Yue Yuan and Ashlyn Krueger will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Grandstand 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ashlyn Krueger who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ashlyn Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Ashlyn Krueger -> 1.74
Yue Yuan -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Yue Yuan vs. Ashlyn Krueger
There is no head to head record between Yue Yuan and Ashlyn Krueger since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yue Yuan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-27 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-29 | 27-17 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 33-16 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 3-6 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, the Chinese reached the qualifications after defeating Saisai Zheng 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Zheng (6-2 6-1). During the match, Yuan scored 59 points vs Zheng’s 33. Yuan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yuan scored just 1 ace in the match and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Yue Yuan lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Yuan put 58% of her first serves in, winning 59% (17/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Yue broke Zheng 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Yuan has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (235-163). 7-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Yuan has a compiled178-122 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Hobart.
Yuan has an overall 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Ashlyn Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 19-17 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 26-15 | 8-6 | 2-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 23-17 | 10-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-14 | 10-11 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82, Krueger got to the qualifications after defeating Ipek Oz 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ashlyn had a good straight sets win against Oz (7-5 6-2). During the match Krueger scored 73 points vs Oz’s 61. Krueger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Krueger scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Ashlyn Krueger lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 73% of her first serves in, winning 63% (30/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Oz 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
The American has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yuan | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 |
| Pts | 59-33 | 73-61 |
| Total Points | 92 | 134 |
| Winners | 17 | 30 |
| %Winners | 29% | 41% |
Both Yuan and Krueger played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Yuan and Krueger have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Yuan played 5 games less than Krueger. Yuan scored 17 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 30 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yuan | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 48/66 |
| %1st in | 58% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 17/29 | 30/48 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 8/18 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 44% |
Yuan made 1 ace . Krueger also struck 1 ace . Yuan won 59% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 63% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yuan | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Chinese broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Yue dropped her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Krueger broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ashlyn conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Yuan | |||
| Q1 Zheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-33 | 59-33 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Krueger | |||
| Q1 Oz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 73-61 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/66 | 48/66 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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