Yulia Starodubtsewa and Gabriela Andrea Knutson will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on Court 17. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yulia Starodubtsewa who should win in 3 sets.
Yulia Starodubtsewa -> 1.69
Gabriela Andrea Knutson -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Yulia Starodubtsewa vs. Gabriela Andrea Knutson
This will be the 2nd time that Yulia Starodubtsewa and Gabriela Andrea Knutson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Andrea Knutson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Andrea Knutson won 7-5 7-6(6) in the 1st round in the W60 Rome back in 2023.
Yulia Starodubtsewa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-26 | 26-15 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-17 | 20-5 | 19-10 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Starodubtsewa reached the qualifications after defeating Martina Capurro Taborda 6-3 6-0 and Harriet Dart 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Starodubtsewa had a good straight sets win against Dart (6-4 6-4). During the match, Starodubtsewa scored 70 points vs Dart’s 60. Yulia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Starodubtsewa managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Yulia Starodubtsewa lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtsewa put 41% of her first serves in, winning 71% (20/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Starodubtsewa broke Dart 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yulia started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Starodubtsewa has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of her matches (76-39). 3-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Starodubtsewa has an aggregate32-13 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Ukrainian has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriela Andrea Knutson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-29 | 27-16 | 0-4 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-23 | 33-13 | 2-3 | 19-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-17 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 168, the Czech reached the qualifications after defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam 2-6 6-1 6-2 and Raluca Georgiana Serban 6-1 5-7 6-1.
In the qualifications, Andrea Knutson defeated Georgiana Serban (6-1 5-7 6-1). During the match Andrea Knutson scored 101 points vs Georgiana Serban’s 80. Andrea Knutson was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Andrea Knutson was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Gabriela Andrea Knutson lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Andrea Knutson put 62% of her first serves in, winning 61% (36/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Andrea Knutson broke Georgiana Serban 9 times after converting 53% of her break points (9/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
The Czech has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Starodubtsewa | Andrea Knutson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 49 |
| Pts | 128-93 | 177-143 |
| Total Points | 221 | 320 |
| Winners | 40 | 68 |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% |
Both Starodubtsewa and Andrea Knutson played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gabriela Andrea Knutson surrendered 2 sets while Yulia Starodubtsewa hasn’t dropped a set so far. Starodubtsewa has played 2 set(s) less than Andrea Knutson (4 vs 6). Therefore, Starodubtsewa played 14 games less than Andrea Knutson. The Ukrainian scored 40 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 68 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Starodubtsewa | Andrea Knutson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 55/108 | 104/166 |
| %1st in | 51% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 68/104 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 29/53 | 28/62 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 45% |
Starodubtsewa made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Andrea Knutson fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Starodubtsewa won 73% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Andrea Knutson won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Starodubtsewa | Andrea Knutson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 14 |
| Converted | 10/24 | 14/28 |
| % Converted | 42% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 64% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Starodubtsewa broke her opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. Andrea Knutson conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Starodubtsewa | ||||
| Q1 Capurro Taborda | Q2 Dart | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 | 35 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 70-60 | 128-93 | |
| Total points | 91 | 130 | 221 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 29% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/40 | 28/68 | 55/108 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 41% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/28 | 40/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 20/40 | 29/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Andrea Knutson | ||||
| Q1 Friedsam | Q2 Georgiana Serban | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 5-7 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 26 | 49 | |
| pts | 76-63 | 101-80 | 177-143 | |
| Total points | 139 | 181 | 320 | |
| Winners | 32 | 36 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 45/71 | 59/95 | 104/166 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 36/59 | 68/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 61% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 16/36 | 28/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 44% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 9/17 | 14/28 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 53% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 38% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
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