Claire Liu and Jule Niemeier will play each other in the qualifications of the San Diego Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Barnes Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Claire Liu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Claire Liu is the pick to win this match.
Claire Liu -> 1.52
Jule Niemeier -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Claire Liu vs. Jule Niemeier
This will be the 3rd time that Claire Liu and Jule Niemeier face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Niemeier (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Niemeier won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Bad Homburg back in 2022.
Claire Liu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-12 | 8-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-19 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 15-14 | 12-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-17 | 17-11 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-10 | 8-8 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Claire got to the qualifications after defeating Stacey Fung 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Liu had a good straight sets win against Fung (6-3 6-4). During the match, Liu scored 73 points vs Fung’s 54. Claire was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Liu bagged 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Claire Liu was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Claire broke Fung 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Liu has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (216-157). 4-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Liu has an overall 117-101 match record in the last years on hard.
Liu has a compiled 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Jule Niemeier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-25 | 15-10 | 12-8 | 3-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-29 | 3-14 | 5-7 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 7-7 | 22-8 | 6-3 | 5-3 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 4-4 | 22-7 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 2-2 | 5-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 126, Jule got to the qualifications after beating Natalija Stevanovic 7-65 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Jule defeated Kostic (7-65 3-6 6-4).During the match Niemeier scored less points (1) than Kostic. In fact, the world no. 109 won 100 points vs Kostic’s. That means that Niemeier was more focused during the important points. Jule was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Niemeier scored 4 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Jule Niemeier lost the serve 8 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Niemeier put 59% of her first serves in, winning 59% (32/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 27% (10/37) on the 2nd serve. Niemeier broke Kostic 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).
Jule’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W100 Irapuato.
Niemeier has an overall 13-6 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Liu | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 |
| Pts | 73-54 | 100-101 |
| Total Points | 127 | 201 |
| Winners | 25 | 32 |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% |
Both Liu and Niemeier played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jule Niemeier surrendered 1 set while Claire Liu hasn’t lost a set so far. Liu has played 1 set(s) less than Niemeier (2 vs 3). Therefore, Liu played 13 games less than Niemeier. The American scored 25 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Jule struck 32 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Liu | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 54/91 |
| %1st in | 63% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 32/54 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 10/37 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 27% |
Liu struck 3 aces . Niemeier struck 4 aces . Liu won 71% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Niemeier won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 27% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Liu | Niemeier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 27% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
Claire broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Niemeier broke her opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 27% of the break points that she conceded.
| Liu | |||
| Q1 Fung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-54 | 73-54 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Niemeier | |||
| Q1 Kostic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 100-101 | 100-101 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 54/91 | 54/91 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/54 | 32/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/37 | 10/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 27% | 27% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/11 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 27% | 27% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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