Jessica Pegula and Ashlyn Krueger will square off in the 3rd round of the National Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.26
Ashlyn Krueger -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Ashlyn Krueger
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Ashlyn Krueger clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Pegula won 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in July 2024.
Jessica Pegula
22 - 10win/loss
6
3
WLWLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-10 | 12-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, the American reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (7-5 6-4). During the match, Pegula scored 77 points vs Pliskova’s 67. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pegula blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 55% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Pliskova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Pegula has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (320-175). 12-5 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Pegula has an aggregate 198-95 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Berlin where she defeated Anna Kalinskaya in the final 6-7(0) 6-4 7-6(3).
Pegula has a compiled 22-10 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Ashlyn Krueger
21 - 19win/loss
82
65
WWWWLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 11-10 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 26-15 | 8-6 | 2-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 23-17 | 10-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-14 | 10-11 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82, Ashlyn got to the 3rd round after defeating Priscilla Hon 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1, Carol Zhao 6-1 6-0, Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3 6-2 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Krueger had a good straight sets win against Annie Fernandez (6-4 6-2). During the match Krueger scored 69 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 55. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Krueger managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ashlyn Krueger was very effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Annie Fernandez 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ashlyn started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
The American has a composed 21-19 win-loss record in 2024, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 78 |
| Pts | 77-67 | 286-215 |
| Total Points | 144 | 501 |
| Winners | 27 | 126 |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% |
Pegula played 1 match while Krueger competed in 4 matches. Krueger started her run from the qualifications while Pegula had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ashlyn Krueger dropped 1 set while Jessica Pegula hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pegula has played 7 set(s) less than Krueger (2 vs 9). Therefore, Pegula played 56 games less than Krueger. The American scored 27 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Krueger bagged 126 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 169/270 |
| %1st in | 55% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 27/41 | 126/169 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 50/101 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 50% |
Pegula struck 2 aces . Krueger bagged 11 aces (2.8 per match). Pegula won 66% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 16/24 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 8 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 13 |
| % Saved | 63% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Jessica broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pegula conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 16 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ashlyn conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||
| R2 Pliskova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-67 | 77-67 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 41/74 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 27/41 | 27/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Krueger | ||||||
| Q1 Hon |
Q3 Zhao |
R1 Cocciaretto |
R2 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-1 | 6-1 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 78 | |
| pts | 99-90 | 55-22 | 63-48 | 69-55 | 286-215 | |
| Total points | 189 | 77 | 111 | 124 | 501 | |
| Winners | 46 | 20 | 27 | 33 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% | 43% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 59/99 | 29/47 | 35/60 | 46/64 | 169/270 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 58% | 72% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 20/29 | 27/35 | 33/46 | 126/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 69% | 77% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/40 | 10/18 | 14/25 | 11/18 | 50/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 56% | 56% | 61% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/7 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 16/24 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 86% | 50% | 75% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 2/3 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 67% | 100% | 100% | 292% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWLLLWWW Tennis Scores in Toronto
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Greetje MinnenMinnen (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Caroline Dolehide/Desirae KrawczykDolehide/Desirae Krawczyk – Hanyu Guo/Makoto NinomiyaGuo/Makoto Ninomiya (2-6 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Yafan WangWang (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sofia Kenin/Bethanie Mattek-SandsKenin/Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Liudmila Samsonova/Yafan WangSamsonova/Yafan Wang (6-3 5-7 10-6) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (3-6 7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Yue YuanYuan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Madison KeysKeys (3-6 7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Marina StakusicStakusic (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Xinyu Jiang/Fang-Hsien WuJiang/Fang-Hsien Wu – Lyudmyla Kichenok/Jelena OstapenkoKichenok/Jelena Ostapenko (7-67 4-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz – Giovanni CalvanoCalvano (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Corrado SummariaSummaria (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Luca PrevostoPrevosto (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Antonio MassaraMassara – Wilson LeiteLeite (4-6 6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Jonathan MridhaMridha (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Alessandro PetronePetrone – Pierre FaivreFaivre (6-74 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Greetje MinnenMinnen (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Madison KeysKeys (3-6 7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (3-6 7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Yue YuanYuan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cori GauffGauff – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-3) – H2H and prediction
