H2H, PREDICTION Arantxa Rus vs Venus Williams | Melbourne odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Rus and Williams will square off in the 1st round of the Yarra Valley Classic. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Venus Williams

Arantxa Rus and Venus Williams will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Yarra Valley Classic for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arantxa Rus who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Arantxa Rus is the pick to win this match.
Arantxa Rus -> 1.62
Venus Williams -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Venus Williams

This will be the 2nd time that Arantxa Rus and Venus Williams face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Arantxa Rus

Ranked no. 74, Rus will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Abu Dhabi where she lost 6-3 3-6 6-4 to Wang in the 1st round on the 7th of January.

The Dutch has a 0-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Rus has an overall 535-326 record. She has a positive 131-104 record on hard.

Last year in Melbourne

Arantxa lost in the 2nd round to Madison Keys.

Venus Williams

Ranked no. 80, Venus will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Anna Schmiedlova in the 1st round on the 27th of September.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of her career, Venus has an overall 523-193 record. She has a positive 290-115 record on hard.

Last year in Melbourne

Venus lost in the 1st round to Cori Gauff.

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rus
LWLWWLLWWW
Williams
LL
2024 2023 2022
36 - 32
0 - 2
14-14
Hard
0-2
2-1
I Hard
0-0
18-12
Clay
0-0
2-5
Grass
0-0

Tennis Scores in Melbourne

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