Mccartney Kessler and Teodora Kostovic will square off in the qualifications of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on ADCB COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mccartney Kessler who should win in 2 sets.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.081
Teodora Kostovic -> 6.65
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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Teodora Kostovic
There is no head to head record between Mccartney Kessler and Teodora Kostovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mccartney Kessler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-24 | 27-16 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-22 | 28-13 | 2-6 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 21-12 | 11-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-2 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-5 | 10-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, Mccartney reached the qualifications after defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Mccartney had a good straight sets win against Starodubtseva (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kessler scored 69 points vs Starodubtseva’s 50. Kessler was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kessler fired 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kessler put 67% of her first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Starodubtseva 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Kessler has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (138-71). 7-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kessler has a composed97-45 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Hobart where she defeated Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0.
Kessler has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Kessler has never competed in this tournament before.
Teodora Kostovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-19 | 2-2 | 36-12 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 886, the Serbian reached the qualifications after beating Diane Parry 6-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Parry, Teodora had a free pass after Parry retired on a 6-2 . scoreline.
Kostovic has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kessler | Kostovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 8 |
| Pts | 69-50 | 28-17 |
| Total Points | 119 | 45 |
| Winners | 27 | 10 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Kessler and Kostovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kessler and Kostovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kessler played 7 games more than Kostovic. Mccartney scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Teodora managed to score 10 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kessler | Kostovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 14/23 |
| %1st in | 67% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 10/14 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 4/9 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 44% |
Kessler blasted 4 aces . Kostovic bagged 3 aces . Kessler won 63% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kostovic won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kessler | Kostovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Mccartney broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Serbian broke her opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kostovic conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kessler | |||
| Q1 Starodubtseva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 69-50 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kostovic | |||
| Q1 Parry | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 28-17 | 28-17 | |
| Total points | 45 | 45 | |
| Winners | 10 | 10 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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- David PoljakPoljak – James FrawleyFrawley (6-73 6-1 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas KleinKlein – Lenny HampelHampel (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Ivan SabanovSabanov (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco BortolottiBortolotti – Matej SabanovSabanov (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter TorebkoTorebko – Christian LindellLindell (2-6 6-3 10-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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