Aryna Sabalenka and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the final of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.363
Veronika Kudermetova -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 10, Aryna got to the final after defeating Polona Hercog 7-65 6-2, Ajla Tomljanovic 7-5 6-4, Ons Jabeur 6-2 6-4, Elena Rybakina 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-3 6-2). During the match Sabalenka scored 62 points vs Sakkari’s 33. The Belarussian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sabalenka bagged 8 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Aryna Sabalenka was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sabalenka broke Sakkari 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sabalenka has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Sabalenka has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of her matches (190-100). 5-0 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sabalenka has a 115-50 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Sabalenka’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
Aryna has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Abu Dhabi
Sabalenka didn’t play in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Veronika Kudermetova
Ranked no. 46, Kudermetova got to the final after beating Anett Kontaveit 7-5 6-1, Bianca Turati 6-2 6-1, Paula Badosa Gibert 6-4 4-6 6-1, Elina Svitolina 5-7 6-3 7-63 and Marta Kostyuk 7-68 6-4.
In the semifinal, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Kostyuk (7-68 6-4). During the match Kudermetova scored 80 points vs Kostyuk’s 76. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudermetova scored 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 47% of her first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (18/46) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kostyuk 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Veronika has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Veronika’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
Veronika has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sabalenka | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 107 | 118 |
| Pts | 299-233 | 409-358 |
| Total Points | 532 | 767 |
| Winners | 121 | 150 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Sabalenka and Kudermetova played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aryna Sabalenka conceded 1 set, while Veronika Kudermetova dropper 2 sets. Sabalenka has played 1 set(s) less than Kudermetova (11 vs 12). Therefore, Sabalenka played 11 games less than Kudermetova. The Belarussian scored 121 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika bagged 150 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sabalenka | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 3.4 | 6.6 |
| 1st in | 162/270 | 213/397 |
| %1st in | 60% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 121/162 | 150/213 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 55/108 | 86/184 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 47% |
Sabalenka struck 17 aces (3.4 per match). Kudermetova bagged 33 aces (6.6 per match). Sabalenka won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 70% 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
| Breaks | Sabalenka | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 25 |
| Converted | 17/37 | 25/49 |
| % Converted | 46% | 51% |
| Conceded | 20 | 32 |
| Saved | 12 | 19 |
| % Saved | 60% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 13 |
The Belarussian broke her opponents 17 times with a 46% conversion rate. Aryna conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Veronika broke her opponents 25 times with a 51% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sabalenka | |||||||
| R1 Hercog |
R2 Tomljanovic |
R3 Jabeur |
1/4 Rybakina |
1/2 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 107 | |
| pts | 86-68 | – | 59-47 | 92-85 | 62-33 | 299-233 | |
| Total points | 154 | 0 | 106 | 177 | 95 | 532 | |
| Winners | 32 | 20 | 45 | 24 | 121 | ||
| %Winners | 37% | NAN% | 34% | 49% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | ||
| 1st in | 44/79 | / | 26/48 | 63/98 | 29/45 | 162/270 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | NAN% | 54% | 64% | 64% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | / | 20/26 | 45/63 | 24/29 | 121/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | NAN% | 77% | 71% | 83% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | / | 9/22 | 19/35 | 11/16 | 55/108 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | NAN% | 41% | 54% | 69% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Converted | 5/12 | / | 5/9 | 3/7 | 4/9 | 17/37 | |
| Converted % | 42% | NAN% | 56% | 43% | 44% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | ||
| Saved | 6/9 | 0/ | 1/3 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 33% | 60% | 67% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Kudermetova | |||||||
| R1 Kontaveit |
R2 Turati |
R3 Badosa |
1/4 Svitolina |
1/2 Kostyuk |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | 5-7 6-3 7-63 | 7-68 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 27 | 34 | 23 | 118 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 66-44 | 83-72 | 108-108 | 80-76 | 409-358 | |
| Total points | 130 | 110 | 155 | 216 | 156 | 767 | |
| Winners | 22 | 21 | 31 | 49 | 27 | 150 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 32% | 37% | 45% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 38/72 | 28/48 | 38/76 | 69/115 | 40/86 | 213/397 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 58% | 50% | 60% | 47% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/38 | 21/28 | 31/38 | 49/69 | 27/40 | 150/213 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 75% | 82% | 71% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 12/20 | 14/38 | 20/46 | 18/46 | 86/184 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 60% | 37% | 43% | 39% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 | 7/11 | 4/11 | 5/9 | 25/49 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 64% | 36% | 56% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 32 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/1 | 6/10 | 7/11 | 2/6 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 60% | 64% | 33% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
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