Karolina Muchova and Noma Akugue Noha will face off in the 2nd round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on Center 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 Karolina Muchova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.126
Noma Akugue Noha -> 6.1
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Noma Akugue Noha
There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Noma Akugue Noha since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Karolina Muchova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-7 | 15-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-13 | 28-9 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-12 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-9 | 10-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-8 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35, Muchova got to the 2nd round after defeating Katarzyna Kawa 7-6(14) 5-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Kawa, the Czech had a free pass after Kawa retired on a 7-614 5-1 . scoreline.
Muchova has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 67% of her matches (208-102). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muchova has an aggregate63-34 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Karolina has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Karolina has never competed in this tournament before.
Noma Akugue Noha
15 - 19win/loss
212
142
LLLLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-28 | 0-2 | 25-20 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 6-5 | 16-12 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 47-24 | 4-5 | 39-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Kathinka Von Deichmann 7-5 7-5, Louisa Chirico 7-5 6-1, Mona Barthel 6-4 2-6 6-2 and Karolina Muchova .
In the 1st round, Akugue defeated Barthel (6-4 2-6 6-2). During the match Akugue scored 96 points vs Barthel’s 78. The German was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Akugue scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Noma Akugue Noha lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Akugue put 73% of her first serves in, winning 59% (39/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Barthel 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
The German’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W75 Porto.
Akugue has a composed 15-18 win-loss record in 2024, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muchova | Akugue |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 69 |
| Pts | 69-56 | 238-192 |
| Total Points | 125 | 430 |
| Winners | 33 | 93 |
| %Winners | 48% | 39% |
Muchova played 1 match while Akugue competed in 3 matches. Akugue started her run from the qualifications while Muchova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Noma Akugue Noha surrendered 1 set while Karolina Muchova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Muchova has played 4 set(s) less than Akugue (3 vs 7). Therefore, Muchova played 50 games less than Akugue. The Czech scored 33 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Noma managed to score 93 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muchova | Akugue |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 150/219 |
| %1st in | 71% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 93/150 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 37/69 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 54% |
Muchova blasted 6 aces . Akugue managed to score 3 aces (1 per match). Muchova won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Akugue won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muchova | Akugue |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 80% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 21 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 10 |
Karolina broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Karolina surrendered her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The German broke her opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The German conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 52% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muchova | |||
| R1 Kawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-614 5-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 69-56 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Akugue | |||||
| Q1 Von Deichmann |
Q3 Chirico |
R1 Barthel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 19 | 26 | 69 | |
| pts | 72-66 | 70-48 | 96-78 | 238-192 | |
| Total points | 138 | 118 | 174 | 430 | |
| Winners | 29 | 25 | 39 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 36/57 | 66/90 | 150/219 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/48 | 25/36 | 39/66 | 93/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 69% | 59% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 12/21 | 15/24 | 37/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 57% | 63% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/13 | 5/7 | 16/29 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 38% | 71% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 14 | 21 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 1/3 | 10/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 71% | 104% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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