Ann Li and Lea Boskovic will fight against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.61
Lea Boskovic -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Lea Boskovic

This will be the 2nd time that Ann Li and Lea Boskovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Li (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Li won 6-3 6-7(1) 6-3 in the 1st round in the Valencia back in 2023.

Ann Li

Ann Li

28 - 19win/loss

Hard
6-8
I Hard
0-1
Clay
22-9
Grass
0-1
Rank
131
High
44
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-19 6-8 22-9 0-1 0-1 0-0
2023 36-28 16-13 15-9 4-4 1-2 0-0
2022 16-20 7-10 2-3 4-3 3-4 0-0
2021 25-14 19-8 1-1 4-2 1-3 0-0
2020 20-9 17-7 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 131, Ann reached the qualifications after beating Lanlana Tararudee 2-6 6-4 6-4 and Astra Sharma 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Ann had a good straight sets win against Sharma (6-4 6-4). During the match, Li scored 70 points vs Sharma’s 52. Li was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Li managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Ann Li was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The American broke Sharma 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ann started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Li has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (217-146). 6-8 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Li has an aggregate120-80 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the Valencia where she overcame Viktoriya Tomova in the final 6-3 6-4.

Ann has a composed 28-19 win-loss record in 2024, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Li's Record

Lea Boskovic

Lea Boskovic

26 - 20win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
7-3
Clay
14-14
Grass
2-1
Rank
167
High
164
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-20 3-2 14-14 7-3 2-1 0-0
2023 46-26 12-4 14-9 20-13 0-0 0-0
2022 37-26 5-3 28-20 4-2 0-1 0-0
2021 8-11 0-0 8-9 0-2 0-0 0-0
2020 17-11 8-2 4-5 5-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 167, Lea reached the qualifications after defeating Darja Semenistaja 6-2 4-6 6-3 and Selena Janicijevic 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Janicijevic (6-3 6-4). During the match Boskovic scored 71 points vs Janicijevic’s 57. Lea was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Boskovic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Lea Boskovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Boskovic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Lea broke Janicijevic 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lea started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

The Croatian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W35 Helsinki and the W75 Rome.

The Croatian has a composed 26-20 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Boskovic has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Boskovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Li
L.Boskovic
3h:16
3h:16
Time on court​
3h:34
3h:34
1h:22
1h:22
Last match​
1h:28
1h:28
2
2
Match played
2
2
48
48
Games Played​
46
46
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
154
154
Total points​
166
166
77
77
Avg point​
83
83
64
64
Winners
71
71
32
32
Avg Winners​
35.5
35.5
42%
42%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
2
2
Avg Aces
0.5
0.5
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
64/88
64/88
1st won total​
71/109
71/109
!
73%
73%
1st won %
65%
65%
30/56
30/56
2nd won total​
27/58
27/58
54%
54%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
7/16
7/16
BP won
11/21
11/21
3.5/8
3.5/8
Avg BP won
5.5/10.5
5.5/10.5
44%
44%
Won
!
52%
52%
11
11
Conceded
20
20
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
10
10
5
5
Broken
7
7
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
3.5
3.5
6
6
Saved
13
13
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Li Boskovic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 48 46
Pts 154-138 166-141
Total Points 292 307
Winners 64 71
%Winners 42% 43%

Both Li and Boskovic played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ann Li dropped 1 set, while Lea Boskovic conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Li and Boskovic have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Li played 2 games more than Boskovic. Li scored 64 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Lea bagged 71 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Li Boskovic
Aces 4 1
Avg per match 2 0.5
1st in 88/144 109/167
%1st in 61% 65%
1st pts 64/88 71/109
%1st pts 73% 65%
2nd pts 30/56 27/58
%2nd pts 54% 47%

Li scored 4 aces (2 per match). Boskovic bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Li won 73% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Boskovic won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Li Boskovic
Won 7 11
Converted 7/16 11/21
% Converted 44% 52%
Conceded 11 20
Saved 6 13
% Saved 55% 65%
Times Broken 5 7

Ann broke her opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Li dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. The Croatian broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Boskovic conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Li
Q1
Tararudee		 Q2
Sharma		 Total
Score 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 28 20 48
pts 84-86 70-52 154-138
Total points 170 122 292
Winners 37 27 64
%Winners 44% 39% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 3 4
Double Faults 3 1 4
1st in 56/92 32/52 88/144
% 1st in 61% 62% 61%
1st pts 37/56 27/32 64/88
% 1st pts 66% 84% 73%
2nd pts 18/36 12/20 30/56
% 2nd pts 50% 60% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/7 3/9 7/16
Converted % 57% 33% 44%
Conceded 10 1 11
Saved 6/10 0/1 6
Saved % 60% 0% 30%
Times Broken 4 1 5
Boskovic
Q1
Semenistaja		 Q2
Janicijevic		 Total
Score 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 27 19 46
pts 95-84 71-57 166-141
Total points 179 128 307
Winners 44 27 71
%Winners 46% 38% 43%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 67/97 42/70 109/167
% 1st in 69% 60% 65%
1st pts 44/67 27/42 71/109
% 1st pts 66% 64% 65%
2nd pts 13/30 14/28 27/58
% 2nd pts 43% 50% 47%
Breaks
Won 6 5 11
Converted 6/11 5/10 11/21
Converted % 55% 50% 52%
Conceded 10 10 20
Saved 6/10 7/10 13
Saved % 60% 70% 65%
Times Broken 4 3 7

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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