kalinskaya -> 1.48
Ashlyn Krueger -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Anna Kalinskaya vs. Ashlyn Krueger
There is no head to head record between Anna Kalinskaya and Ashlyn Krueger since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Anna Kalinskaya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-21 | 16-14 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-19 | 28-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-18 | 16-15 | 7-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-20 | 22-10 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 19-12 | 3-7 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, Kalinskaya reached the quarter after defeating Jule Niemeier 6-4 6-4 and Harriet Dart 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Dart (7-65 6-2). During the match, Kalinskaya scored 70 points vs Dart’s 60. Kalinskaya was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kalinskaya wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Anna Kalinskaya lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kalinskaya put 63% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Anna broke Dart 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kalinskaya hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Kalinskaya has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (250-154). 11-10 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kalinskaya has an aggregate 124-62 match record in the last years on hard.
Anna has a compiled 18-13 win-loss record in 2023, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
Anna has never competed in this tournament before.
Ashlyn Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 18-17 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-26 | 19-17 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 26-15 | 8-6 | 2-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 23-17 | 10-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-14 | 10-11 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, the American reached the quarter after defeating Kateryna Baindl 6-2 6-3 and Jessika Ponchet 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Krueger had a good straight sets win against Ponchet (6-4 6-1). During the match Krueger scored 74 points vs Ponchet’s 53. Ashlyn was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Krueger was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ashlyn Krueger was very effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Ashlyn broke Ponchet 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ashlyn hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the Gaiba where she beat Tatjana Maria in the final 3-6 6-4 7-5.
The American has an overall 37-22 win-loss record in 2023, 20-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kalinskaya | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 34 |
| Pts | 141-115 | 138-97 |
| Total Points | 256 | 235 |
| Winners | 56 | 57 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Kalinskaya and Krueger played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kalinskaya and Krueger have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kalinskaya played 7 games more than Krueger. Anna scored 56 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 57 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kalinskaya | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 79/120 | 78/106 |
| %1st in | 66% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 56/79 | 57/78 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 20/41 | 16/28 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 57% |
Kalinskaya recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Krueger blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Kalinskaya won 71% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 73% of the points behind 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 | Kalinskaya | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/12 | 8/22 |
| % Converted | 75% | 36% |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 55% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The Russian broke her opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. Krueger broke her opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ashlyn conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kalinskaya | ||||
| R1 Niemeier | R2 Dart | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 70-60 | 141-115 | |
| Total points | 126 | 130 | 256 | |
| Winners | 29 | 27 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 41/65 | 79/120 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 27/41 | 56/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/24 | 20/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 42% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/7 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 86% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 33% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Krueger | ||||
| R1 Kozlova | R2 Ponchet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 74-53 | 138-97 | |
| Total points | 108 | 127 | 235 | |
| Winners | 27 | 30 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/53 | 40/53 | 78/106 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 75% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 30/40 | 57/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 7/13 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/13 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 31% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Michal KonecnyKonecny – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (7-65 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jonathan KanarKanar – Clement GeensGeens (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Leny MitjanaMitjana (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lin ZhuZhu – Elizabeth MandlikMandlik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mai HontamaHontama – Arianne HartonoHartono (0-1) – H2H and prediction