Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will clash against each other in the quarter of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on Center Court. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.53
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova -> 2.51

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

This will be the 2^nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Alexandrova won 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Linz back in 2018.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ranked no. 21, the Russian got to the quarter after beating Anna Kalinskaya 6-7⁷ 6-1 7-5 and Liudmila Samsonova 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-4 6-2). During the match, Alexandrova scored 63 points vs Samsonova’s 43. Ekaterina was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alexandrova fired 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of her 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Samsonova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ekaterina has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Alexandrova has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (300-189). 16-10 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Alexandrova has a composed89-70 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hertogenbosch where she beat Veronika Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(3).

The Russian has a compiled 32-18 win-loss record in 2023, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Alexandrova has never competed in this tournament before.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Ranked no. 86, Pavlyuchenkova got to the quarter after beating Donna Vekic 6-1 6-1 and Linda Noskova 6-3 4-6 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian defeated Noskova (6-3 4-6 6-0). During the match Pavlyuchenkova scored 100 points vs Noskova’s 80. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Pavlyuchenkova blasted 7 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (31/36) of her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Anastasia broke Noskova 5 times after converting 25% of her break points (5/20).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pavlyuchenkova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

Anastasia’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Contrexeville.

The Russian has an aggregate 21-14 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alexandrova	Pavlyuchenkova
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	50	39
Pts	173-138	165-117
Total Points	311	282
Winners	69	55
%Winners	40%	33%

Both Alexandrova and Pavlyuchenkova played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded 1 set, while Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Alexandrova and Pavlyuchenkova have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Alexandrova played 11 games more than Pavlyuchenkova. The Russian scored 69 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova bagged 55 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alexandrova	Pavlyuchenkova
Aces	21	11
Avg per match	10.5	5.5
1st in	90/158	63/123
%1st in	57%	51%
1st pts	69/90	55/63
%1st pts	77%	87%
2nd pts	34/68	27/60
%2nd pts	50%	45%

Alexandrova blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Pavlyuchenkova made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Alexandrova won 77% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova won 87% 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	Pavlyuchenkova
Won	10	11
Converted	10/19	11/29
% Converted	53%	38%
Conceded	8	12
Saved	4	10
% Saved	50%	83%
Times Broken	4	2

Alexandrova broke her opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.

Alexandrova
	R1 Kalinskaya	R2 Samsonova	Total
Score	6-77 6-1 7-5	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	32	18	50
pts	110-95	63-43	173-138
Total points	205	106	311
Winners	44	25	69
%Winners	40%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	14	7	21
Double Faults	9	4	13
1st in	57/101	33/57	90/158
% 1st in	56%	58%	57%
1st pts	44/57	25/33	69/90
% 1st pts	77%	76%	77%
2nd pts	20/44	14/24	34/68
% 2nd pts	45%	58%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/14	4/5	10/19
Converted %	43%	80%	53%
Conceded	3	5	8
Saved	0/3	4/5	4
Saved %	0%	80%	40%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Pavlyuchenkova
	R1 Vekic	R2 Noskova	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-3 4-6 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	14	25	39
pts	65-37	100-80	165-117
Total points	102	180	282
Winners	24	31	55
%Winners	37%	31%	33%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	11
Double Faults	8	8	16
1st in	27/50	36/73	63/123
% 1st in	54%	49%	51%
1st pts	24/27	31/36	55/63
% 1st pts	89%	86%	87%
2nd pts	8/23	19/37	27/60
% 2nd pts	35%	51%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/9	5/20	11/29
Converted %	67%	25%	38%
Conceded	6	6	12
Saved	5/6	5/6	10
Saved %	83%	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Ulrikke Eikeri/Ingrid NeelEikeri/Ingrid Neel – Shuko Aoyama/Ena ShibaharaAoyama/Ena Shibahara (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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