Jelena Ostapenko and Ekaterina Alexandrova will clash against each other in the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.727
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 10th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Ekaterina Alexandrova square off. The head to head is 5-4 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but Ostapenko has a winning record of 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ostapenko won 6-2 7-6(3) in the semifinal in Adelaide back in January 2024.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – Adelaide 12-January-2024
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, Ostapenko got to the final after beating Clara Tauson 3-6 6-4 7-67, Jodie Anna Burrage 6-1 6-2 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, Jelena had a good straight sets win against Pavlyuchenkova (6-2 6-3). During the match, Ostapenko scored 65 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 45. The Latvian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ostapenko bagged 10 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 73% of her first serves in, winning 77% (37/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Jelena broke Pavlyuchenkova 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ostapenko has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Ostapenko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (294-192). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Ostapenko has an aggregate 51-30 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Adelaide where she overcame Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Latvian has an aggregate 12-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-1 | 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, Ekaterina reached the final after defeating Jule Niemeier 6-3 6-0, Anastasia Potapova 6-2 7-68 and Donna Vekic 5-7 7-64 7-66.
In the semifinal against Vekic, Ekaterina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-64 7-66). During the match Alexandrova scored 132 points vs Vekic’s 128. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 63 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova recorded 12 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 65% of her first serves in, winning 70% (63/90) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (18/49) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterina broke Vekic 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ekaterina has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Alexandrova’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide and Linz.
Ekaterina has a composed 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ostapenko | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 74 |
| Pts | 227-182 | 273-231 |
| Total Points | 409 | 504 |
| Winners | 97 | 117 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Ostapenko and Alexandrova played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jelena Ostapenko dropped 1 set, while Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ostapenko and Alexandrova have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Ostapenko played 10 games less than Alexandrova. Ostapenko scored 97 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian recorded 117 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ostapenko | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 137/214 | 158/245 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 97/137 | 117/158 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 34/77 | 37/87 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 43% |
Ostapenko fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Alexandrova recorded 28 aces (9.3 per match). Ostapenko won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ostapenko | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 14 |
| Converted | 15/24 | 14/31 |
| % Converted | 63% | 45% |
| Conceded | 22 | 22 |
| Saved | 13 | 14 |
| % Saved | 59% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 8 |
Jelena broke her opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Jelena surrendered her serve 9 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Alexandrova conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Ostapenko | |||||
| R2 Tauson |
1/4 Anna |
1/2 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 7-67 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 | 17 | 64 | |
| pts | 99-100 | 63-37 | 65-45 | 227-182 | |
| Total points | 199 | 100 | 110 | 409 | |
| Winners | 38 | 22 | 37 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 57% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 60/94 | 29/54 | 48/66 | 137/214 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 54% | 73% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 38/60 | 22/29 | 37/48 | 97/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 76% | 77% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/34 | 13/25 | 9/18 | 34/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 52% | 50% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 15/24 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 56% | 75% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 | 7 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/11 | 3/4 | 7/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 27% | 75% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Alexandrova | |||||
| R2 Niemeier |
1/4 Potapova |
1/2 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 7-68 | 5-7 7-64 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 38 | 74 | |
| pts | 62-38 | 79-65 | 132-128 | 273-231 | |
| Total points | 100 | 144 | 260 | 504 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 63 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 12 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 39/62 | 90/139 | 158/245 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 63% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 33/39 | 63/90 | 117/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 85% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 11/23 | 18/49 | 37/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 48% | 37% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/11 | 5/8 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 63% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/4 | 8/14 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 57% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
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