Jessica Pegula and Yanina Wickmayer will play each other in the semifinal of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.25
Yanina Wickmayer -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Yanina Wickmayer
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Yanina Wickmayer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-6 | 11-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, Pegula reached the semifinal after beating Viktoria Hruncakova 6-2 6-4, Ashlyn Krueger 6-3 6-1 and Claire Liu 4-6 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter against Liu, Pegula recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-0). During the match, Pegula scored 108 points vs Liu’s 90. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pegula fired 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 60% of her first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Jessica broke Liu 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (293-165). 39-11 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Pegula has an overall 180-89 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where she defeated Martina Trevisan in the final 6-4 6-2 and in Montreal where she beat Liudmila Samsonova in the final 6-1 6-0.
Jessica has a compiled 53-17 win-loss record in 2023, 39-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Pegula has never competed in this tournament before.
Yanina Wickmayer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-9 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-20 | 11-7 | 7-2 | 19-8 | 12-2 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 26-20 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 10-8 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 83, the Belgian got to the semifinal after defeating En Shuo Liang 6-3 6-4, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 7-66 and Polina Kudermetova 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Yanina had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-3 6-1). During the match Wickmayer scored 62 points vs Kudermetova’s 40. Wickmayer was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Wickmayer couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Yanina Wickmayer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Yanina broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yanina hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W40 Tallinn where she overcame Lina Gjorcheska in the final 6-1 2-0 ret. and the W100 Trnava where she overcame Greetje Minnen in the final 6-0 6-3 and the W100 Surbiton where she defeated Katie Swan in the final 2-6 6-4 7-6(1).
Yanina has a compiled 49-18 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Wickmayer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 57 |
| Pts | 233-170 | 225-185 |
| Total Points | 403 | 410 |
| Winners | 85 | 87 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Pegula and Wickmayer played 3 matches. At the moment, Jessica Pegula conceded 1 set while Yanina Wickmayer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pegula has played 1 set more than Wickmayer (7 vs 6). Therefore, Pegula played 2 games more than Wickmayer. Pegula scored 85 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian made 87 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Wickmayer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 112/200 | 127/206 |
| %1st in | 56% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 85/112 | 87/127 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 41/88 | 38/79 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 48% |
Pegula fired 6 aces (2 per match). Wickmayer blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Pegula won 76% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Wickmayer won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Wickmayer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 13 |
| Converted | 17/34 | 13/32 |
| % Converted | 50% | 41% |
| Conceded | 19 | 20 |
| Saved | 13 | 15 |
| % Saved | 68% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
The American broke her opponents 17 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jessica lost her serve 6 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded. The Belgian broke her opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Yanina conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||||
| R1 Kuzmova |
R2 Krueger |
1/4 Liu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | 4-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 25 | 59 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 64-40 | 108-90 | 233-170 | |
| Total points | 101 | 104 | 198 | 403 | |
| Winners | 21 | 22 | 42 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 24/51 | 28/49 | 60/100 | 112/200 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 57% | 60% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 22/28 | 42/60 | 85/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 79% | 70% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 11/21 | 16/40 | 41/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 40% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/10 | 7/16 | 17/34 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 4/5 | 9/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 75% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Wickmayer | |||||
| R1 Shuo |
R2 Alexandrova |
1/4 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 7-66 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 16 | 57 | |
| pts | 75-67 | 88-78 | 62-40 | 225-185 | |
| Total points | 142 | 166 | 102 | 410 | |
| Winners | 30 | 36 | 21 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 59/89 | 26/51 | 127/206 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 66% | 51% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 36/59 | 21/26 | 87/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 61% | 81% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/24 | 17/30 | 13/25 | 38/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 57% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 3/9 | 5/10 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 75% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLLLLLL Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Emina BektasBektas – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Claire LiuLiu (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 7-6(7)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yue YuanYuan – Emina BektasBektas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
