Annika Kannan vs Xiangruyi Ji Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Kannan 1 - 0 Ji

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Kannan has won 28% of points on their second serve, while Ji has won 33.33%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Kannan, in recent form, has won 45.83% of their opponent's second serve points, while Ji has won 53.52%. The same stats for first serve returns are 20% and 21.95% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Kannan has saved 41.94% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Ji has saved 52.27% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Kannan has won 30.95% of matches played (W/L 13/ 29), with Ji winning 20% (W/L 4/ 16) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Kannan has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 38% (W/L 31/ 51), and worse career win % on Hard, winning 9% (W/L 2/ 21). Ji has their best career surface win % on Grass, winning 33% (W/L 1/ 2), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 0% (W/L 0/ 2).
• Player level: In the last year, Kannan has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 30.56% of matches (W/L 11/ 25), where as Ji has played most of their matches on the Challengers/ITF tournaments > $10K, winning 18.75% of matches (W/L 3/ 13). When comparing stats between players to predict the favorite, it is of course all relative to the event level they have been playing at.
• Direct H2H matches: They have played 1 times before with Kannan winning 1 times and Ji being victorious 0 times. They have played 3 sets in total, with Kannan winning 2 and Ji winning 1. The last match between Kannan and Ji was at the W15 Madrid, 02-06-2024, Q1 round, Hard with Annika Kannan getting the victory 1-6 6-4 10-6.
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 0:0:0.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Kannan and Ji have played a deciding set 1 times, with Kannan winning 1 times and Ji 0 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 0 tiebreaks against each other with Kannan winning 0, and Ji 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Kannan has played against opponents with an average rank of 29.57 while Ji has played against players with an average rank of 65.1.
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Kannan has won 31% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Ji has won 50% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Kannan has converted 50% of breakpoint opportunities, and Ji has converted 45.45% of their chances to break their opponents serve. A telling stat for in-game live betting tips when either player has a breakpoint opportunity.
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