Francesca Curmi and Berfu Cengiz will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Berfu Cengiz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Berfu Cengiz is the pick to win this match.
Berfu Cengiz -> 1.87
Francesca Curmi -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Francesca Curmi vs. Berfu Cengiz
There is no head to head record between Francesca Curmi and Berfu Cengiz since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Francesca Curmi
10 - 13win/loss
375
299
LWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-23 | 8-5 | 15-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 11-8 | 13-14 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 62-22 | 34-11 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-12 | 20-10 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 2-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 300, the Maltese got to the qualifications after beating Ayla Aksu 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Maltese had a good straight sets win against Aksu (6-4 6-3). During the match, Curmi scored 64 points vs Aksu’s 51. The Maltese was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Curmi couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Francesca Curmi lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Curmi put 69% of her first serves in, winning 55% (23/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. The Maltese broke Aksu 8 times after converting 80% of her break points (8/10).
Curmi has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of her matches (139-83). 7-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Curmi has a compiled55-38 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Maltese has a compiled 10-12 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rabat
The Maltese has never competed in this tournament before.
Berfu Cengiz
17 - 10win/loss
214
210
LWLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-22 | 3-3 | 39-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 33-30 | 12-10 | 14-13 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 4-6 | 6-7 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 24-16 | 4-5 | 13-6 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 356, Berfu got to the qualifications after beating Fanny Stollar 6-4 2-6 7-67.
In the qualifications, Berfu defeated Stollar (6-4 2-6 7-67).During the match Cengiz scored less points (6) than Stollar. In fact, the world no. 300 won 108 points vs Stollar’s. That means that Cengiz was more focused during the important points. Cengiz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Cengiz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 7 double faults. Berfu Cengiz lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cengiz put 60% of her first serves in, winning 55% (36/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Cengiz broke Stollar 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W35 Bastad where she beat Gergana Topalova in the final 6-4 6-2.
Berfu has a compiled 16-10 win-loss record in 2024, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Curmi | Cengiz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 |
| Pts | 64-51 | 108-114 |
| Total Points | 115 | 222 |
| Winners | 23 | 36 |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% |
Both Curmi and Cengiz played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Berfu Cengiz surrendered 1 set while Francesca Curmi hasn’t lost a set so far. Curmi has played 1 set(s) less than Cengiz (2 vs 3). Therefore, Curmi played 12 games less than Cengiz. Curmi scored 23 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Berfu managed to score 36 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Curmi | Cengiz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 65/108 |
| %1st in | 69% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 23/42 | 36/65 |
| %1st pts | 55% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 21/43 |
| %2nd pts | 32% | 49% |
Curmi didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cengiz made 1 ace . Curmi won 55% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Cengiz won 55% 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 | Curmi | Cengiz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/10 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 56% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 38% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Francesca broke her opponent 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Curmi dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Berfu broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Turk conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Curmi | |||
| Q1 Aksu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Cengiz | |||
| Q1 Stollar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 108-114 | 108-114 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 65/108 | 65/108 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/65 | 36/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 21/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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