Ons Jabeur and Nadia Podoroska will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Ningbo Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ons Jabeur who should win in 2 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Ons Jabeur is the pick to win this match.
Ons Jabeur -> 1.104
Nadia Podoroska -> 6.8

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Prediction and head to head Ons Jabeur vs. Nadia Podoroska

There is no head to head record between Ons Jabeur and Nadia Podoroska since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Ons Jabeur

Ranked no. 7, the Tunisian reached the semifinal after beating Diane Parry 7-6³ 7-5, Tamara Korpatsch 6-3 6-2 and Vera Zvonareva 7-5 4-6 6-1.

In the quarter, The Tunisian defeated Zvonareva (7-5 4-6 6-1). During the match, Jabeur scored 107 points vs Zvonareva’s 98. The Tunisian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Jabeur managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ons Jabeur lost the serve 6 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Jabeur put 54% of her first serves in, winning 62% (36/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (20/50) on the 2nd serve. Ons broke Zvonareva 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jabeur has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Jabeur has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (333-189). 13-8 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Jabeur has a composed 135-100 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Charleston where she beat Belinda Bencic in the final 7-6(6) 6-4.

Ons has a composed 31-14 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

Jabeur has never competed in this tournament before.

Nadia Podoroska

Ranked no. 87, the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Xiyu Wang 7-6³ 6-4, Valeria Savinykh 4-6 6-0 6-2 and Katerina Siniakova 6-1 6-1.

In the quarter, Nadia had a good straight sets win against Siniakova (6-1 6-1). During the match Podoroska scored 69 points vs Siniakova’s 46. Nadia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Podoroska couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Nadia Podoroska was very effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of her 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Siniakova 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nadia has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Cali where she overcame Paula Ormaechea in the final 6-4 6-2.

The Argentine has an aggregate 33-26 win-loss record in 2023, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Jabeur and Podoroska played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ons Jabeur surrendered 1 set, while Nadia Podoroska dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Jabeur and Podoroska have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Jabeur played 10 games more than Podoroska. Ons scored 102 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nadia scored 86 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Jabeur blasted 14 aces (4.7 per match). Podoroska bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Jabeur won 68% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Podoroska won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Jabeur broke her opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Jabeur conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Podoroska broke her opponents 17 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nadia conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded.