Jessika Ponchet and Liv Hovde will clash against each other in the qualifications of the ATX Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:00 m on Grandstand. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liv Hovde who should win in 3 sets.
Liv Hovde -> 1.69
Jessika Ponchet -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Jessika Ponchet vs. Liv Hovde
There is no head to head record between Jessika Ponchet and Liv Hovde since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jessika Ponchet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-26 | 15-13 | 6-6 | 6-3 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 10-9 | 7-4 | 25-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-26 | 13-8 | 8-3 | 11-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-19 | 19-9 | 4-3 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 129, Jessika reached the qualifications after defeating Louisa Chirico 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Jessika had a good straight sets win against Chirico (7-5 6-3). During the match, Ponchet scored 72 points vs Chirico’s 57. Jessika was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ponchet scored 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jessika Ponchet was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (33/45) of her 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Chirico 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Ponchet has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (275-179). 2-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Ponchet has an aggregate93-59 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in the Boutheon.
Ponchet has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Austin
Ponchet has never competed in this tournament before.
Liv Hovde
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 15-11 | 7-3 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 8-11 | 12-6 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 296, Liv reached the qualifications after beating Chloe Paquet 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Paquet (6-4 6-1). During the match Hovde scored 66 points vs Paquet’s 47. Liv was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Hovde wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Liv Hovde lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hovde put 62% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Liv broke Paquet 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Hovde’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the W75 Rome.
Liv has an overall 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Austin
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ponchet | Hovde |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 |
| Pts | 72-57 | 66-47 |
| Total Points | 129 | 113 |
| Winners | 33 | 23 |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% |
Both Ponchet and Hovde played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ponchet and Hovde have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ponchet played 4 games more than Hovde. The French player scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Hovde managed to score 23 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ponchet | Hovde |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 34/55 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 23/34 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 12/21 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 57% |
Ponchet struck 7 aces . Hovde didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ponchet won 73% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Hovde won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ponchet | Hovde |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 80% | 71% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The French player broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Ponchet surrendered her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Liv broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Liv conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Ponchet | |||
| Q1 Chirico | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 45/74 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hovde | |||
| Q1 Paquet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 66-47 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 34/55 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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