Jessica Pegula and Ashlyn Krueger will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.31
Ashlyn Krueger -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Ashlyn Krueger

This will be the 5th time that Jessica Pegula and Ashlyn Krueger clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Pegula won 6-4 2-0 ret. in the quarter in Adelaide back in January 2025.

Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula

28 - 8win/loss

Hard
20-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-2
Rank
3
High
3
LWWWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-13 20-6 11-5 0-0 4-2 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. 4, Pegula will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Uchijima in the 3rd round on the 27th of April.

Pegula has a compiled 27-8 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Austin where she defeated Mccartney Kessler in the final 7-5 6-2 and in Charleston where she beat Sofia Kenin in the final 6-3 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, Pegula has an overall 460-254 record. She has a positive 124-76 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.

Rome
Pegula's Record

Ashlyn Krueger

Ashlyn Krueger

17 - 12win/loss

Hard
15-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-3
Rank
31
High
31
WLLWLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-18 15-9 4-5 0-0 3-4 0-0
2024 29-26 19-17 6-6 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-26 26-15 8-6 2-2 8-3 0-0
2022 34-22 23-17 10-4 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-14 10-11 5-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 37, Ashlyn got to the 2nd round after beating Anna Bondar 4-6 6-2 6-1.

In the 1st round against Bondar, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Krueger scored 91 points vs Bondar’s 68. Ashlyn was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Krueger managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ashlyn Krueger was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (45/58) of her 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Krueger broke Bondar 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Krueger’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Abu Dhabi.

Krueger has an aggregate 17-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

Rome
Krueger's Record

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