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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
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

Jessica Pegula

7 - 2win/loss

Hard
7-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
3
High
3
LLWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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

Doha
Pegula's Record

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

8 - 3win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
4-0
Rank
18
High
15
WLWWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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.
Doha
Alexandrova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Pegula
E.Alexandrova
3h:36
3h:36
Time on court​
!
5h:29
5h:29
1h:39
1h:39
Last match​
1h:11
1h:11
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
43
43
Games Played​
70
70
4
4
Set played​​
7
7
181
181
Total points​
234
234
90.5
90.5
Avg point​
78
78
68
68
Winners
88
88
34
34
Avg Winners​
29.3
29.3
38%
38%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
8
8
1
1
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
68/112
68/112
1st won total​
88/137
88/137
61%
61%
1st won %
64%
64%
34/67
34/67
2nd won total​
43/84
43/84
51%
51%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
10/22
10/22
BP won
13/28
13/28
5/11
5/11
Avg BP won
4.3/9.3
4.3/9.3
45%
45%
Won
46%
46%
19
19
Conceded
17
17
9.5
9.5
Avg Conceded
5.7
5.7
6
6
Broken
8
8
3
3
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
13
13
Saved
9
9

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
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

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