Anastasia Potapova and Mccartney Kessler will face off in the semifinal of the Tennis in the Land for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on Stadium Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anastasia Potapova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anastasia Potapova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Potapova -> 1.62
Mccartney Kessler -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Potapova vs. Mccartney Kessler

There is no head to head record between Anastasia Potapova and Mccartney Kessler since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Anastasia Potapova

Ranked no. 43, Anastasia got to the semifinal after defeating Diane Parry 6-3 6-2, Clara Tauson 6-2 6-2 and Ana Bogdan 6-2 6-1.

In the quarter, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Bogdan (6-2 6-1). During the match, Potapova scored 67 points vs Bogdan’s 42. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Potapova scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 6 double faults. Anastasia Potapova lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Potapova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bogdan 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points she played.

Potapova has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (213-151). 12-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Potapova has a composed 95-81 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Anastasia’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Birmingham.

Anastasia has a compiled 23-18 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cleveland

Potapova has never competed in this tournament before.

Mccartney Kessler

Ranked no. 98 (career-high), the American reached the semifinal after beating Katrina Scott 6-1 4-6 6-4, Xinyu Wang 3-6 6-4 6-2 and Arantxa Rus 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Kessler had a good straight sets win against Rus (6-4 6-2). During the match Kessler scored 70 points vs Rus’s 54. Kessler was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Kessler struck 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mccartney Kessler was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of her 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mccartney broke Rus 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W75 Rome where she overcame Liv Hovde in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Puerto Vallarta where she overcame Taylah Preston in the final 5-7 6-3 6-0 and the W100 Landisville where she defeated Olivia Gadecki in the final 4-6 6-2 6-4.

Mccartney has a composed 33-17 win-loss record in 2024, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Potapova	Kessler
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	48	72
Pts	183-118	246-210
Total Points	301	456
Winners	59	90
%Winners	32%	37%

Both Potapova and Kessler played 3 matches. At the moment, Mccartney Kessler lost 2 sets while Anastasia Potapova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Potapova has played 2 set(s) less than Kessler (6 vs 8). Therefore, Potapova played 24 games less than Kessler. The Russian scored 59 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Kessler managed to score 90 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Potapova	Kessler
Aces	1	8
Avg per match	0.3	2.7
1st in	80/138	125/216
%1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	59/80	90/125
%1st pts	74%	72%
2nd pts	25/58	47/91
%2nd pts	43%	52%

Potapova made 1 ace (0.3 per match). Kessler also made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Potapova won 74% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kessler won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Potapova	Kessler
Won	19	14
Converted	19/37	14/30
% Converted	51%	47%
Conceded	13	17
Saved	6	10
% Saved	46%	59%
Times Broken	7	7

Anastasia broke her opponents 19 times with a 51% conversion rate. Potapova lost her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded. Mccartney broke her opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Kessler conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.

Potapova
	R1 Parry	R2 Tauson	1/4 Bogdan	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-2 6-2	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	16	15	48
pts	57-38	59-38	67-42	183-118
Total points	95	97	109	301
Winners	18	19	22	59
%Winners	32%	32%	33%	32%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	1
Double Faults	2	5	6	13
1st in	28/42	24/46	28/50	80/138
% 1st in	67%	52%	56%	58%
1st pts	18/28	19/24	22/28	59/80
% 1st pts	64%	79%	79%	74%
2nd pts	6/14	10/22	9/22	25/58
% 2nd pts	43%	45%	41%	43%
Breaks
Won	7	6	6	19
Converted	7/11	6/11	6/15	19/37
Converted %	64%	55%	40%	51%
Conceded	3	4	6	13
Saved	0/3	2/4	4/6	6
Saved %	0%	50%	67%	39%
Times Broken	3	2	2	7

Kessler
	R1 Scott	R2 Wang	1/4 Rus	Total
Score	6-1 4-6 6-4	3-6 6-4 6-2	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	27	27	18	72
pts	85-70	91-86	70-54	246-210
Total points	155	177	124	456
Winners	34	34	22	90
%Winners	40%	37%	31%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	3	8
Double Faults	5	4	1	10
1st in	49/84	47/79	29/53	125/216
% 1st in	58%	59%	55%	58%
1st pts	34/49	34/47	22/29	90/125
% 1st pts	69%	72%	76%	72%
2nd pts	16/35	14/32	17/24	47/91
% 2nd pts	46%	44%	71%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	5	3	14
Converted	6/8	5/12	3/10	14/30
Converted %	75%	42%	30%	47%
Conceded	7	7	3	17
Saved	3/7	4/7	3/3	10
Saved %	43%	57%	100%	67%
Times Broken	4	3	0	7

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