Ekaterina Alexandrova and Emina Bektas will play each other in the 2nd round of the Libema Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.28
Emina Bektas -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Emina Bektas
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Emina Bektas clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Alexandrova won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Hertogenbosch back in 2023.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Emina Bektas – Hertogenbosch 16-June-2023
Ekaterina Alexandrova
14 - 14win/loss
28
15
LLWWWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 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. 16, Alexandrova got to the 2nd round after beating Arina Rodionova 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Rodionova (6-3 6-4). During the match, Alexandrova scored 67 points vs Rodionova’s 57. Ekaterina was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alexandrova scored 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was very efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Ekaterina broke Rodionova 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (315-206). 1-0 on grass in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a compiled 34-16 match record in the last years on grass.
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Linz.
The Russian has an overall 14-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Emina Bektas
16 - 12win/loss
198
82
LLWLLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-26 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 9-1 |
| 2023 | 55-20 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 12-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 17-9 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-20 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 96, Emina got to the 2nd round after beating Anna Blinkova 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-4 6-0). During the match Bektas scored 62 points vs Blinkova’s 43. Emina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Bektas managed to score 5 aces and she was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Emina Bektas lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bektas put 72% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Blinkova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W75 Kurume where she overcame Arina Rodionova in the final 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3.
Emina has a compiled 16-12 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 |
| Pts | 67-57 | 62-43 |
| Total Points | 124 | 105 |
| Winners | 26 | 29 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Alexandrova and Bektas played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alexandrova and Bektas have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alexandrova played 3 games more than Bektas. Ekaterina scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 29 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 43/60 |
| %1st in | 61% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 29/43 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 8/17 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 47% |
Alexandrova struck 6 aces . Bektas struck 5 aces . Alexandrova won 72% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bektas won 67% 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 | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 43% | 71% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Ekaterina broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ekaterina lost her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Bektas broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Emina conceded her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Rodionova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-57 | 67-57 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 36/59 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bektas | |||
| R1 Blinkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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