Ajla Tomljanovic and Astra Sharma will square off in the 2nd round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.55
Astra Sharma -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Astra Sharma
There is no head to head record between Ajla Tomljanovic and Astra Sharma since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ajla Tomljanovic
12 - 10win/loss
133
32
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-10 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-3 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-27 | 19-14 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-24 | 11-12 | 10-6 | 3-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, Tomljanovic reached the 2nd round after defeating Mayar Sherif 3-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Sherif, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Tomljanovic scored 101 points vs Sherif’s 96. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tomljanovic made 3 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 15 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 6 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 69% of her first serves in, winning 63% (45/72) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (11/33) on the 2nd serve. Tomljanovic broke Sherif 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Tomljanovic has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (211-177). 2-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomljanovic has an aggregate 49-43 record in the last years on clay.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Birmingham.
Ajla has an overall 12-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Astra Sharma
8 - 14win/loss
151
84
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-14 | 1-2 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-20 | 16-8 | 25-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-26 | 11-18 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 5-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, Astra reached the 2nd round after beating Anna Blinkova 6-0 7-5 and Ajla Tomljanovic .
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-0 7-5). During the match Sharma scored 79 points vs Blinkova’s 59. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Sharma struck 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Astra Sharma lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sharma put 63% of her first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Sharma broke Blinkova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Astra has an aggregate 8-14 win-loss record in 2024, 7-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomljanovic | Sharma |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 |
| Pts | 101-96 | 79-59 |
| Total Points | 197 | 138 |
| Winners | 45 | 30 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Tomljanovic and Sharma played 1 match. At the moment, Ajla Tomljanovic surrendered 1 set while Astra Sharma hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tomljanovic has played 1 set more than Sharma (3 vs 2). Therefore, Tomljanovic played 12 games more than Sharma. Ajla scored 45 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Sharma recorded 30 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomljanovic | Sharma |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 72/105 | 46/73 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 45/72 | 30/46 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 11/33 | 14/27 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 52% |
Tomljanovic bagged 3 aces . Sharma struck 5 aces . Tomljanovic won 63% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Sharma won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomljanovic | Sharma |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 54% | 50% |
| Conceded | 17 | 6 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 65% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Ajla broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Ajla lost her serve 6 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. Astra broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Tomljanovic | |||
| R1 Sherif | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 101-96 | 101-96 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 15 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 72/105 | 72/105 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 45/72 | 45/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/33 | 11/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Sharma | |||
| R1 Blinkova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 79-59 | 79-59 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 46/73 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 30/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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