Emma Navarro and Yue Yuan will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Hobart International for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 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 Emma Navarro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emma Navarro is the pick to win this match.
Emma Navarro -> 1.444
Yue Yuan -> 2.78

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Prediction and head to head Emma Navarro vs. Yue Yuan

This will be the 3^rd time that Emma Navarro and Yue Yuan square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Navarro (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Navarro won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in the W100 Charleston back in 2023.

Emma Navarro

Ranked no. 31 (career-high), Navarro got to the semifinal after beating Clara Burel 4-6 6-3 6-3, Magdalena Frech 6-3 6-3 and Viktoriya Tomova 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Tomova, Navarro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Navarro scored 98 points vs Tomova’s 84. Emma was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Navarro scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Emma Navarro lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Navarro put 65% of her first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Navarro broke Tomova 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Emma has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.

Navarro has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (155-88). 6-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Navarro has a compiled44-37 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.

The American has a compiled 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Hobart

Navarro has never competed in this tournament before.

Yue Yuan

Ranked no. 73 (career-high), the Chinese reached the semifinal after defeating Diana Shnaider 7-5 4-6 6-4, Nadia Podoroska 4-6 6-4 7-6², Sloane Stephens 6-4 3-6 7-6⁵, Xinyu Wang 7-5 6-3 and Yulia Putintseva 7-5 7-6⁴.

In the quarter, Yuan had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (7-5 7-6⁴). During the match Yuan scored 103 points vs Putintseva’s 91. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Yuan struck 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yue Yuan lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Yuan put 63% of her first serves in, winning 58% (30/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Putintseva 6 times after converting 26% of her break points (6/23).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yuan started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Yuan has a compiled 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hobart

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Navarro	Yuan
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	13
Tot Games	73	143
Pts	277-227	499-465
Total Points	504	964
Winners	121	184
%Winners	44%	37%

Navarro played 3 matches while Yuan competed in 5 matches. Yuan started her run from the qualifications while Navarro had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Emma Navarro surrendered 2 sets, while Yue Yuan conceded 3 sets. Navarro has played 5 set(s) less than Yuan (8 vs 13). Therefore, Navarro played 70 games less than Yuan. Emma scored 121 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Yue blasted 184 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Navarro	Yuan
Aces	3	19
Avg per match	1	3.8
1st in	175/255	295/465
%1st in	69%	63%
1st pts	121/175	184/295
%1st pts	69%	62%
2nd pts	35/80	90/170
%2nd pts	44%	53%

Navarro fired 3 aces (1 per match). Yuan managed to score 19 aces (3.8 per match). Navarro won 69% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Yuan won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Navarro	Yuan
Won	16	25
Converted	16/38	25/66
% Converted	42%	38%
Conceded	30	47
Saved	21	26
% Saved	70%	55%
Times Broken	9	21

Navarro broke her opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. Emma dropped her serve 9 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. Yuan broke her opponents 25 times with a 38% conversion rate. Yuan conceded her serve 21 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.

Navarro
	R1 Burel	R2 Frech	1/4 Tomova	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-3	6-3 6-3	4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	28	18	27	73
pts	111-92	68-51	98-84	277-227
Total points	203	119	182	504
Winners	49	31	41	121
%Winners	44%	46%	42%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	1	3
Double Faults	2	3	4	9
1st in	73/104	40/56	62/95	175/255
% 1st in	70%	71%	65%	69%
1st pts	49/73	31/40	41/62	121/175
% 1st pts	67%	78%	66%	69%
2nd pts	14/31	8/16	13/33	35/80
% 2nd pts	45%	50%	39%	44%
Breaks
Won	5	4	7	16
Converted	5/11	4/12	7/15	16/38
Converted %	45%	33%	47%	42%
Conceded	16	2	12	30
Saved	13/16	1/2	7/12	21
Saved %	81%	50%	58%	63%
Times Broken	3	1	5	9

Yuan
	Q1 Shnaider	Q3 Podoroska	R1 Stephens	R2 Wang	1/4 Putintseva	Total
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4	4-6 6-4 7-62	6-4 3-6 7-65	7-5 6-3	7-5 7-64
Tot Set	3	3	3	2	2	13
Tot Games	32	33	32	21	25	143
pts	101-103	118-106	115-116	62-49	103-91	499-465
Total points	204	224	231	111	194	964
Winners	40	53	35	26	30	184
%Winners	40%	45%	30%	42%	29%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	1	4	4	6	19
Double Faults	0	1	2	0	1	4
1st in	68/108	78/111	67/108	30/56	52/82	295/465
% 1st in	63%	70%	62%	54%	63%	63%
1st pts	40/68	53/78	35/67	26/30	30/52	184/295
% 1st pts	59%	68%	52%	87%	58%	62%
2nd pts	23/40	13/33	20/41	18/26	16/30	90/170
% 2nd pts	58%	39%	49%	69%	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5	7	2	6	25
Converted	5/8	5/13	7/18	2/4	6/23	25/66
Converted %	63%	38%	39%	50%	26%	38%
Conceded	12	11	13	0	11	47
Saved	8/12	6/11	6/13	0/0	6/11	26
Saved %	67%	55%	46%	–	55%	74%
Times Broken	4	5	7	0	5	21

Tennis Scores in Hobart

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• Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elise MertensMertens – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Yue YuanYuan – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-2) – H2H and prediction