Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anastasia Potapova will play each other in the quarter of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.57
Anastasia Potapova -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anastasia Potapova
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Anastasia Potapova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Potapova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Potapova won 7-5 3-1 ret. in the qualifications in Ostrava back in 2021.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Alexandrova got to the quarter after defeating Jule Niemeier 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Niemeier (6-3 6-0). During the match, Alexandrova scored 62 points vs Niemeier’s 38. Alexandrova was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova fired 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Ekaterina broke Niemeier 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Alexandrova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (305-195). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a compiled 87-37 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
The Russian has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Anastasia Potapova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-22 | 15-13 | 6-5 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-21 | 11-14 | 7-4 | 7-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-24 | 14-14 | 18-7 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-23 | 11-11 | 3-5 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Sara Errani 6-4 6-3 and Elisabetta Cocciaretto 2-6 7-69 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Cocciaretto, Anastasia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-69 7-5).During the match Potapova scored less points (11) than Cocciaretto. In fact, the world no. 21 won 117 points vs Cocciaretto’s. That means that Potapova was more focused during the important points. Anastasia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 62 winners.
About the serving games, Potapova struck 9 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Anastasia Potapova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Potapova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 67% (62/93) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (21/52) on the 2nd serve. Anastasia broke Cocciaretto 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anastasia has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Potapova has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Potapova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 52 |
| Pts | 62-38 | 185-178 |
| Total Points | 100 | 363 |
| Winners | 21 | 86 |
| %Winners | 34% | 46% |
Alexandrova played 1 match while Potapova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Anastasia Potapova conceded 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t lost a set so far. Alexandrova has played 3 set(s) less than Potapova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Alexandrova played 37 games less than Potapova. The Russian scored 21 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Potapova recorded 86 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Potapova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 123/201 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 86/123 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 33/78 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 42% |
Alexandrova managed to score 8 aces . Potapova fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Alexandrova won 72% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Potapova won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Potapova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 8/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 80% |
| Conceded | 4 | 22 |
| Saved | 3 | 16 |
| % Saved | 75% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Russian broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ekaterina surrendered her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Anastasia conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | |||
| R2 Niemeier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-38 | 62-38 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 21/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Potapova | ||||
| R1 Errani | R2 Cocciaretto | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 2-6 7-69 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 33 | 52 | |
| pts | 68-50 | 117-128 | 185-178 | |
| Total points | 118 | 245 | 363 | |
| Winners | 24 | 62 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 53% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 93/145 | 123/201 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 62/93 | 86/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 21/52 | 33/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 40% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/4 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 75% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 | 22 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 12/16 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Anna-Lena Friedsam/Nadiya KichenokFriedsam/Nadiya Kichenok – Asia Muhammad/Alycia ParksMuhammad/Alycia Parks (7-5 1-6 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicole Melichar/Ellen PerezMelichar/Ellen Perez – Ekaterina Alexandrova/Sabrina SantamariaAlexandrova/Sabrina Santamaria (3-6 7-63 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto/Martina TrevisanCocciaretto/Martina Trevisan – Eri Hozumi/Makoto NinomiyaHozumi/Makoto Ninomiya (4-6 6-1 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-64 6-73 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Zhe LiLi (6-77 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Go SoedaSoeda – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-74 7-63 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Clara BurelBurel – Donna VekicVekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-0) – H2H and prediction