Marie Benoit and Gabriela Lee will clash against each other in the qualifications of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:30 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 Marie Benoit who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marie Benoit is the pick to win this match.
Marie Benoit -> 1.533
Gabriela Lee -> 2.39

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Prediction and head to head Marie Benoit vs. Gabriela Lee

This will be the 2^nd time that Marie Benoit and Gabriela Lee play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Benoit (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Benoit won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in the W25 Daytona Beach back in 2020.

Marie Benoit

Ranked no. 215, Benoit got to the qualifications after defeating Georgia Andreea Craciun 6-1 6-7(4) 6-0.

In the qualifications, Benoit defeated Andreea Craciun (6-1 6-7⁴ 6-0). During the match, Benoit scored 109 points vs Andreea Craciun’s 82. Benoit was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Benoit made 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Marie Benoit lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Benoit put 56% of her first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the 2nd serve. Benoit broke Andreea Craciun 8 times after converting 42% of her break points (8/19).

Benoit has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (305-211). 41-11 on clay in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Benoit has a compiled248-157 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W35 Naples where she beat Leonie Kung in the final 6-4 1-6 6-4 and the W35 Annenheim where she defeated Tereza Valentova in the final 7-5 3-6 7-5 and the W35 Klagenfurt where she beat Sofia Costoulas in the final 6-1 6-3.

Marie has an overall 41-11 win-loss record in 2024, 41-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Iasi

The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.

Gabriela Lee

Ranked no. 365, Gabriela got to the qualifications after defeating Anna Siskova 7-5 4-6 7-6(2).

In the qualifications, Talaba defeated Siskova (7-5 4-6 7-6²). During the match Talaba scored 119 points vs Siskova’s 103. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Talaba scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Gabriela Lee lost the serve 7 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Talaba put 62% of her first serves in, winning 57% (35/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Siskova 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

The Romanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W75+H Vero Beach.

The Romanian has a compiled 18-11 win-loss record in 2024, 17-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Benoit	Talaba
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	35
Pts	109-82	119-103
Total Points	191	222
Winners	33	35
%Winners	30%	29%

Both Benoit and Talaba played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Marie Benoit conceded 1 set, while Gabriela Lee surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Benoit and Talaba have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Benoit played 9 games less than Talaba. The Belgian scored 33 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Talaba made 35 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Benoit	Talaba
Aces	3	1
Avg per match	3	1
1st in	53/95	61/99
%1st in	56%	62%
1st pts	33/53	35/61
%1st pts	62%	57%
2nd pts	22/42	23/38
%2nd pts	52%	61%

Benoit struck 3 aces . Talaba struck 1 ace . Benoit won 62% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Talaba won 57% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Benoit	Talaba
Won	8	7
Converted	8/19	7/13
% Converted	42%	54%
Conceded	9	13
Saved	6	6
% Saved	67%	46%
Times Broken	3	7

Marie broke her opponent 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Belgian surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded.

Benoit
	Q1 Andreea	Total
Score	6-1 6-74 6-0
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	109-82	109-82
Total points	191	191
Winners	33	33
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	53/95	53/95
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	33/53	33/53
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	22/42	22/42
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/19	8/19
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Talaba
	Q1 Siskova	Total
Score	7-5 4-6 7-62
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	119-103	119-103
Total points	222	222
Winners	35	35
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	61/99	61/99
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	35/61	35/61
% 1st pts	57%	57%
2nd pts	23/38	23/38
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/13	7/13
Converted %	54%	54%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	6/13	6
Saved %	46%	46%
Times Broken	7	7

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• Donald YoungYoung – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Nicolas MahutMahut (6-7³ 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tim SmyczekSmyczek – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6⁵ 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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