Anastasia Potapova and Ajla Tomljanovic will play each other in the semifinal of the Rothesay Classic for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Ann Jones Centre Court. 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 Anastasia Potapova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anastasia Potapova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Potapova -> 1.61
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Potapova vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

This will be the 4^th time that Anastasia Potapova and Ajla Tomljanovic play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Tomljanovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Tomljanovic won 6-2 5-7 7-5 in the 1^st round in Napoca back in 2021.

Highlights Ajla Tomljanovic vs Anastasia Potapova – Napoca 25-October-2021

Anastasia Potapova

Ranked no. 36, Potapova reached the semifinal after beating Elina Avanesyan 6-4 6-4, Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 7-5 and Barbora Krejcikova 6-1 6-4.

In the quarter, Anastasia had a good straight sets win against Krejcikova (6-1 6-4). During the match, Potapova scored 61 points vs Krejcikova’s 50. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Potapova blasted 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anastasia Potapova was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Potapova broke Krejcikova 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.

Potapova has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (209-145). 3-0 on grass in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Potapova has a composed 14-8 record in the last years on grass.

The Russian has an overall 19-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Birmingham

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ranked no. 190, Tomljanovic reached the semifinal after beating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-1, Lin Zhu 6-7⁶ 6-1 6-4 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 1-6 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Annie Fernandez, Tomljanovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Tomljanovic scored 76 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 75. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Tomljanovic recorded 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Annie Fernandez 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Tomljanovic’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Australia.

The Australian has an aggregate 10-8 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on grass (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Birmingham

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2013 and 2021. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Potapova	Tomljanovic
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	58	69
Pts	198-165	259-218
Total Points	363	477
Winners	80	100
%Winners	40%	39%

Both Potapova and Tomljanovic played 3 matches. At the moment, Ajla Tomljanovic conceded 2 sets while Anastasia Potapova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Potapova has played 2 set(s) less than Tomljanovic (6 vs 8). Therefore, Potapova played 11 games less than Tomljanovic. Potapova scored 80 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ajla struck 100 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Potapova	Tomljanovic
Aces	9	16
Avg per match	3	5.3
1st in	108/190	157/252
%1st in	57%	62%
1st pts	80/108	100/157
%1st pts	74%	64%
2nd pts	39/82	48/95
%2nd pts	48%	51%

Potapova blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Tomljanovic blasted 16 aces (5.3 per match). Potapova won 74% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Potapova	Tomljanovic
Won	11	18
Converted	11/17	18/29
% Converted	65%	62%
Conceded	12	33
Saved	8	24
% Saved	67%	73%
Times Broken	4	9

The Russian broke her opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Anastasia dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 18 times with a 62% conversion rate. Tomljanovic conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.

Potapova
	R1 Avanesyan	R2 Bronzetti	1/4 Krejcikova	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 7-5	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	21	17	58
pts	69-59	68-56	61-50	198-165
Total points	128	124	111	363
Winners	27	27	26	80
%Winners	39%	40%	43%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	5	9
Double Faults	2	3	2	7
1st in	36/63	37/67	35/60	108/190
% 1st in	57%	55%	58%	57%
1st pts	27/36	27/37	26/35	80/108
% 1st pts	75%	73%	74%	74%
2nd pts	11/27	14/30	14/25	39/82
% 2nd pts	41%	47%	56%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	11
Converted	4/5	4/4	3/8	11/17
Converted %	80%	100%	38%	65%
Conceded	3	6	3	12
Saved	1/3	4/6	3/3	8
Saved %	33%	67%	100%	67%
Times Broken	2	2	0	4

Tomljanovic
	R1 Blinkova	R2 Zhu	1/4 Annie	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-76 6-1 6-4	1-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	15	30	24	69
pts	71-47	112-96	76-75	259-218
Total points	118	208	151	477
Winners	30	38	32	100
%Winners	42%	34%	42%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	10	4	16
Double Faults	3	8	3	14
1st in	47/78	58/97	52/77	157/252
% 1st in	60%	60%	68%	62%
1st pts	30/47	38/58	32/52	100/157
% 1st pts	64%	66%	62%	64%
2nd pts	17/31	17/39	14/25	48/95
% 2nd pts	55%	44%	56%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	9	4	18
Converted	5/7	9/14	4/8	18/29
Converted %	71%	64%	50%	62%
Conceded	12	14	7	33
Saved	11/12	9/14	4/7	24
Saved %	92%	64%	57%	71%
Times Broken	1	5	3	9

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Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (2-1) – H2H and prediction