Ekaterina Alexandrova and Magda Linette will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Magda Linette who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Magda Linette is the pick to win this match.
Magda Linette -> 1.89
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Magda Linette
This will be the 5th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Magda Linette square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Alexandrova won 3-6 7-6(8) 7-5 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in January 2024.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
13 - 12win/loss
33
15
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 23-22 | 14-11 | 1-7 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Alexandrova got to the 2nd round after beating Cristina Bucsa 6-0 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alexandrova had a good straight sets win against Bucsa (6-0 7-5). During the match, Alexandrova scored 74 points vs Bucsa’s 56. Alexandrova was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alexandrova struck 5 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (18/25) of her 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Ekaterina broke Bucsa 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (314-204). 1-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a compiled 87-66 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Linz.
The Russian has an aggregate 13-12 win-loss record in 2024, 1-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Strasbourg
Magda Linette
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 25-23 | 6-13 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 14-11 | 9-7 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 50, Magda reached the 2nd round after beating Sorana Cirstea 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Cirstea (7-5 7-5). During the match Linette scored 85 points vs Cirstea’s 69. The Pole was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Linette managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Magda Linette lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Linette put 51% of her first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Cirstea 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
The Pole’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Rouen.
Magda has a compiled 12-13 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Strasbourg
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Alexandrova | Linette |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 18 | 24 |
Pts | 74-56 | 85-69 |
Total Points | 130 | 154 |
Winners | 18 | 27 |
%Winners | 24% | 32% |
Both Alexandrova and Linette played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alexandrova and Linette have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alexandrova played 6 games less than Linette. Alexandrova scored 18 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, Linette struck 27 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Alexandrova | Linette |
---|---|---|
Aces | 5 | 5 |
Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
1st in | 25/65 | 38/74 |
%1st in | 38% | 51% |
1st pts | 18/25 | 27/38 |
%1st pts | 72% | 71% |
2nd pts | 21/40 | 17/36 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 47% |
Alexandrova made 5 aces . Linette recorded 5 aces . Alexandrova won 72% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Linette won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Alexandrova | Linette |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 6 |
Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 |
% Converted | 55% | 55% |
Conceded | 8 | 11 |
Saved | 6 | 7 |
% Saved | 75% | 64% |
Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Russian broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Pole broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Linette conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
Alexandrova | |||
R1 Bucsa |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-0 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 74-56 | 74-56 | |
Total points | 130 | 130 | |
Winners | 18 | 18 | |
%Winners | 24% | 24% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
1st in | 25/65 | 25/65 | |
% 1st in | 38% | 38% | |
1st pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
% 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 21/40 | 21/40 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Linette | |||
R1 Cirstea |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
pts | 85-69 | 85-69 | |
Total points | 154 | 154 | |
Winners | 27 | 27 | |
%Winners | 32% | 32% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 38/74 | 38/74 | |
% 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 17/36 | 17/36 | |
% 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
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