Ekaterina Makarova (1996) and Simona Waltert will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Waltert who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Waltert is the pick to win this match.
Simona Waltert -> 1.23
Ekaterina Makarova (1996) -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Makarova (1996) vs. Simona Waltert

This will be the 2^nd time that Ekaterina Makarova (1996) and Simona Waltert play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Waltert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Waltert won 6-3 6-2 in the 1^st round in the W100 Wiesbaden back in April 2024.

Ekaterina Makarova (1996)

Ranked no. 183, Makarova (1996) will start her run in Iasi after she played her last match in Budapest where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Shnaider in the 2^nd round on the 18^th of July.

Makarova (1996) has an overall 15-24 win-loss record in 2024, 13-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in W15 Campinas.

Talking about her overall career, Makarova (1996) has an overall 220-170 record. She has a positive 137-102 record on clay.

Previously in Iasi

Makarova (1996) has never competed in this tournament before.

Simona Waltert

Ranked no. 248, the Swiss got to the 1^st round after defeating Dalila Jakupovic 6-4 6-1 and Maria Sara Popa 6-0 6-4.

In the qualifications, Waltert had a good straight sets win against Sara Popa (6-0 6-4). During the match Waltert scored 56 points vs Sara Popa’s 29. Waltert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Waltert scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Simona Waltert was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (19/26) of her 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Simona broke Sara Popa 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 65% of the points she played.

Simona’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya.

Simona has an overall 21-21 win-loss record in 2024, 13-11 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Iasi

Simona has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Iasi

• Miriam Bianca BulgaruBianca Bulgaru – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Noma Akugue NohaAkugue Noha (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera – Irina Maria BaraMaria Bara (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Anastasia TikhonovaTikhonova (6-3 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-2 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andy Murray/Jamie MurrayMurray/Jamie Murray – Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-VasselinMahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6-4 6-7⁷ 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jack SockSock (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-6⁶ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6⁶ 4-6 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander BublikBublik – Bradley KlahnKlahn (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo MeloKubot/Marcelo Melo – Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury (4-6 6-3 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marius CopilCopil – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (6-1 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Richard BerankisBerankis (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert FarahCabal/Robert Farah – Nick Kyrgios/Stefanos TsitsipasKyrgios/Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-3 3-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tim SmyczekSmyczek – Matthew EbdenEbden (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy PaulPaul – Denis KudlaKudla (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Donald YoungYoung (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (6-4 6-7¹⁴ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lea BoskovicBoskovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marie BenoitBenoit – Anna BondarBondar (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Leyre Romero GormazRomero Gormaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Petra MarticMartic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nuria BrancaccioBrancaccio – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle – Chloe PaquetPaquet (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Simona WaltertWaltert – Ekaterina Makarova (1996)Makarova (1996) (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gergana TopalovaTopalova – (0-1) – H2H and prediction