Anna Blinkova and Alina Korneeva will square off in the 2nd round of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alina Korneeva who should win in 3 sets.
Alina Korneeva -> 1.9
Anna Blinkova -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Alina Korneeva
There is no head to head record between Anna Blinkova and Alina Korneeva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Anna Blinkova
24 - 28win/loss
75
34
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-28 | 14-14 | 2-8 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 4-10 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 75, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Lesya Tsurenko 2-6 6-4 4-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Tsurenko, the Russian had a free pass after Tsurenko retired on a 2-6 6-4 4-0 . scoreline.
Blinkova has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (299-222). 14-14 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blinkova has an overall 112-95 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W100 Macon where she overcame Ann Li in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(4).
Blinkova has a composed 24-28 win-loss record in 2024, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alina Korneeva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-5 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-8 | 29-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-5 | 8-2 | 9-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 254, Alina reached the 2nd round after defeating Alycia Parks 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Parks (6-3 6-1). During the match Korneeva scored 65 points vs Parks’s 38. Korneeva was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Korneeva fired 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Alina Korneeva was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (17/19) of her 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alina broke Parks 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W100 Caldas da Rainha where she beat Anastasia Zakharova in the final 6-1 6-4.
The Russian has an aggregate 15-5 win-loss record in 2024, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blinkova | Korneeva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 69-70 | 65-38 |
| Total Points | 139 | 103 |
| Winners | 25 | 17 |
| %Winners | 36% | 26% |
Both Blinkova and Korneeva played 1 match. At the moment, Anna Blinkova lost 1 set while Alina Korneeva hasn’t lost a set so far. Blinkova has played 2 sets more than Korneeva (4 vs 2). Therefore, Blinkova played 6 games more than Korneeva. Anna scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Alina scored 17 winners (26%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blinkova | Korneeva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/82 | 19/41 |
| %1st in | 52% | 46% |
| 1st pts | 25/43 | 17/19 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 16/22 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 73% |
Blinkova recorded 1 ace . Korneeva also struck 3 aces . Blinkova won 58% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Korneeva won 89% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blinkova | Korneeva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 71% | 33% |
| Conceded | 16 | 0 |
| Saved | 12 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Blinkova broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Blinkova surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Korneeva was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Blinkova | |||
| R1 Tsurenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 69-70 | 69-70 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/82 | 43/82 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 25/43 | 25/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 12/16 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Korneeva | |||
| R1 Parks | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-38 | 65-38 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 19/41 | 19/41 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 17/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Merida
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- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Marina StakusicStakusic (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (2-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-4 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ann LiLi – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxime ChazalChazal – Peter TorebkoTorebko (5-7 6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelle SelsSels – Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc (6-1 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Matteo MartineauMartineau (3-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Lorenzo FrigerioFrigerio (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Francesco FortiForti (6-4 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matias ZukasZukas – Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna (6-1 6-77 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Samuel BensoussanBensoussan (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Wilson LeiteLeite (4-6 7-69 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ann LiLi – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction