Wednesday's Kitzbuhel (Austria) round of 16 pits Mona Barthel against Veronika Erjavec on clay. Veronika Erjavec has dropped 4 straight and sits at 5-5 over the last ten. Mona Barthel limps in on a 2-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10.
There is no history here: this is their first tour-level meeting.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on clay, and our number follows from it. Barthel comes in off a compressed schedule. Little separates them; Erjavec gets the nod on the finest of margins.