Varvara Lepchenko and Despina Papamichail will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 11. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Lepchenko who should win in 2 sets.
Varvara Lepchenko -> 1.34
Despina Papamichail -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Lepchenko vs. Despina Papamichail
There is no head to head record between Varvara Lepchenko and Despina Papamichail since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Varvara Lepchenko
34 - 24win/loss
196
19
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 34-24 | 9-7 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 33-20 | 25-14 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 24-12 | 11-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 18-11 | 10-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 196, Varvara reached the qualifications after defeating Tamara Zidansek 6-2 6-3 and Valerie Glozman 4-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Glozman, Varvara recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Lepchenko scored 89 points vs Glozman’s 79. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lepchenko bagged 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Varvara Lepchenko lost the serve 6 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lepchenko put 73% of her first serves in, winning 60% (36/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Glozman 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lepchenko started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
Lepchenko has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (238-194). 9-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Lepchenko has a composed 135-104 match record in the last years on hard.
Varvara’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W75 Brescia and the W35 Rome.
Varvara has a compiled 34-24 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Despina Papamichail
19 - 20win/loss
236
143
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 19-20 | 3-6 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-37 | 21-17 | 6-18 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 32-36 | 12-13 | 18-20 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 39-30 | 10-9 | 29-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 6-11 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 236, Despina got to the qualifications after defeating Louisa Chirico 6-4 2-6 6-1 and Alycia Parks 7-5 5-7 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Greek defeated Parks (7-5 5-7 6-2). During the match Papamichail scored 108 points vs Parks’s 92. Despina was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Papamichail scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Despina Papamichail lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Papamichail put 62% of her first serves in, winning 60% (37/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the 2nd serve. Despina broke Parks 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Papamichail started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Papamichail’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Larnaca.
The Greek has an aggregate 19-20 win-loss record in 2024, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Lepchenko | Papamichail |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
Tot Games | 46 | 57 |
Pts | 156-129 | 182-161 |
Total Points | 285 | 343 |
Winners | 65 | 63 |
%Winners | 42% | 35% |
Both Lepchenko and Papamichail played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Varvara Lepchenko surrendered 1 set, while Despina Papamichail surrendered 2 sets. Lepchenko has played 1 set(s) less than Papamichail (5 vs 6). Therefore, Lepchenko played 11 games less than Papamichail. Varvara scored 65 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Papamichail managed to score 63 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Lepchenko | Papamichail |
---|---|---|
Aces | 8 | 4 |
Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
1st in | 106/145 | 102/165 |
%1st in | 73% | 62% |
1st pts | 65/106 | 63/102 |
%1st pts | 61% | 62% |
2nd pts | 20/39 | 35/63 |
%2nd pts | 51% | 56% |
Lepchenko bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Papamichail managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Lepchenko won 61% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Papamichail won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Lepchenko | Papamichail |
---|---|---|
Won | 12 | 13 |
Converted | 12/23 | 13/20 |
% Converted | 52% | 65% |
Conceded | 15 | 17 |
Saved | 8 | 8 |
% Saved | 53% | 47% |
Times Broken | 7 | 9 |
The American broke her opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Lepchenko lost her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. Despina broke her opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Greek conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 47% of the break points that she conceded.
Lepchenko | ||||
Q1 Zidansek | Q2 Glozman | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 46 | |
pts | 67-50 | 89-79 | 156-129 | |
Total points | 117 | 168 | 285 | |
Winners | 29 | 36 | 65 | |
%Winners | 43% | 40% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 46/63 | 60/82 | 106/145 | |
% 1st in | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
1st pts | 29/46 | 36/60 | 65/106 | |
% 1st pts | 63% | 60% | 61% | |
2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/22 | 20/39 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 45% | 51% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
Converted | 5/10 | 7/13 | 12/23 | |
Converted % | 50% | 54% | 52% | |
Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 2/8 | 8 | |
Saved % | 86% | 25% | 56% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Papamichail | ||||
Q1 Chirico | Q2 Parks | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 2-6 6-1 | 7-5 5-7 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 32 | 57 | |
pts | 74-69 | 108-92 | 182-161 | |
Total points | 143 | 200 | 343 | |
Winners | 26 | 37 | 63 | |
%Winners | 35% | 34% | 35% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
1st in | 40/65 | 62/100 | 102/165 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 62% | 62% | |
1st pts | 26/40 | 37/62 | 63/102 | |
% 1st pts | 65% | 60% | 62% | |
2nd pts | 14/25 | 21/38 | 35/63 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 55% | 56% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
Converted | 6/8 | 7/12 | 13/20 | |
Converted % | 75% | 58% | 65% | |
Conceded | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
Saved | 3/7 | 5/10 | 8 | |
Saved % | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 9 |
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