Oksana Selekhmeteva and Zhibek Kulambayeva will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Prague Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on COURT 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oksana Selekhmeteva who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Oksana Selekhmeteva is the pick to win this match.
Oksana Selekhmeteva -> 1.139
Zhibek Kulambayeva -> 5.2

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Prediction and head to head Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Zhibek Kulambayeva

There is no head to head record between Oksana Selekhmeteva and Zhibek Kulambayeva since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Oksana Selekhmeteva

Oksana Selekhmeteva

28 - 11win/loss

Clay
27-9
Grass
1-1
Rank
176
High
138
LLWWLLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-18 3-5 30-10 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 14-8 6-2 2-3 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 28-20 12-5 14-11 2-4 0-0 0-0
2021 49-19 22-9 25-9 2-1 0-0 0-0
2020 17-8 4-1 12-6 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 255, the Russian got to the qualifications after defeating Stephanie Wagner 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications, Oksana had a good straight sets win against Wagner (6-2 6-1). During the match, Selekhmeteva scored 59 points vs Wagner’s 33. Selekhmeteva was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Selekhmeteva made 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Oksana Selekhmeteva lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Selekhmeteva put 53% of her first serves in, winning 88% (22/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Wagner 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Selekhmeteva has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of her matches (149-75). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Selekhmeteva has a composed47-18 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Rome where she beat Lina Gjorcheska in the final 6-1 7-6(3).

Oksana has an aggregate 28-11 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Prague

Prague
Selekhmeteva's Record

Zhibek Kulambayeva

Zhibek Kulambayeva

27 - 17win/loss

Hard
6-7
I Hard
4-2
Clay
17-8
Rank
337
High
311
WWLWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-31 12-10 31-17 6-4 0-0 0-0
2023 32-26 6-8 26-15 0-3 0-0 0-0
2022 19-20 4-8 15-10 0-2 0-0 0-0
2021 38-21 5-5 28-11 5-5 0-0 0-0
2020 18-13 6-5 12-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 445, Zhibek reached the qualifications after beating Reka-Luca Jani 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Jani (6-3 6-1). During the match Kulambayeva scored 61 points vs Jani’s 39. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Kulambayeva couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Zhibek Kulambayeva was very efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Zhibek broke Jani 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Kulambayeva has a composed 27-17 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Prague

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Prague
Kulambayeva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

O.Selekhmeteva
Z.Kulambayeva
1h:06
1h:06
Time on court​
1h:20
1h:20
1h:06
1h:06
Last match​
1h:20
1h:20
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
59
59
Total points​
61
61
59
59
Avg point​
61
61
22
22
Winners
25
25
22
22
Avg Winners​
25
25
37%
37%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
3
3
Avg Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0
0
22/25
22/25
1st won total​
25/35
25/35
!
88%
88%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
11/22
11/22
2nd won total​
9/15
9/15
50%
50%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
5/8
5/8
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
5/8
5/8
!
71%
71%
Won
!
63%
63%
3
3
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Selekhmeteva Kulambayeva
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 16
Pts 59-33 61-39
Total Points 92 100
Winners 22 25
%Winners 37% 41%

Both Selekhmeteva and Kulambayeva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Selekhmeteva and Kulambayeva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Selekhmeteva played 1 game less than Kulambayeva. The Russian scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kulambayeva made 25 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Selekhmeteva Kulambayeva
Aces 3 0
Avg per match 3 0
1st in 25/47 35/50
%1st in 53% 70%
1st pts 22/25 25/35
%1st pts 88% 71%
2nd pts 11/22 9/15
%2nd pts 50% 60%

Selekhmeteva fired 3 aces . Kulambayeva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Selekhmeteva won 88% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kulambayeva won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Selekhmeteva Kulambayeva
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/8
% Converted 71% 63%
Conceded 3 4
Saved 2 3
% Saved 67% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Oksana broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Oksana lost her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Kazakhstani broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Kulambayeva conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Selekhmeteva
Q1
Wagner
Total
Score 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 59-33 59-33
Total points 92 92
Winners 22 22
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 25/47 25/47
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 22/25 22/25
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 11/22 11/22
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Kulambayeva
Q1
Jani
Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 61-39 61-39
Total points 100 100
Winners 25 25
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 35/50 35/50
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 25/35 25/35
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 9/15 9/15
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Prague

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