Arantxa Rus and Viktorija Golubic will fight against each other in the quarter of the Jiangxi Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arantxa Rus who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arantxa Rus is the pick to win this match.
Arantxa Rus -> 1.77
Viktorija Golubic -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Viktorija Golubic

This will be the 3rd time that Arantxa Rus and Viktorija Golubic play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats

), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rus won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Tenerife back in 2021.

Arantxa Rus

Arantxa Rus

36 - 31win/loss

Hard
14-13
I Hard
2-1
Clay
18-12
Grass
2-5
Rank
83
High
41
WWLLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-31 14-13 18-12 2-1 2-5 0-0
2023 57-22 10-10 43-8 3-3 1-1 0-0
2022 46-33 9-10 29-17 7-4 1-2 0-0
2021 39-23 5-9 33-11 1-1 0-2 0-0
2020 23-17 13-8 4-6 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 83, Rus reached the quarter after beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-4 6-7(2) 6-3 and Linda Fruhvirtova 6-4 7-6(4).

In the 2nd round, Rus had a good straight sets win against Fruhvirtova (6-4 7-64). During the match, Rus scored 91 points vs Fruhvirtova’s 85. The Dutch was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rus scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 6 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 72% of her first serves in, winning 64% (42/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Arantxa broke Fruhvirtova 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rus has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points she played.

Rus has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (448-258). 14-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Rus has a composed 103-84 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W75 The Hague where she defeated Gina Feistel in the final 6-1 4-6 6-2.

Rus has an overall 36-31 win-loss record in 2024, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Jiujiang

Arantxa has never competed in this tournament before.

Jiujiang
Rus's Record

Viktorija Golubic

Viktorija Golubic

19 - 20win/loss

Hard
12-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-4
Grass
5-5
Rank
168
High
35
WWLLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 19-20 12-11 2-4 0-0 5-5 0-0
2023 34-21 14-9 2-5 10-3 8-4 0-0
2022 31-25 12-10 4-7 11-4 4-4 0-0
2021 48-22 15-11 9-4 12-2 9-4 3-1
2020 7-11 4-8 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 168, Golubic got to the quarter after beating Xiaodi You 7-5 6-2 and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-2 ret..

In the 2nd round against Bouzas Maneiro, Viktorija had a free pass after Bouzas Maneiro retired on a 6-2 . scoreline.

Viktorija has an overall 19-20 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Jiujiang
Golubic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Rus
V.Golubic
!
4h:59
4h:59
Time on court​
2h:23
2h:23
!
2h:19
2h:19
Last match​
!
0h:44
0h:44
2
2
Match played
2
2
55
55
Games Played​
28
28
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
187
187
Total points​
105
105
93.5
93.5
Avg point​
52.5
52.5
82
82
Winners
35
35
41
41
Avg Winners​
17.5
17.5
44%
44%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
0
0
4
4
Avg Aces
0
0
10
10
Double Faults
5
5
5
5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
82/127
82/127
1st won total​
35/53
35/53
65%
65%
1st won %
66%
66%
22/56
22/56
2nd won total​
12/24
12/24
!
39%
39%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
11/26
11/26
BP won
10/18
10/18
5.5/13
5.5/13
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
42%
42%
Won
!
56%
56%
13
13
Conceded
9
9
6.5
6.5
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
7
7
Broken
5
5
3.5
3.5
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
6
6
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rus Golubic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 55 28
Pts 187-177 105-71
Total Points 364 176
Winners 82 35
%Winners 44% 33%

Both Rus and Golubic played 2 matches. At the moment, Arantxa Rus conceded 1 set while Viktorija Golubic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rus has played 1 set more than Golubic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Rus played 27 games more than Golubic. The Dutch scored 82 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss recorded 35 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rus Golubic
Aces 8 0
Avg per match 4 0
1st in 127/183 53/77
%1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 82/127 35/53
%1st pts 65% 66%
2nd pts 22/56 12/24
%2nd pts 39% 50%

Rus managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Golubic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Rus won 65% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Golubic won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rus Golubic
Won 11 10
Converted 11/26 10/18
% Converted 42% 56%
Conceded 13 9
Saved 6 4
% Saved 46% 44%
Times Broken 7 5

Rus broke her opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Arantxa surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 46% of the break points that she conceded. The Swiss broke her opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Golubic conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.

Rus
R1
Starodubtseva
R2
Fruhvirtova
Total
Score 6-4 6-72 6-3 6-4 7-64
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 32 23 55
pts 96-92 91-85 187-177
Total points 188 176 364
Winners 40 42 82
%Winners 42% 46% 44%
SERVE
Aces 7 1 8
Double Faults 4 6 10
1st in 61/91 66/92 127/183
% 1st in 67% 72% 69%
1st pts 40/61 42/66 82/127
% 1st pts 66% 64% 65%
2nd pts 12/30 10/26 22/56
% 2nd pts 40% 38% 39%
Breaks
Won 7 4 11
Converted 7/15 4/11 11/26
Converted % 47% 36% 42%
Conceded 7 6 13
Saved 3/7 3/6 6
Saved % 43% 50% 47%
Times Broken 4 3 7
Golubic
R1
You
R2
Bouzas
Total
Score 7-5 6-2 6-2 ret.
Tot Set 2 1 3
Tot Games 20 8 28
pts 74-51 31-20 105-71
Total points 125 51 176
Winners 27 8 35
%Winners 36% 26% 33%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 40/55 13/22 53/77
% 1st in 73% 59% 69%
1st pts 27/40 8/13 35/53
% 1st pts 68% 62% 66%
2nd pts 8/15 4/9 12/24
% 2nd pts 53% 44% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/11 4/7 10/18
Converted % 55% 57% 56%
Conceded 5 4 9
Saved 2/5 2/4 4
Saved % 40% 50% 45%
Times Broken 3 2 5

Tennis Scores in Jiujiang

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