Barbora Krejcikova and Petra Martic will face off in the 2nd round of the Zhengzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.38
Petra Martic -> 3.05
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Petra Martic
This will be the 2nd time that Barbora Krejcikova and Petra Martic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Martic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Martic won 6-3 7-6(1) in the 4th round in Madrid back in May 2023.
Highlights Petra Martic vs Barbora Krejcikova – Madrid 01-May-2023
Barbora Krejcikova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 22-11 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-15 | 12-10 | 2-3 | 9-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 27-13 | 15-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 7-4 | 9-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Barbora will start her run in Zhengzhou after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Andreeva in the 1st round on the 1st of October.
Barbora has an aggregate 29-17 win-loss record in 2023, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Dubai where she overcame Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-2 and in San Diego where she defeated Sofia Kenin in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, Krejcikova has an overall 386-206 record. She has a positive 110-79 record on hard.
Previously in Zhengzhou
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
Petra Martic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-8 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-22 | 8-13 | 6-4 | 5-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-21 | 11-10 | 18-6 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-21 | 7-12 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after defeating Magda Linette 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round, Martic had a good straight sets win against Linette (7-65 6-1). During the match Martic scored 73 points vs Linette’s 57. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Martic recorded 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Petra Martic was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of her 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Linette 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Martic’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Linz.
Petra has a composed 24-21 win-loss record in 2023, 8-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Petra MarticMartic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Qinwen ZhengZheng (2-0) – H2H and prediction
