Julia Riera and Ana Konjuh will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 13. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Julia Riera who should win in 2 sets.
Julia Riera -> 1.25
Ana Konjuh -> 3.8
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Prediction and head to head Julia Riera vs. Ana Konjuh
There is no head to head record between Julia Riera and Ana Konjuh since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Julia Riera
31 - 17win/loss
111
93
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-24 | 8-10 | 31-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 4-5 | 49-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 8-5 | 42-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-17 | 21-8 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121, Riera got to the qualifications after beating Lina Gjorcheska 7-6(4) 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Gjorcheska (7-64 6-3). During the match, Riera scored 79 points vs Gjorcheska’s 70. Julia was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Riera recorded 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Julia Riera lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Riera put 77% of her first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Riera broke Gjorcheska 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Riera has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of her matches (187-97). 8-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Riera has a compiled41-25 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Chiasso where she overcame Anna Bondar in the final 6-3 7-6(2) and the W100 Wiesbaden where she beat Jule Niemeier in the final 3-6 6-3 6-2.
The Argentine has a composed 31-16 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Ana Konjuh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-9 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-15 | 3-4 | 3-7 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-23 | 9-9 | 2-6 | 20-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-23 | 17-9 | 16-8 | 5-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-5 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 861, Ana got to the qualifications after beating Miriam Bianca Bulgaru 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Bianca Bulgaru (6-2 6-4). During the match Konjuh scored 61 points vs Bianca Bulgaru’s 49. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Konjuh blasted 4 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Ana Konjuh lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Konjuh put 46% of her first serves in, winning 71% (17/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Ana broke Bianca Bulgaru 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
The Croatian has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Riera | Konjuh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 |
| Pts | 79-70 | 61-49 |
| Total Points | 149 | 110 |
| Winners | 38 | 17 |
| %Winners | 48% | 28% |
Both Riera and Konjuh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Riera and Konjuh have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Riera played 4 games more than Konjuh. Riera scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Konjuh managed to score 17 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Riera | Konjuh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 56/73 | 24/52 |
| %1st in | 77% | 46% |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 17/24 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 11/28 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 39% |
Riera recorded 2 aces . Konjuh scored 4 aces . Riera won 68% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Konjuh won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Riera | Konjuh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 88% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 63% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Riera broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Riera lost her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Ana broke her opponent 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Riera | |||
| Q1 Gjorcheska | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 79-70 | 79-70 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/73 | 56/73 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Konjuh | |||
| Q1 Bianca | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-49 | 61-49 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 24/52 | 24/52 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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