H2H, prediction of Lucija Ciric Bagaric vs Sara Saito at the French Open with odds, preview, pick | 23rd May 2024

PREVIEW. Paris. Ciric Bagaric and Saito will fight against each other in the qualifications of the French Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 23rd of May

Prediction and head to head Lucija Ciric Bagaric vs. Sara Saito

Lucija Ciric Bagaric and Sara Saito will face off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lucija Ciric Bagaric who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Lucija Ciric Bagaric is the pick to win this match.
Lucija Ciric Bagaric -> 1.5
Sara Saito -> 2.52

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Prediction and head to head Lucija Ciric Bagaric vs. Sara Saito

There is no head to head record between Lucija Ciric Bagaric and Sara Saito since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Lucija Ciric Bagaric

Lucija Ciric Bagaric
Lucija Ciric Bagaric

28 - 5win/loss

Hard
8-0
I Hard
0-0
Clay
20-5
Rank
198
High
157
LWLLLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-20 9-1 26-15 1-3 0-1 0-0
2023 41-24 13-5 22-12 4-4 0-0 2-3
2022 40-21 0-0 28-19 12-2 0-0 0-0
2021 4-3 3-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 185 (career-high), Ciric Bagaric got to the qualifications after beating Arina Rodionova 6-4 6-3 and Rebecca Marino 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Ciric Bagaric had a good straight sets win against Marino (6-2 6-3). During the match, Ciric Bagaric scored 65 points vs Marino’s 43. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ciric Bagaric couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Lucija Ciric Bagaric was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Lucija broke Marino 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ciric Bagaric started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points she played.

Ciric Bagaric has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 68% of her matches (112-53). 19-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ciric Bagaric has a composed70-37 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W35 Monastir where she beat Polina Iatcenko in the final 7-5 6-2 and the W35 Hammamet where she beat Marie Benoit in the final 6-2 7-5 and the W35 Hammamet where she defeated Francesca Jones in the final 2-1 ret. and the W35 Alaminos where she defeated Lina Gjorcheska in the final 6-2 6-3.

Lucija has an aggregate 27-5 win-loss record in 2024, 19-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Ciric Bagaric has never competed in this tournament before.

Ciric Bagaric
French Open
Ciric Bagaric's Record

Sara Saito

Sara Saito
Sara Saito

22 - 10win/loss

Hard
20-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-1
Rank
162
High
156
LLLWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-20 24-16 13-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 24-14 13-10 1-2 2-1 0-0 8-1
2022 13-6 1-2 0-0 5-2 3-1 4-1

Ranked no. 251, Saito got to the qualifications after beating Francisca Jorge 6-4 6-1 and Alycia Parks 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Sara had a good straight sets win against Parks (6-2 6-2). During the match Saito scored 52 points vs Parks’s 30. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Saito wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sara Saito lost the serve once. Furthermore, Saito put 73% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the 2nd serve. Saito broke Parks 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sara started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 62% of the points she played.

Sara’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W50 Nonthaburi and the W75 Burnie.

The Japanese has a compiled 22-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Saito
French Open
Saito's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Ciric Bagaric
S.Saito
2h:26
2h:26
Time on court​
2h:10
2h:10
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
!
0h:59
0h:59
2
2
Match played
2
2
36
36
Games Played​
33
33
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
131
131
Total points​
113
113
65.5
65.5
Avg point​
56.5
56.5
44
44
Winners
42
42
22
22
Avg Winners​
21
21
34%
34%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
0
0
44/62
44/62
1st won total​
42/61
42/61
!
71%
71%
1st won %
69%
69%
29/47
29/47
2nd won total​
20/29
20/29
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
69%
69%
-- Break Points --
9/21
9/21
BP won
10/13
10/13
4.5/10.5
4.5/10.5
Avg BP won
5/6.5
5/6.5
43%
43%
Won
!
77%
77%
6
6
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
2
2
3
3
Broken
2
2
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ciric Bagaric Saito
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 36 33
Pts 131-92 113-70
Total Points 223 183
Winners 44 42
%Winners 34% 37%

Both Ciric Bagaric and Saito played 2 matches. 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, Ciric Bagaric and Saito have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Ciric Bagaric played 3 games more than Saito. The Croatian scored 44 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Saito made 42 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ciric Bagaric Saito
Aces 5 0
Avg per match 2.5 0
1st in 62/109 61/90
%1st in 57% 68%
1st pts 44/62 42/61
%1st pts 71% 69%
2nd pts 29/47 20/29
%2nd pts 62% 69%

Ciric Bagaric made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Saito didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ciric Bagaric won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Saito won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ciric Bagaric Saito
Won 9 10
Converted 9/21 10/13
% Converted 43% 77%
Conceded 6 4
Saved 3 2
% Saved 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 2

The Croatian broke her opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Lucija conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Sara broke her opponents 10 times with a 77% conversion rate. Saito conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Ciric Bagaric
Q1
Rodionova
Q2
Marino
Total
Score 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 17 36
pts 66-49 65-43 131-92
Total points 115 108 223
Winners 25 19 44
%Winners 38% 29% 34%
SERVE
Aces 5 0 5
Double Faults 3 0 3
1st in 38/68 24/41 62/109
% 1st in 56% 59% 57%
1st pts 25/38 19/24 44/62
% 1st pts 66% 79% 71%
2nd pts 18/30 11/17 29/47
% 2nd pts 60% 65% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/6 5/15 9/21
Converted % 67% 33% 43%
Conceded 5 1 6
Saved 3/5 0/1 3
Saved % 60% 0% 30%
Times Broken 2 1 3
Saito
Q1
Jorge
Q2
Parks
Total
Score 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 16 33
pts 61-40 52-30 113-70
Total points 101 82 183
Winners 21 21 42
%Winners 34% 40% 37%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 31/49 30/41 61/90
% 1st in 63% 73% 68%
1st pts 21/31 21/30 42/61
% 1st pts 68% 70% 69%
2nd pts 11/18 9/11 20/29
% 2nd pts 61% 82% 69%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/7 5/6 10/13
Converted % 71% 83% 77%
Conceded 3 1 4
Saved 2/3 0/1 2
Saved % 67% 0% 34%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ciric Bagaric
LWLLLLLLLW
Saito
LLLWLWWLLL
2024 2023 2022
36 - 20
37 - 20
9-1
Hard
24-16
1-3
I Hard
0-0
26-15
Clay
13-4

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