Lucrezia Stefanini and Emina Bektas will clash against each other in the qualifications of the ASB Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on Court 2. 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 Emina Bektas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emina Bektas is the pick to win this match.
Emina Bektas -> 1.82
Lucrezia Stefanini -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Emina Bektas
This will be the 2nd time that Lucrezia Stefanini and Emina Bektas fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Stefanini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Stefanini won 6-3 7-6(5) in the final in the W25 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2023.
Lucrezia Stefanini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-26 | 19-10 | 6-8 | 7-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 22-12 | 6-6 | 4-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-30 | 16-7 | 13-13 | 5-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-24 | 24-15 | 16-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 147, Stefanini reached the qualifications after beating Haruka Kaji 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Lucrezia had a good straight sets win against Kaji (6-1 6-3). During the match, Stefanini scored 70 points vs Kaji’s 50. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stefanini wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Lucrezia Stefanini lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Stefanini put 77% of her first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Lucrezia broke Kaji 6 times after converting 33% of her break points (6/18).
Stefanini has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of her matches (288-212). 19-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Stefanini has an overall96-55 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the Novo where she defeated Talia Gibson in the final 6-4 6-0.
Lucrezia has a compiled 35-26 win-loss record in 2024, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Emina Bektas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-26 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 9-1 |
| 2023 | 55-20 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 12-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 17-9 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-20 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 196, the American got to the qualifications after beating Miriam Bianca Bulgaru 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Bianca Bulgaru, Bektas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match Bektas scored 107 points vs Bianca Bulgaru’s 89. Emina was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Bektas fired 11 aces and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Emina Bektas was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (52/68) of her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The American broke Bianca Bulgaru 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W75 Kurume where she overcame Arina Rodionova in the final 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3.
The American has a compiled 22-26 win-loss record in 2024, 10-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stefanini | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 |
| Pts | 70-50 | 107-89 |
| Total Points | 120 | 196 |
| Winners | 24 | 52 |
| %Winners | 34% | 49% |
Both Stefanini and Bektas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Emina Bektas conceded 1 set while Lucrezia Stefanini hasn’t dropped a set so far. Stefanini has played 1 set(s) less than Bektas (2 vs 3). Therefore, Stefanini played 15 games less than Bektas. Lucrezia scored 24 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Bektas blasted 52 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stefanini | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 11 |
| 1st in | 36/47 | 68/86 |
| %1st in | 77% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 52/68 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 61% |
Stefanini didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bektas struck 11 aces . Stefanini won 67% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Bektas won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stefanini | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/18 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 33% | 30% |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 33% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Stefanini broke her opponent 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Emina broke her opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Stefanini | |||
| Q1 Kaji |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 70-50 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/47 | 36/47 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 24/36 | 24/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/18 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bektas | |||
| Q1 Bianca |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 107-89 | 107-89 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 68/86 | 68/86 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 52/68 | 52/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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