Irina Bara obtained, a little surprising, the qualification on the main board of Lyon, a competition that are place on the hard surface, the surface that results and they have completely stuck in the career.

Timea Babos

◾️The Hungarian player goes through a very good period in the double test, winning the title at the Australian Open, with Kristina Mladenovic.
◾️But in his simple career, his tennis has been constantly on a downward slope in the last seasons, without getting any notable results.
◾️From the 25th WTA, the best of his career, Babos is currently ranked 98, and this year he did not pass the first round in any WTA tournament.

Irina Bara

◾️The 24-year-old player is ranked 163 in the WTA standings, being a player with no notable results on the circuit so far.
◾️It alternates the small WTA tournaments with the ITF ones, most of them taking place on the slag surface, and this season only managed a few semifinals in the ITF tournaments.
◾️Most matches in his career he played on clay, the surface on which his tennis is much better adapted, but in this tournament he got two wins in minimum sets on the qualifying table.

🎾Direct meetings

▪️The two players have not met so far in the circuit, and will take place the first match directly between them.

🎾What is the shape of the players in the last 5 matches?

Timea Babos

◽️Despite the defeat in the final round of the Qatar Total Open qualifiers, 3-6, 4-6 against Katerina Siniakova (55th place WTA), Timea Babos, tennis native to Hungary, currently occupying the position with the number 98 in the WTA standings, a benefited from a wildcard, which allowed him access to the main panel of the WTA Premier 5 tournament organized in Doha, where he met Yulia Putintseva from Kazakhstan, in front of which she lost 3-6, 4-6.
◽️Moreover, the player born in Sopron 26 years ago, managed only 4 wins in this season debut, all in the company of players outside the first 100 WTA positions, the last being obtained about two weeks ago, in first round of qualifying in Doha, 6-1, 6-3 against Algerian Ines Labor.

Irina Maria Bara

◽️On the other side, Irina Maria Bara, tennis native to our country, 24, occupying 163th place in the WTA hierarchy, comes to Lyon after the elimination suffered in the final phase of the ITF tournament organized in Cairo, Egypt, following the defeat suffered in minimum sets against number 229 WTA, Tereza Mrdeza from Croatia.
◽️Starting from the qualifiers of the race, Irina Bara surpassed them, each time in a minimum of sets, the Frenchwoman Audrey Albie (363 WTA), score 7-5, 6-0, respectively Isabella Shinikova from Bulgaria, place 184 WTA, with 7-6, 6-3, thus managing to gain access to the main panel of the first edition of “Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon”, the WTA International tournament with total prizes worth over $ 250000.

🎾News, analysis, statistics and progress about the 2 players.

Timea Babos

◾️The 25th WTA is the best ranking in the world rankings for the Hungarian athlete.
◾️On the other hand, it occupies the third stage of the WTA podium, in double.
◾️It has 4 WTA trophies, all won on this kind of surface.
◾️He also played another 5 finals in the professional circuit.
◾️6 of the last 10 matches played ended in minimum sets.

Irina Maria Bara

◾️So far, Irina Bara has failed to reach the top 100 WTA.
◾️It is the first WTA tournament whose main picture is coming in 2020.
◾️The previous participation in a WTA tour dates from July of last year (Jurmala, Latvia).
◾️His favorite surface is slag, where he won 36 of the 69 matches played in 2019.
◾️He committed 30 double mistakes, while also managing only two aces in the WTA competitions disputed a year ago.

Tennis Prediction of the Day Timea Babos vs Irina Bara

Even though Timea Babos never passed the first round this year and Irina Bara got two wins in minimum sets in qualifiers, the playing surface, the indoor hard, she does not recommend the Romanian at all in this match, she had no notable results on such a surface.
I expect Babos to be in control of this match, gaining an easy victory, having tennis much better adapted to these playing conditions, and in this tournament he has the opportunity to get the best result of the season.

Prediction Today: T. Babos -4.5 games
Odds: 1.73