Jessica Pegula and Clara Burel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.146
Clara Burel -> 5.6

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Clara Burel

There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Clara Burel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
7
High
3
LLLWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-16 29-9 4-2 0-2 6-3 0-0
2023 59-18 45-12 8-4 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 42-21 28-15 11-4 1-1 2-1 0-0
2021 39-19 29-12 6-4 0-0 4-3 0-0
2020 17-9 16-7 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 5, Pegula reached the 2nd round after defeating Rebecca Marino 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Marino (6-2 6-4). During the match, Pegula scored 65 points vs Marino’s 49. Jessica was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pegula bagged 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 71% of her first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Marino 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (302-166). 4-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Pegula has a compiled 190-91 record in the last years on hard.

Pegula’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.

The American has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Pegula's Record

Clara Burel

Clara Burel

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
74
High
42
WLLLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-28 13-14 7-9 2-1 1-4 0-0
2023 38-18 11-5 17-9 9-3 1-1 0-0
2022 22-29 7-7 11-17 4-4 0-1 0-0
2021 44-20 7-7 18-8 15-4 4-1 0-0
2020 17-11 0-0 7-6 10-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 51 (career-high), Burel reached the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandra Krunic 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round, Clara had a good straight sets win against Krunic (6-4 6-1). During the match Burel scored 62 points vs Krunic’s 43. Burel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Burel fired 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Clara Burel lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Burel put 49% of her first serves in, winning 73% (19/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. Burel was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Krunic 7 times.

The French player has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Burel's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Pegula
C.Burel
1h:05
1h:05
Time on court​
1h:05
1h:05
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
1h:05
1h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
65
65
Total points​
62
62
65
65
Avg point​
62
62
33
33
Winners
19
19
33
33
Avg Winners​
19
19
51%
51%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
3
3
4
4
Avg Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
5
5
33/44
33/44
1st won total​
19/26
19/26
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
8/18
8/18
2nd won total​
10/27
10/27
44%
44%
2nd won %
!
37%
37%
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
BP won
7/7
7/7
4/5
4/5
Avg BP won
7/7
7/7
!
80%
80%
Won
!
100%
100%
3
3
Conceded
6
6
3
3
Avg Conceded
6
6
1
1
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
4
4
2
2
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pegula Burel
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 17
Pts 65-49 62-43
Total Points 114 105
Winners 33 19
%Winners 51% 31%

Both Pegula and Burel played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Burel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pegula played 1 game more than Burel. The American scored 33 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Clara recorded 19 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pegula Burel
Aces 4 3
Avg per match 4 3
1st in 44/62 26/53
%1st in 71% 49%
1st pts 33/44 19/26
%1st pts 75% 73%
2nd pts 8/18 10/27
%2nd pts 44% 37%

Pegula struck 4 aces . Burel fired 3 aces . Pegula won 75% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Burel won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pegula Burel
Won 4 7
Converted 4/5 7/7
% Converted 80% 100%
Conceded 3 6
Saved 2 2
% Saved 67% 33%
Times Broken 1 4

The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Clara broke her opponent 7 times with a 100% conversion rate. Burel conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.

Pegula
R1
Marino
Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 65-49 65-49
Total points 114 114
Winners 33 33
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 44/62 44/62
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 33/44 33/44
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 8/18 8/18
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Burel
R1
Krunic
Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 62-43 62-43
Total points 105 105
Winners 19 19
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 26/53 26/53
% 1st in 49% 49%
1st pts 19/26 19/26
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 10/27 10/27
% 2nd pts 37% 37%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/7 7/7
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 2/6 2
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 4 4

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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