H2H, prediction of Jessika Ponchet vs Lucija Ciric Bagaric at the U.S. Open with odds, preview, pick | 21st August 2024

PREVIEW. New York. Ponchet and Ciric will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 21st of August

Prediction and head to head Jessika Ponchet vs. Lucija Ciric Bagaric

Jessika Ponchet and Lucija Ciric Bagaric will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 15. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessika Ponchet who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jessika Ponchet is the pick to win this match.
Jessika Ponchet -> 1.87
Lucija Ciric Bagaric -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Jessika Ponchet vs. Lucija Ciric Bagaric

There is no head to head record between Jessika Ponchet and Lucija Ciric Bagaric since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jessika Ponchet

Jessika Ponchet
Jessika Ponchet

27 - 21win/loss

Hard
9-8
I Hard
6-3
Clay
6-6
Grass
6-4
Rank
133
High
104
LLWLWWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-27 15-13 6-6 6-4 6-4 0-0
2023 42-26 10-9 7-4 25-10 0-3 0-0
2022 35-26 13-8 8-3 11-12 3-3 0-0
2021 30-19 19-9 4-3 6-5 0-1 1-1
2020 10-12 2-4 0-2 8-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 143, the French player reached the qualifications after defeating Jana Fett 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications, Jessika had a good straight sets win against Fett (6-2 6-1). During the match, Ponchet scored 57 points vs Fett’s 31. Jessika was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ponchet managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Jessika Ponchet was very efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of her 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ponchet broke Fett 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).

Ponchet has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (295-197). 8-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ponchet has an overall99-65 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Jessika’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Boutheon and the W100 Ilkley.

Jessika has a compiled 26-21 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Ponchet
U.S. Open
Ponchet's Record

Lucija Ciric Bagaric

Lucija Ciric Bagaric
Lucija Ciric Bagaric

35 - 13win/loss

Hard
9-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
26-11
Grass
0-1
Rank
216
High
157
LWLLLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-20 9-1 26-15 1-3 0-1 0-0
2023 41-24 13-5 22-12 4-4 0-0 2-3
2022 40-21 0-0 28-19 12-2 0-0 0-0
2021 4-3 3-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 175, the Croatian reached the qualifications after beating Aliona Falei 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Falei, Lucija recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-4). During the match Ciric scored 122 points vs Falei’s 108. Ciric was very aggressive to blast 60 winners.

About the serving games, Ciric blasted 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Lucija Ciric Bagaric lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ciric put 66% of her first serves in, winning 77% (60/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (17/41) on the 2nd serve. Lucija broke Falei 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W35 Monastir where she overcame Polina Iatcenko in the final 7-5 6-2 and the W35 Hammamet where she beat Marie Benoit in the final 6-2 7-5 and the W35 Hammamet where she beat Francesca Jones in the final 2-1 ret. and the W35 Alaminos where she defeated Lina Gjorcheska in the final 6-2 6-3.

The Croatian has a compiled 35-12 win-loss record in 2024, 9-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Ciric has never competed in this tournament before.

Ciric
U.S. Open
Ciric's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Ponchet
L.Ciric Bagaric
1h:02
1h:02
Time on court​
!
2h:34
2h:34
1h:02
1h:02
Last match​
!
2h:34
2h:34
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
32
32
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
57
57
Total points​
122
122
57
57
Avg point​
122
122
20
20
Winners
60
60
20
20
Avg Winners​
60
60
35%
35%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
3
3
4
4
Avg Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
20/24
20/24
1st won total​
60/78
60/78
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
14/18
14/18
2nd won total​
17/41
17/41
!
78%
78%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
BP won
4/11
4/11
4/13
4/13
Avg BP won
4/11
4/11
31%
31%
Won
36%
36%
1
1
Conceded
8
8
1
1
Avg Conceded
8
8
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
1
1
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ponchet Ciric
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 15 32
Pts 57-31 122-108
Total Points 88 230
Winners 20 60
%Winners 35% 49%

Both Ponchet and Ciric played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Lucija Ciric Bagaric lost 1 set while Jessika Ponchet hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ponchet has played 1 set(s) less than Ciric (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ponchet played 17 games less than Ciric. Jessika scored 20 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Lucija scored 60 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ponchet Ciric
Aces 4 3
Avg per match 4 3
1st in 24/42 78/119
%1st in 57% 66%
1st pts 20/24 60/78
%1st pts 83% 77%
2nd pts 14/18 17/41
%2nd pts 78% 41%

Ponchet scored 4 aces . Ciric struck 3 aces . Ponchet won 83% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Ciric won 77% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ponchet Ciric
Won 4 4
Converted 4/13 4/11
% Converted 31% 36%
Conceded 1 8
Saved 1 6
% Saved 100% 75%
Times Broken 0 2

Ponchet broke her opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Ponchet extremely effective on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Croatian broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ciric conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Ponchet
Q1
Fett
Total
Score 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 57-31 57-31
Total points 88 88
Winners 20 20
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 24/42 24/42
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 20/24 20/24
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 14/18 14/18
% 2nd pts 78% 78%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/13 4/13
Converted % 31% 31%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Ciric
Q1
Falei
Total
Score 6-75 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 122-108 122-108
Total points 230 230
Winners 60 60
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 78/119 78/119
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 60/78 60/78
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 17/41 17/41
% 2nd pts 41% 41%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/11 4/11
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 6/8 6
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ponchet
LLWLWWLLWL
Ciric Bagaric
LWLLLLLLLW
2024 2023 2022
33 - 27
36 - 20
15-13
Hard
9-1
6-4
I Hard
1-3
6-6
Clay
26-15
6-4
Grass
0-1

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