Jelena Ostapenko and Clara Tauson will face off in the 2nd round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 3 sets.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.65
Clara Tauson -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Clara Tauson
This will be the 2nd time that Jelena Ostapenko and Clara Tauson square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tauson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tauson won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the final in Luxembourg back in 2021.
Highlights Clara Tauson vs Jelena Ostapenko – Luxembourg 19-September-2021
Jelena Ostapenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 14-10 | 8-6 | 4-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 21-15 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-19 | 19-10 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-19 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 7-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-8 | 3-2 | 4-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, Jelena will start her run in Linz after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-1 7-5 to Azarenka in the 3rd round on the 20th of January.
Jelena has an overall 9-2 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Adelaide where she overcame Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-3 6-2.
Talking about her overall career, Jelena has an overall 369-222 record. She has a positive 72-44 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2019. See her history.
Clara Tauson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-27 | 19-16 | 14-5 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 6-7 | 13-5 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 26-18 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-15 | 13-4 | 4-5 | 21-4 | 0-2 | 4-0 |
| 2020 | 30-7 | 8-3 | 12-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, Clara got to the 2nd round after beating Tamara Kostic 6-2 6-2, Jaqueline Cristian 6-2 6-0 and Camila Giorgi 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Giorgi, Tauson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Tauson scored 82 points vs Giorgi’s 72. Tauson was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Tauson managed to score 10 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Clara Tauson lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tauson put 59% of her first serves in, winning 80% (37/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Tauson broke Giorgi 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Tauson’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra.
Clara has an overall 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Katie BoulterBoulter (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Benjamin SigouinSigouin (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Go SoedaSoeda – Jacob GrillsGrills (2-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Pavel KrainikKrainik (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Renta TokudaTokuda (1-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-2 3-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Laurynas GrigelisGrigelis (7-65 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhe LiLi – Darian KingKing (2-6 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Clara TausonTauson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Clara BurelBurel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Donna VekicVekic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (1-1) – H2H and prediction