Analysis for Benesova-O'Brien (WTA Wimbledon)

Head-to-head record 1:0

Young British player Katie O´Brien will play Czech clay-courter Iveta Benesova in the first round. Benesova has achieved all of her career best results on clay. She uses extreme topspin on her forehand and slower topspin and slice on her backhand. She prefers slow surfaces and is patient baseliner who wins matches by disrupting her opponents' rhythm through changes of spin, pace, depth, height, and angle. Her fast court results are far from being as impressive and her Wimbledon career record is 1-7. She will play home talent in the first round and don’t think she is such a big favourite for this match. O´Brien reached her career-high singles ranking of world No.104 in 2008 and has so far won four ITF singles titles and two ITF doubles titles. In 2007 she reached the second round of her home Grand Slam, Wimbledon by beating Sandra Kloesel in round one. She lost to Michaella Krajicek in round two. So far, this is the furthest she has progressed in any of the four Grand Slams. However, she has been playing in a good shape lately and her YTD record of 32-13 is impressive. She will be highly motivated in front of her home crowd and we think she has a good chance to level her career best Grand Slam result today. She already lost to Benesova 2 years ago but that match was played on clay. Odds above 2.5 are worth trying here.