Varvara Gracheva and Arantxa Rus will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 8. 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 Arantxa Rus who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arantxa Rus is the pick to win this match.
Arantxa Rus -> 1.86
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Arantxa Rus
There is no head to head record between Varvara Gracheva and Arantxa Rus since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-27 | 13-15 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-14 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39 (career-high), the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Peyton Stearns 7-63 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The French player defeated Stearns (7-63 3-6 7-5). During the match, Gracheva scored 114 points vs Stearns’s 110. Varvara was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gracheva bagged 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 8 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 63% of her first serves in, winning 54% (37/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Stearns 8 times after converting 73% of her break points (8/11).
Gracheva has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (238-164). 3-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gracheva has a composed66-62 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Varvara has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hobart
Arantxa Rus
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-33 | 14-14 | 19-13 | 2-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-22 | 10-10 | 43-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 9-10 | 29-17 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-23 | 5-9 | 33-11 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 13-8 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, Rus reached the 2nd round after defeating Linda Fruhvirtova 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the 1st round, Arantxa defeated Fruhvirtova (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match Rus scored 97 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 86. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Rus scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 63% of her first serves in, winning 60% (33/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Fruhvirtova 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
The Dutch has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hobart
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gracheva | Rus |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 30 |
| Pts | 114-110 | 97-86 |
| Total Points | 224 | 183 |
| Winners | 37 | 33 |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% |
Both Gracheva and Rus played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Varvara Gracheva surrendered 1 set, while Arantxa Rus dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gracheva and Rus have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gracheva played 4 games more than Rus. Gracheva scored 37 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch made 33 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gracheva | Rus |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 68/108 | 55/88 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 37/68 | 33/55 |
| %1st pts | 54% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 17/33 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 52% |
Gracheva recorded 2 aces . Rus fired 1 ace . Gracheva won 54% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Rus won 60% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gracheva | Rus |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 73% | 70% |
| Conceded | 15 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 47% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
The French player broke her opponent 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Gracheva surrendered her serve 8 times and she saved 47% of the break points that she conceded. Arantxa broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Rus conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gracheva | |||
| R1 Stearns |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 114-110 | 114-110 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 68/108 | 68/108 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/68 | 37/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 73% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/15 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 47% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 | |
| Rus | |||
| R1 Fruhvirtova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 97-86 | 97-86 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 55/88 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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