Jessica Pegula and Ekaterina Alexandrova will play each other in the quarter of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 3 sets.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.5
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.59
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 3rd time that Jessica Pegula and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Alexandrova won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Miami back in 2024.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Jessica Pegula – Miami 27-March-2024
Jessica Pegula
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 31-12 | 20-6 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, the American got to the quarter after defeating Unknown Player bye, Elina Svitolina 6-3 7-6(3) and Daria Kasatkina 6-3 7-5.
In the 3rd round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-3 7-5). During the match, Pegula scored 81 points vs Kasatkina’s 71. Pegula was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pegula wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 59% of her first serves in, winning 59% (27/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. Pegula broke Kasatkina 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Pegula has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (311-159). 7-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Pegula has an aggregate 211-92 record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Adelaide.
Jessica has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 24-12 | 5-7 | 11-4 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, Ekaterina got to the quarter after beating Emma Raducanu 6-3 7-5, Aryna Sabalenka 3-6 6-3 7-6(5) and Elise Mertens 6-4 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-4 6-2). During the match Alexandrova scored 55 points vs Mertens’s 41. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Alexandrova managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (17/24) of her 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Mertens 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Linz where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.
Alexandrova has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd
round in 2024. See her history.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Pegula | Alexandrova |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 3 |
Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
Tot Games | 43 | 70 |
Pts | 181-157 | 234-216 |
Total Points | 338 | 450 |
Winners | 68 | 88 |
%Winners | 38% | 38% |
Pegula played 2 matches while Alexandrova competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 1 set while Jessica Pegula hasn’t lost a set so far. Pegula has played 3 set(s) less than Alexandrova (4 vs 7). Therefore, Pegula played 27 games less than Alexandrova. Pegula scored 68 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 88 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Pegula | Alexandrova |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 8 |
Avg per match | 1 | 2.7 |
1st in | 112/179 | 137/221 |
%1st in | 63% | 62% |
1st pts | 68/112 | 88/137 |
%1st pts | 61% | 64% |
2nd pts | 34/67 | 43/84 |
%2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Pegula blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Alexandrova blasted 8 aces (2.7 per match). Pegula won 61% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Pegula | Alexandrova |
---|---|---|
Won | 10 | 13 |
Converted | 10/22 | 13/28 |
% Converted | 45% | 46% |
Conceded | 19 | 17 |
Saved | 13 | 9 |
% Saved | 68% | 53% |
Times Broken | 6 | 8 |
Jessica broke her opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Pegula lost her serve 6 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
Pegula | ||||
R2 Svitolina | R3 Kasatkina | Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 7-63 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 43 | |
pts | 100-86 | 81-71 | 181-157 | |
Total points | 186 | 152 | 338 | |
Winners | 41 | 27 | 68 | |
%Winners | 41% | 33% | 38% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
1st in | 66/101 | 46/78 | 112/179 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 59% | 63% | |
1st pts | 41/66 | 27/46 | 68/112 | |
% 1st pts | 62% | 59% | 61% | |
2nd pts | 14/35 | 20/32 | 34/67 | |
% 2nd pts | 40% | 63% | 51% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Converted | 5/13 | 5/9 | 10/22 | |
Converted % | 38% | 56% | 45% | |
Conceded | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
Saved | 7/11 | 6/8 | 13 | |
Saved % | 64% | 75% | 70% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Alexandrova | |||||
R1 Raducanu | R2 Sabalenka | R3 Mertens | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 6-3 7-65 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 31 | 18 | 70 | |
pts | 70-63 | 109-112 | 55-41 | 234-216 | |
Total points | 133 | 221 | 96 | 450 | |
Winners | 30 | 41 | 17 | 88 | |
%Winners | 43% | 38% | 31% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
1st in | 48/76 | 65/100 | 24/45 | 137/221 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 65% | 53% | 62% | |
1st pts | 30/48 | 41/65 | 17/24 | 88/137 | |
% 1st pts | 63% | 63% | 71% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 13/28 | 15/35 | 15/21 | 43/84 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 43% | 71% | 51% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 4/15 | 4/5 | 13/28 | |
Converted % | 63% | 27% | 80% | 46% | |
Conceded | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | |
Saved | 5/8 | 4/8 | 0/1 | 9 | |
Saved % | 63% | 50% | 0% | 57% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Harry BourchierBourchier – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Palaphoom KovapituktedKovapitukted (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi – Kelsey StevensonStevenson (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (4-3) – H2H and prediction