H2H, prediction of Sara Bejlek vs Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 12th January 2024

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Bejlek and Kerkhove will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 12th of January

Prediction and head to head Sara Bejlek vs. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

Sara Bejlek and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on Court 15. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sara Bejlek who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Sara Bejlek is the pick to win this match.
Sara Bejlek -> 1.37
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove -> 3

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Prediction and head to head Sara Bejlek vs. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

There is no head to head record between Sara Bejlek and Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Sara Bejlek

Sara Bejlek
Sara Bejlek

2 - 0win/loss

Hard
2-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
161
High
114
LWWWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-13 5-3 19-8 0-0 1-2 0-0
2023 42-19 6-5 36-13 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 34-15 7-5 27-9 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 18-9 0-0 18-9 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 134, Sara got to the qualifications after defeating Himeno Sakatsume 6-3 6-1 and Ankita Raina 6-1 7-5.

In the qualifications, Bejlek had a good straight sets win against Raina (6-1 7-5). During the match, Bejlek scored 68 points vs Raina’s 52. Sara was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bejlek wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Sara Bejlek lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bejlek put 73% of her first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Bejlek broke Raina 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sara started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points she played.

Bejlek has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 69% of her matches (96-43). 2-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bejlek has a composed15-10 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

The Czech has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Bejlek
Australian Open
Bejlek's Record

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove

2 - 0win/loss

Hard
2-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
529
High
135
LLLWLLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 9-21 3-7 4-10 0-2 0-0 2-2
2023 44-34 16-11 3-4 23-16 2-3 0-0
2022 34-32 22-14 0-2 9-11 3-5 0-0
2021 29-29 17-16 1-5 4-5 7-3 0-0
2020 9-16 4-6 2-3 3-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 235, Lesley got to the qualifications after defeating Lucrezia Stefanini 6-3 6-3 and Katarzyna Kawa 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, Kerkhove had a good straight sets win against Kawa (6-4 6-1). During the match Kerkhove scored 68 points vs Kawa’s 51. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Kerkhove was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kerkhove put 67% of her first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Lesley broke Kawa 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lesley started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points she played.

The Dutch has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See her history.

Kerkhove
Australian Open
Kerkhove's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Bejlek
L.Kerkhove
2h:19
2h:19
Time on court​
2h:34
2h:34
1h:14
1h:14
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
2
2
Match played
2
2
35
35
Games Played​
35
35
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
127
127
Total points​
132
132
63.5
63.5
Avg point​
66
66
55
55
Winners
54
54
27.5
27.5
Avg Winners​
27
27
43%
43%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
9
9
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
55/86
55/86
1st won total​
54/80
54/80
64%
64%
1st won %
68%
68%
17/31
17/31
2nd won total​
23/42
23/42
55%
55%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
10/14
10/14
BP won
9/17
9/17
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
4.5/8.5
4.5/8.5
!
71%
71%
Won
!
53%
53%
9
9
Conceded
10
10
4.5
4.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
3
3
Broken
3
3
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
6
6
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bejlek Kerkhove
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 35 35
Pts 127-95 132-97
Total Points 222 229
Winners 55 54
%Winners 43% 41%

Both Bejlek and Kerkhove played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bejlek and Kerkhove have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (35). Sara scored 55 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kerkhove scored 54 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bejlek Kerkhove
Aces 1 4
Avg per match 0.5 2
1st in 86/117 80/122
%1st in 74% 66%
1st pts 55/86 54/80
%1st pts 64% 68%
2nd pts 17/31 23/42
%2nd pts 55% 55%

Bejlek scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kerkhove also managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Bejlek won 64% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kerkhove won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bejlek Kerkhove
Won 10 9
Converted 10/14 9/17
% Converted 71% 53%
Conceded 9 10
Saved 6 7
% Saved 67% 70%
Times Broken 3 3

Bejlek broke her opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Kerkhove broke her opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Lesley conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

Bejlek
Q1
Sakatsume
Q2
Raina
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-1 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 19 35
pts 59-43 68-52 127-95
Total points 102 120 222
Winners 24 31 55
%Winners 41% 46% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 39/53 47/64 86/117
% 1st in 74% 73% 74%
1st pts 24/39 31/47 55/86
% 1st pts 62% 66% 64%
2nd pts 9/14 8/17 17/31
% 2nd pts 64% 47% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/8 5/6 10/14
Converted % 63% 83% 71%
Conceded 2 7 9
Saved 1/2 5/7 6
Saved % 50% 71% 61%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Kerkhove
Q1
Stefanini
Q2
Kawa
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 17 35
pts 64-46 68-51 132-97
Total points 110 119 229
Winners 24 30 54
%Winners 38% 44% 41%
SERVE
Aces 4 0 4
Double Faults 5 4 9
1st in 34/53 46/69 80/122
% 1st in 64% 67% 66%
1st pts 24/34 30/46 54/80
% 1st pts 71% 65% 68%
2nd pts 9/19 14/23 23/42
% 2nd pts 47% 61% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/9 4/8 9/17
Converted % 56% 50% 53%
Conceded 3 7 10
Saved 1/3 6/7 7
Saved % 33% 86% 60%
Times Broken 2 1 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Bejlek
LWWWLWWWWW
Pattinama Kerkhove
LLLWLLLLWL
2024 2023 2022
25 - 13
9 - 21
5-3
Hard
3-7
19-8
Clay
4-10
1-2
Grass
0-0
0-0
Carpet
2-2

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