Varvara Gracheva ousts Wickmayer in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Yastremska at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Gracheva prevails over Wickmayer to fight against Dayana Yastremska in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Yanina Wickmayer

Varvara Gracheva wins against Yanina Wickmayer 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Gracheva will seek to keep on going in this event against Dayana Yastremska in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

Gracheva
Melbourne
Gracheva's Record

The French player added to her prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Gracheva will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Varvara Gracheva vs. Yanina Wickmayer Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Gracheva
Wickmayer
Varvara Gracheva
6-3 6-4
1h:17
Yanina Wickmayer
66
66
Total points
57
57
34
34
Winners
25
25
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
27
27
Unforced
30
30
47%
47%
Ratio Unforced
53%
53%
4/5
4/5
Net Approaches
0/2
0/2
80%
80%
Perc
0%
0%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
71%
71%
1st in
74%
74%
68%
68%
1st won
64%
64%
34/50
34/50
1st won
25/39
25/39
40%
40%
2nd won
29%
29%
8/20
8/20
2nd won
4/14
4/14
177
177
Fastest serve
173
173
163
163
AVG 1st Serve
157
157
132
132
AVG 2nd Serve
138
138
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
Total
2/7
2/7
57%
57%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Gracheva scored 66 points vs. the Belgian’s 57.

Gracheva

The French player was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that she procured (4/7).

Wickmayer

On the other side, Yanina was not so effective in converting her break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this match, the head to head between Gracheva and Wickmayer is 1-0 for Varvara.

Draw and next match H2H: Varvara Gracheva vs. Dayana Yastremska – stats

Gracheva will take on Yastremska in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Varvara Gracheva and Dayana Yastremska since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Varvara Gracheva Draw info

1st
Gracheva
Wickmayer
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Gracheva
Wickmayer
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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