Jaqueline Cristian and Lucia Bronzetti will face off in the 2^nd round of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday 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 Lucia Bronzetti who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lucia Bronzetti is the pick to win this match.
Lucia Bronzetti -> 1.71
Jaqueline Cristian -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti

This will be the 4^th time that Jaqueline Cristian and Lucia Bronzetti face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Cristian (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Cristian won 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.

Jaqueline Cristian

Ranked no. 66, Cristian got to the 2^nd round after beating Julia Riera 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Riera (6-3 6-2). During the match, Cristian scored 60 points vs Riera’s 42. Cristian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cristian bagged 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cristian broke Riera 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Cristian has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (307-208). 13-8 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Cristian has a composed 153-93 match record in the last years on clay.

The Romanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Napoca.

Cristian has a compiled 20-20 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Palermo

Lucia Bronzetti

Ranked no. 70, Lucia reached the 2^nd round after defeating Elsa Jacquemot 7-5 3-6 6-3 and Jaqueline Cristian .

In the 1^st round, Lucia defeated Jacquemot (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Bronzetti scored 99 points vs Jacquemot’s 89. Bronzetti was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Bronzetti couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Lucia Bronzetti lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bronzetti put 70% of her first serves in, winning 61% (38/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Jacquemot 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the Contrexeville where she overcame Mayar Sherif in the final 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5.

Lucia has a composed 18-21 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Palermo

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cristian	Bronzetti
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	30
Pts	60-42	99-89
Total Points	102	188
Winners	26	38
%Winners	43%	38%

Both Cristian and Bronzetti played 1 match. At the moment, Lucia Bronzetti conceded 1 set while Jaqueline Cristian hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cristian has played 1 set(s) less than Bronzetti (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cristian played 13 games less than Bronzetti. Jaqueline scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Bronzetti recorded 38 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cristian	Bronzetti
Aces	4	0
Avg per match	4	0
1st in	31/53	62/89
%1st in	58%	70%
1st pts	26/31	38/62
%1st pts	84%	61%
2nd pts	13/22	14/27
%2nd pts	59%	52%

Cristian struck 4 aces . Bronzetti didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cristian won 84% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Bronzetti won 61% of the points on 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	Cristian	Bronzetti
Won	3	6
Converted	3/7	6/14
% Converted	43%	43%
Conceded	5	9
Saved	5	4
% Saved	100%	44%
Times Broken	0	5

Jaqueline broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Cristian pretty effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Lucia broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Italian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.

Cristian
	R1 Riera	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	60-42	60-42
Total points	102	102
Winners	26	26
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	31/53	31/53
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	26/31	26/31
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	13/22	13/22
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Bronzetti
	R1 Jacquemot	Total
Score	7-5 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	99-89	99-89
Total points	188	188
Winners	38	38
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	62/89	62/89
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	38/62	38/62
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/14
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	4/9	4
Saved %	44%	44%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Palermo

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• Jumpei YamasakiYamasaki – Anthony Jackie TangJackie Tang (5-7 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Chun Hun WongHun Wong (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Haru InoueInoue – Ryota TanumaTanuma (7-6⁸ 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sidharth RawatRawat – Skyler ButtsButts (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Chukang WangWang – Karunuday SinghSingh (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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