Varvara Gracheva and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will face off in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on HOLCIM STADIUM 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Gracheva who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Varvara Gracheva is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.666
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

There is no head to head record between Varvara Gracheva and Aliaksandra Sasnovich since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 65, Varvara got to the qualifications after beating Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Varvara had a good straight sets win against Pera (6-3 6-1). During the match, Gracheva scored 60 points vs Pera’s 32. Gracheva was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Gracheva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Varvara Gracheva was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of her 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Varvara broke Pera 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Gracheva has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of her matches (256-183). 5-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gracheva has an aggregate68-69 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Gracheva’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Paris.

The French player has an overall 21-20 win-loss record in 2024, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Ranked no. 98, the Belarussian reached the qualifications after beating Xiyu Wang 6-3 1-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, Sasnovich defeated Wang (6-3 1-6 6-1). During the match Sasnovich scored 80 points vs Wang’s 75. Aliaksandra was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Sasnovich recorded 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 64% of her first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Wang 5 times.

Aliaksandra’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Budapest.

The Belarussian has a composed 21-20 win-loss record in 2024, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gracheva	Sasnovich
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	23
Pts	60-32	80-75
Total Points	92	155
Winners	20	33
%Winners	33%	41%

Both Gracheva and Sasnovich played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost 1 set while Varvara Gracheva hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gracheva has played 1 set(s) less than Sasnovich (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gracheva played 7 games less than Sasnovich. Gracheva scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Aliaksandra made 33 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gracheva	Sasnovich
Aces	0	2
Avg per match	0	2
1st in	26/43	53/83
%1st in	60%	64%
1st pts	20/26	33/53
%1st pts	77%	62%
2nd pts	11/17	12/30
%2nd pts	65%	40%

Gracheva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sasnovich made 2 aces . Gracheva won 77% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Sasnovich won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gracheva	Sasnovich
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/5
% Converted	63%	100%
Conceded	1	12
Saved	0	8
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	1	4

Varvara broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Gracheva conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Belarussian broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Aliaksandra conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Gracheva
	Q1 Pera	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-32	60-32
Total points	92	92
Winners	20	20
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	26/43	26/43
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	20/26	20/26
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	11/17	11/17
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Sasnovich
	Q1 Wang	Total
Score	6-3 1-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	23	23
pts	80-75	80-75
Total points	155	155
Winners	33	33
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	53/83	53/83
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	33/53	33/53
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	12/30	12/30
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	8/12	8
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	4	4

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