Diana Shnaider and Ekaterina Makarova (1996) will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Hungarian Grand Prix for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Diana Shnaider who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.13
Ekaterina Makarova (1996) -> 6

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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Ekaterina Makarova (1996)

There is no head to head record between Diana Shnaider and Ekaterina Makarova (1996) since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Diana Shnaider

Diana Shnaider

32 - 14win/loss

Hard
13-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
10-4
Grass
9-3
Rank
28
High
28
WLWWWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-14 13-7 10-4 0-0 9-3 0-0
2023 25-22 14-13 10-8 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 58-17 11-4 46-11 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 9-3 0-0 8-2 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 28 (career-high), Shnaider reached the 2nd round after beating Fanny Stollar 6-3 3-6 6-4 and Ekaterina Makarova (1996) .

In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Stollar (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match, Shnaider scored 92 points vs Stollar’s 86. Shnaider was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shnaider managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Diana Shnaider lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 61% of her first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Diana broke Stollar 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Shnaider has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 68% of her matches (126-58). 10-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shnaider has an overall76-27 record in the last 6 years on clay.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Hua Hin where she overcame Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1 and the Paris where she overcame Emma Navarro in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4 and in Bad Homburg where she defeated Donna Vekic in the final 6-3 2-6 6-3.

Shnaider has a composed 32-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Budapest

Budapest
Shnaider's Record

Ekaterina Makarova (1996)

Ekaterina Makarova (1996)

15 - 23win/loss

Hard
2-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
13-14
Grass
0-2
Rank
183
High
158
WWLLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-23 2-7 13-14 0-0 0-2 0-0
2023 57-37 14-8 38-24 5-4 0-1 0-0
2022 45-32 9-7 31-14 5-9 0-1 0-1
2021 38-31 6-3 22-19 8-8 0-0 2-1
2020 4-2 0-0 1-1 3-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 183, Ekaterina got to the 2nd round after beating Emily Appleton 6-3 6-2, Katarina Zavatska w/o and Timea Babos 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, Makarova had a good straight sets win against Babos (6-3 6-1). During the match Makarova scored 65 points vs Babos’s 47. Ekaterina was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Makarova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ekaterina Makarova (1996) lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Makarova put 78% of her first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterina broke Babos 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Makarova’s best result of the season was getting to the final in W15 Campinas.

Makarova has an aggregate 15-23 win-loss record in 2024, 13-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Budapest

Makarova has never competed in this tournament before.

Budapest
Makarova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Shnaider
E.Makarova
2h:00
2h:00
Time on court​
2h:44
2h:44
2h:00
2h:00
Last match​
1h:18
1h:18
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
28
28
Games Played​
33
33
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
92
92
Total points​
138
138
92
92
Avg point​
69
69
33
33
Winners
59
59
33
33
Avg Winners​
29.5
29.5
36%
36%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
3
3
Avg Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
33/52
33/52
1st won total​
59/91
59/91
63%
63%
1st won %
65%
65%
16/33
16/33
2nd won total​
22/38
22/38
48%
48%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
9/19
9/19
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
4.5/9.5
4.5/9.5
!
67%
67%
Won
47%
47%
8
8
Conceded
10
10
8
8
Avg Conceded
5
5
5
5
Broken
2
2
!
5
5
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shnaider Makarova
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 28 33
Pts 92-86 138-99
Total Points 178 237
Winners 33 59
%Winners 36% 43%

Shnaider played 1 match while Makarova competed in 2 matches. Makarova started her run from the qualifications while Shnaider had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Diana Shnaider dropped 1 set while Ekaterina Makarova (1996) hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shnaider has played 1 set(s) less than Makarova (3 vs 4). Therefore, Shnaider played 5 games less than Makarova. Shnaider scored 33 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Makarova made 59 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shnaider Makarova
Aces 3 0
Avg per match 3 0
1st in 52/85 91/129
%1st in 61% 71%
1st pts 33/52 59/91
%1st pts 63% 65%
2nd pts 16/33 22/38
%2nd pts 48% 58%

Shnaider made 3 aces . Makarova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Shnaider won 63% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Makarova won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shnaider Makarova
Won 6 9
Converted 6/9 9/19
% Converted 67% 47%
Conceded 8 10
Saved 3 8
% Saved 38% 80%
Times Broken 5 2

Diana broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Shnaider dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Makarova broke her opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Shnaider
R1
Stollar
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 92-86 92-86
Total points 178 178
Winners 33 33
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 52/85 52/85
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 33/52 33/52
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 16/33 16/33
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 3/8 3
Saved % 38% 38%
Times Broken 5 5
Makarova
Q1
Appleton
Q3
Zavatska
R1
Babos
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 w/o 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 16 33
pts 73-52 65-47 138-99
Total points 125 112 237
Winners 32 27 59
%Winners 44% 42% 43%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 49/75 42/54 91/129
% 1st in 65% 78% 71%
1st pts 32/49 27/42 59/91
% 1st pts 65% 64% 65%
2nd pts 15/26 7/12 22/38
% 2nd pts 58% 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/8 5/11 9/19
Converted % 50% 45% 47%
Conceded 6 4 10
Saved 5/6 3/4 8
Saved % 83% 75% 158%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Tennis Scores in Budapest

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