Varvara Lepchenko and Nuria Brancaccio will fight against each other 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 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuria Brancaccio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuria Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Nuria Brancaccio -> 1.74
Varvara Lepchenko -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Lepchenko vs. Nuria Brancaccio
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Lepchenko and Nuria Brancaccio play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Brancaccio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Brancaccio won 7-6(6) 6-1 in the final in the W35 Rome back in July 2024.
Varvara Lepchenko
29 - 22win/loss
187
19
WLWWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-22 | 6-6 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-20 | 25-14 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-12 | 11-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 10-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, Lepchenko got to the qualifications after defeating Ilinca Dalina Amariei 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Dalina Amariei (6-3 6-2). During the match, Lepchenko scored 75 points vs Dalina Amariei’s 55. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lepchenko scored just 1 ace and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Varvara Lepchenko was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The American broke Dalina Amariei 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).
Lepchenko has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (233-192). 22-14 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Lepchenko has an overall 73-54 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Lepchenko’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the W75 Brescia and the W35 Rome.
Lepchenko has an overall 29-22 win-loss record in 2024, 22-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Iasi
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Nuria Brancaccio
33 - 19win/loss
232
167
WLWLWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-19 | 2-2 | 31-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 2-2 | 33-25 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-33 | 2-4 | 39-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-22 | 0-0 | 51-21 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 2-2 | 10-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232, Nuria reached the qualifications after beating Seone Mendez 6-1 3-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nuria defeated Mendez (6-1 3-6 6-2). During the match Brancaccio scored 82 points vs Mendez’s 61. Brancaccio was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Brancaccio wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nuria Brancaccio lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 87% of her first serves in, winning 55% (36/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the 2nd serve. Brancaccio broke Mendez 8 times after converting 73% of her break points (8/11).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W35 Tarvisio where she defeated Dalila Spiteri in the final 6-4 6-2 and the W35 Rome where she beat Varvara Lepchenko in the final 7-6(6) 6-1.
Brancaccio has an overall 33-19 win-loss record in 2024, 31-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lepchenko | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 24 |
| Pts | 75-55 | 82-61 |
| Total Points | 130 | 143 |
| Winners | 22 | 36 |
| %Winners | 29% | 44% |
Both Lepchenko and Brancaccio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nuria Brancaccio surrendered 1 set while Varvara Lepchenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lepchenko has played 1 set(s) less than Brancaccio (2 vs 3). Therefore, Lepchenko played 7 games less than Brancaccio. Lepchenko scored 22 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 36 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lepchenko | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 31/54 | 65/75 |
| %1st in | 57% | 87% |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 36/65 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 6/10 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 60% |
Lepchenko blasted 1 ace . Brancaccio didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Lepchenko won 71% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 55% of the points behind 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 | Lepchenko | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 8/11 |
| % Converted | 31% | 73% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Varvara dropped her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Brancaccio broke her opponent 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. The Italian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Lepchenko | |||
| Q1 Dalina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 75-55 | 75-55 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/54 | 31/54 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Brancaccio | |||
| Q1 Mendez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 82-61 | 82-61 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 65/75 | 65/75 | |
| % 1st in | 87% | 87% | |
| 1st pts | 36/65 | 36/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 73% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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