Jessica Pegula and Anna Blinkova will clash against each other in the quarter of the San Diego Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 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 Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.153
Anna Blinkova -> 5.4
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Anna Blinkova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Pegula won 6-7(2) 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2023.
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, the American reached the quarter after beating Jule Niemeier 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Niemeier (6-0 6-4). During the match, Pegula scored 58 points vs Niemeier’s 36. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pegula managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 50% of her first serves in, winning 83% (20/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Niemeier 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Pegula has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (303-167). 5-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Pegula has a composed 191-92 match record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Jessica has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Anna Blinkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-29 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 4-10 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 51, Blinkova got to the quarter after defeating Caroline Wozniacki 1-6 6-4 6-1 and Dayana Yastremska 7-66 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Anna had a good straight sets win against Yastremska (7-66 6-2). During the match Blinkova scored 71 points vs Yastremska’s 61. Blinkova was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Blinkova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Yastremska 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blinkova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Blinkova has a compiled 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 45 |
| Pts | 58-36 | 160-142 |
| Total Points | 94 | 302 |
| Winners | 20 | 52 |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% |
Pegula played 1 match while Blinkova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Anna Blinkova conceded 1 set while Jessica Pegula hasn’t dropped a set so far. Pegula has played 3 set(s) less than Blinkova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Pegula played 29 games less than Blinkova. Jessica scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian struck 52 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 24/48 | 84/143 |
| %1st in | 50% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 52/84 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 29/59 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 49% |
Pegula blasted 2 aces . Blinkova fired 4 aces (2 per match). Pegula won 83% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 83% | 48% |
| Conceded | 5 | 15 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 47% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Pegula broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Jessica dropped her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 47% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||
| R2 Niemeier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 58-36 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/48 | 24/48 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 20/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blinkova | ||||
| R1 Wozniacki |
R2 Yastremska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-1 | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 | 45 | |
| pts | 89-81 | 71-61 | 160-142 | |
| Total points | 170 | 132 | 302 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 38% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 44/72 | 84/143 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 27/44 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 61% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 15/28 | 29/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 5/8 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 63% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 57% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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