Sofia Shapatava vs Oana Georgeta Simion Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Shapatava 1 - 0 Simion

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Shapatava has won 43.43% of points on their second serve, while Simion has won 43.25%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Shapatava, in recent form, has won 55.83% of their opponent's second serve points, while Simion has won 56.31%. The same stats for first serve returns are 42.37% and 42.09% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Shapatava has saved 51.9% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Simion has saved 46.43% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Shapatava has won 47.69% of matches played (W/L 31/ 34), with Simion winning 55.17% (W/L 16/ 13) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Shapatava has their best career surface win % on Grass, winning 73% (W/L 8/ 3), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 45% (W/L 63/ 76). Simion has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 62% (W/L 305/ 186), and worse career win % on Hard, winning 48% (W/L 10/ 11).
• Player level: In the last year, Shapatava has played most of their matches on the Challengers/ITF tournaments > $10K, winning 49.18% of matches (W/L 30/ 31), where as Simion has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 71.43% of matches (W/L 15/ 6). 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 Shapatava winning 1 times and Simion being victorious 0 times. They have played 3 sets in total, with Shapatava winning 2 and Simion winning 1. The last match between Shapatava and Simion was at the Sofia, 07-09-2015, First, Clay with Sofia Shapatava getting the victory 6-1 6-7(3) 7-5.
• 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: Shapatava and Simion have played a deciding set 1 times, with Shapatava winning 1 times and Simion 0 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 1 tiebreaks against each other with Shapatava winning 0, and Simion 1.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Shapatava has played against opponents with an average rank of 207.94 while Simion has played against players with an average rank of 153.66.
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Shapatava has won 47% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Simion has won 30% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Shapatava has converted 48.34% of breakpoint opportunities, and Simion has converted 45.28% 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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