Taylah Preston

and Jessika Ponchet will face off in the qualifications of the Libema Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Taylah Preston who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylah Preston is the pick to win this match.
Taylah Preston -> 1.65
Jessika Ponchet -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Taylah Preston vs. Jessika Ponchet

There is no head to head record between Taylah Preston and Jessika Ponchet since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Taylah Preston

Taylah Preston

15 - 15win/loss

Hard
10-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-6
Grass
2-2
Rank
146
High
134
LLWLWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-17 10-7 3-6 0-0 3-4 0-0
2023 49-13 48-11 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0
2022 4-8 3-5 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 137, Taylah reached the qualifications after defeating Isabella Shinikova 6-3 7-64.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Shinikova (6-3 7-64). During the match, Preston scored 72 points vs Shinikova’s 66. Taylah was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Preston scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Taylah Preston lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Preston put 74% of her first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Shinikova 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).

Preston has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 65% of her matches (69-37). 2-1 on grass in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Preston has an aggregate4-4 match record in the last 4 years on grass.

Taylah’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Puerto Vallarta.

Preston has an aggregate 15-14 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

's-Hertogenbosch
Preston's Record

Jessika Ponchet

Jessika Ponchet

18 - 14win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
6-3
Clay
6-6
Grass
2-1
Rank
133
High
119
LLWWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-17 4-4 6-6 6-3 6-4 0-0
2023 42-26 10-9 7-4 25-10 0-3 0-0
2022 35-26 13-8 8-3 11-12 3-3 0-0
2021 30-19 19-9 4-3 6-5 0-1 1-1
2020 10-12 2-4 0-2 8-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 147, Jessika got to the qualifications after defeating Jana Kolodynska 6-0 6-3.

In the qualifications, Ponchet had a good straight sets win against Kolodynska (6-0 6-3). During the match Ponchet scored 58 points vs Kolodynska’s 25. Ponchet was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Ponchet made 8 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jessika Ponchet was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (24/27) of her 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Kolodynska 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Ponchet’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Boutheon.

Jessika has an aggregate 17-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.

's-Hertogenbosch
Ponchet's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Preston
J.Ponchet
!
1h:15
1h:15
Time on court​
0h:46
0h:46
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
!
0h:46
0h:46
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
15
15
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
72
72
Total points​
58
58
72
72
Avg point​
58
58
39
39
Winners
24
24
39
39
Avg Winners​
24
24
54%
54%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
8
8
1
1
Avg Aces
8
8
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0
0
39/54
39/54
1st won total​
24/27
24/27
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
89%
89%
7/19
7/19
2nd won total​
9/13
9/13
!
37%
37%
2nd won %
!
69%
69%
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
BP won
4/7
4/7
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
75%
75%
Won
!
57%
57%
5
5
Conceded
0
0
5
5
Avg Conceded
0
0
2
2
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Preston Ponchet
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 15
Pts 72-66 58-25
Total Points 138 83
Winners 39 24
%Winners 54% 41%

Both Preston and Ponchet played 1 match. 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, Preston and Ponchet have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Preston played 7 games more than Ponchet. Preston scored 39 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Ponchet fired 24 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Preston Ponchet
Aces 1 8
Avg per match 1 8
1st in 54/73 27/40
%1st in 74% 68%
1st pts 39/54 24/27
%1st pts 72% 89%
2nd pts 7/19 9/13
%2nd pts 37% 69%

Preston recorded 1 ace . Ponchet also bagged 8 aces . Preston won 72% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Ponchet won 89% of the points behind 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 Preston Ponchet
Won 3 4
Converted 3/4 4/7
% Converted 75% 57%
Conceded 5 0
Saved 3 0
% Saved 60% 0%
Times Broken 2 0

Preston broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Taylah dropped her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Jessika broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ponchet was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Preston
Q1
Shinikova
Total
Score 6-3 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 72-66 72-66
Total points 138 138
Winners 39 39
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 54/73 54/73
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 39/54 39/54
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 7/19 7/19
% 2nd pts 37% 37%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Ponchet
Q1
Kolodynska
Total
Score 6-0 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 58-25 58-25
Total points 83 83
Winners 24 24
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 27/40 27/40
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 24/27 24/27
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 9/13 9/13
% 2nd pts 69% 69%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0

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