Jelena Ostapenko powers past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in Linz on Saturday after playing an impressive match to square off with Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Latvian added to her prize money € 31,700 after conquering this match. She has already won € 76,225 after this win. If she wins the next match, Ostapenko will add € 47,255 to her earnings to get in total € 123,480 in total.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Latvian scored 65 points vs. Pavlyuchenkova’s 45.
Ostapenko
Jelena served pretty well to win 77% of the points (37/48) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (9/18) on her second serve. Jelena blasted 10 aces and she committed 2 double faults. Ostapenko was pretty effective at converting 75% of the break points that she procured (3/4).
Pavlyuchenkova
On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Ostapenko and Pavlyuchenkova is 6-1 for Jelena.
Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats
Ostapenko will take on Alexandrova in the final.
This will be the 10th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but Ostapenko leads 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Ostapenko won 6-2 7-63 in the semifinal in Adelaide back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Ostapenko had a strong start of this set after breaking Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Jelena reinforced her lead after breaking the Russian in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
Jelena failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Jelena was on the money in converting all her break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Pavlyuchenkova was unable to convert any of her 7 break points. She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Jelena conquered the set after winning 15 points more than Pavlyuchenkova (41-26). The Latvian lost 16 points on serve (29-16). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Jelena snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Jelena converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Ostapenko didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Ostapenko was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Pavlyuchenkova (24-19). The Latvian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the losing side, Pavlyuchenkova conceded 7 points on serve (15-7).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Donna VekicVekic (5-7 7-64 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (3-4) – H2H details and stats