Lea Boskovic and Gergana Topalova will face off in the qualifications of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lea Boskovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lea Boskovic is the pick to win this match.
Lea Boskovic -> 1.68
Gergana Topalova -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Lea Boskovic vs. Gergana Topalova
This will be the 2nd time that Lea Boskovic and Gergana Topalova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Boskovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Boskovic won 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in the W25 Warmbad Villach back in 2022.
Lea Boskovic
19 - 17win/loss
201
158
LLWWLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-27 | 3-3 | 14-16 | 9-6 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 12-4 | 14-9 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 5-3 | 28-20 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-11 | 8-2 | 4-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182 (career-high), Boskovic got to the qualifications after beating Irina Fetecau 6-1 5-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Fetecau, Boskovic had a free pass after Fetecau retired on a 6-1 5-0 . scoreline.
Boskovic has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (221-141). 9-10 on clay in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Boskovic has a composed155-99 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Lea’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W35 Helsinki and the W75 Rome.
The Croatian has an aggregate 19-16 win-loss record in 2024, 9-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Iasi
Boskovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Gergana Topalova
23 - 22win/loss
350
210
LLLLWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-30 | 0-4 | 23-23 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-35 | 0-4 | 42-24 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-24 | 11-8 | 26-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-26 | 5-7 | 25-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 6-6 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 234, Topalova got to the qualifications after defeating Natalia Szabanin 7-6(6) 1-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gergana defeated Szabanin (7-66 1-6 6-3).During the match Topalova scored less points (7) than Szabanin. In fact, the world no. 182 won 94 points vs Szabanin’s. That means that Topalova was more focused during the important points. The Bulgarian was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Topalova struck 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Gergana Topalova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Topalova put 69% of her first serves in, winning 65% (48/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 24% (8/34) on the 2nd serve. Gergana broke Szabanin 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Topalova’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W35 Bastad.
Gergana has an aggregate 22-22 win-loss record in 2024, 20-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Boskovic | Topalova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 29 |
| Pts | 48-19 | 94-101 |
| Total Points | 67 | 195 |
| Winners | 17 | 48 |
| %Winners | 35% | 51% |
Both Boskovic and Topalova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gergana Topalova dropped 1 set while Lea Boskovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Boskovic and Topalova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Boskovic played 17 games less than Topalova. The Croatian scored 17 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Gergana made 48 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Boskovic | Topalova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 24/35 | 74/108 |
| %1st in | 69% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 48/74 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 8/34 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 24% |
Boskovic recorded 2 aces . Topalova blasted 4 aces . Boskovic won 71% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Topalova won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 24% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Boskovic | Topalova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 86% | 56% |
| Conceded | 2 | 14 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Boskovic broke her opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Boskovic conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Topalova broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Gergana conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Boskovic | |||
| Q1 Fetecau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 48-19 | 48-19 | |
| Total points | 67 | 67 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Topalova | |||
| Q1 Szabanin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 94-101 | 94-101 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 74/108 | 74/108 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 48/74 | 48/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/34 | 8/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 24% | 24% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 8/14 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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