Elina Popescu vs Alena Kasatkina Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Popescu 1 - 0 Kasatkina

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Popescu has won 32.18% of points on their second serve, while Kasatkina has won 23.08%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Popescu, in recent form, has won 51.52% of their opponent's second serve points, while Kasatkina has won 40.54%. The same stats for first serve returns are 33.33% and 40.35% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Popescu has saved 39.19% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Kasatkina has saved 38.1% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Popescu has won 33.33% of matches played (W/L 10/ 20), with Kasatkina winning 37.5% (W/L 3/ 5) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Popescu has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 25% (W/L 2/ 6), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 0% (W/L 0/ 3). Kasatkina has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 40% (W/L 4/ 6), and worse career win % on Hard, winning 0% (W/L 0/ 2).
• Player level: In the last year, Popescu has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 42.86% of matches (W/L 9/ 12), where as Kasatkina has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 37.5% of matches (W/L 3/ 5). 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 Popescu winning 1 times and Kasatkina being victorious 0 times. They have played 2 sets in total, with Popescu winning 2 and Kasatkina winning 0. The last match between Popescu and Kasatkina was at the W15 Kursumlijska Banja, 01-07-2024, Q2 round, Clay with Elina Popescu getting the victory 6-2 6-4.
• 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: Popescu and Kasatkina have played a deciding set 0 times, with Popescu winning 0 times and Kasatkina 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 Popescu winning 0, and Kasatkina 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Popescu has played against opponents with an average rank of 174.93 while Kasatkina has played against players with an average rank of 59.63.
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Popescu has won 0% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Kasatkina has won 67% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Popescu has converted 36.59% of breakpoint opportunities, and Kasatkina has converted 36.36% 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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