Simona Waltert and Anastasia Zakharova will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on Court 14. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anastasia Zakharova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anastasia Zakharova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Zakharova -> 1.88
Simona Waltert -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Simona Waltert vs. Anastasia Zakharova
There is no head to head record between Simona Waltert and Anastasia Zakharova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Simona Waltert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 3-2 | 9-9 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-10 | 12-8 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 9-8 | 23-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 13-5 | 19-14 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 6-1 |
| 2020 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 166, Simona got to the qualifications after defeating Petra Marcinko 6-1 6-1 and Marina Bassols Ribera 2-6 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Bassols Ribera, Waltert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-3). During the match, Waltert scored 80 points vs Bassols Ribera’s 65. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Waltert managed to score 9 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Simona Waltert lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Waltert put 67% of her first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Bassols Ribera 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Waltert started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 59% of the points she played.
Waltert has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (222-146). 3-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Waltert has a composed61-40 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Simona has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Anastasia Zakharova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-12 | 7-4 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-24 | 41-17 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-22 | 26-8 | 3-10 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-25 | 13-10 | 9-8 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 191, Anastasia got to the qualifications after defeating Jana Kolodynska 6-1 6-3 and Rebecca Peterson 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Anastasia defeated Peterson (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Zakharova scored less points (5) than Peterson. In fact, the world no. 166 won 95 points vs Peterson’s. That means that Zakharova was more focused during the important points. Zakharova was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Zakharova recorded 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Anastasia Zakharova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zakharova put 66% of her first serves in, winning 55% (39/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. Anastasia broke Peterson 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Zakharova has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Waltert | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 44 |
| Pts | 135-92 | 163-141 |
| Total Points | 227 | 304 |
| Winners | 49 | 68 |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% |
Both Waltert and Zakharova played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Waltert surrendered 1 set, while Anastasia Zakharova surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Waltert and Zakharova have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Waltert played 6 games less than Zakharova. Simona scored 49 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Zakharova blasted 68 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Waltert | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 68/103 | 108/151 |
| %1st in | 66% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 49/68 | 68/108 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 25/43 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 58% |
Waltert managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Zakharova blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Waltert won 72% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Zakharova won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Waltert | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 52% | 53% |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 56% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Swiss broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Zakharova broke her opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Zakharova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Waltert | ||||
| Q1 Marcinko |
Q2 Bassols |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 24 | 38 | |
| pts | 55-27 | 80-65 | 135-92 | |
| Total points | 82 | 145 | 227 | |
| Winners | 20 | 29 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 22/34 | 46/69 | 68/103 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 29/46 | 49/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 63% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 13/23 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 57% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/11 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 55% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Zakharova | ||||
| Q1 Kolodynska |
Q2 Peterson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 44 | |
| pts | 68-41 | 95-100 | 163-141 | |
| Total points | 109 | 195 | 304 | |
| Winners | 29 | 39 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/44 | 71/107 | 108/151 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 66% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 39/71 | 68/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 55% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/7 | 21/36 | 25/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/6 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 67% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 43% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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