H2H, PREDICTION Veronika Kudermetova vs Varvara Gracheva | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Varvara Gracheva

Veronika Kudermetova and Varvara Gracheva will play each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4 pm on Court 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.23
Varvara Gracheva -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Varvara Gracheva

There is no head to head record between Veronika Kudermetova and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 36 (career high), Veronika reached the 2nd round after defeating Marta Kostyuk 6-2 7-65.

In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Kostyuk (6-2 7-65). During the match Kudermetova scored 72 points vs Kostyuk’s 64. Veronika was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kudermetova fired 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 52% of her first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Kostyuk 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Kudermetova has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (237-158). 7-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudermetova has a 110-72 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Kudermetova’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Abu Dhabi.

The Russian has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The Russian had to surrender in the 1st round to Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 97, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Anna Blinkova 6-1 3-6 7-67.

In the 1st round, Gracheva defeated Blinkova (6-1 3-6 7-67). During the match Gracheva scored 123 points vs Blinkova’s 109. Gracheva was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Gracheva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 70% of her first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Blinkova 5 times after converting 20% of her break points (5/25).

Varvara has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Gracheva capitulated in the qualifications to Johanna Larsson.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kudermetova Gracheva
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 21 29
Pts 72-64 123-109
Total Points 136 232
Winners 27 40
%Winners 38% 33%

Both Kudermetova and Gracheva played 1 match. At the moment, Varvara Gracheva lost 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t lost a set so far. Kudermetova has played 1 set(s) less than Gracheva (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kudermetova played 8 games less than Gracheva. Kudermetova scored 27 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Gracheva made 40 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kudermetova Gracheva
Aces 3 1
Avg per match 3 1
1st in 34/66 62/88
%1st in 52% 70%
1st pts 27/34 40/62
%1st pts 79% 65%
2nd pts 16/32 16/26
%2nd pts 50% 62%

Kudermetova bagged 3 aces . Gracheva made 1 ace . Kudermetova won 79% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kudermetova Gracheva
Won 4 5
Converted 4/10 5/25
% Converted 40% 20%
Conceded 5 7
Saved 3 3
% Saved 60% 43%
Times Broken 2 4

Veronika broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kudermetova lost her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Varvara broke her opponent 5 times with a 20% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.

Kudermetova
R1
Kostyuk
Total
Score 6-2 7-65
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 72-64 72-64
Total points 136 136
Winners 27 27
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 34/66 34/66
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 27/34 27/34
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 16/32 16/32
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/10
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Gracheva
R1
Blinkova
Total
Score 6-1 3-6 7-67
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 123-109 123-109
Total points 232 232
Winners 40 40
%Winners 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 62/88 62/88
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 40/62 40/62
% 1st pts 65% 65%
2nd pts 16/26 16/26
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/25 5/25
Converted % 20% 20%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 3/7 3
Saved % 43% 43%
Times Broken 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kudermetova
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Gracheva
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2024 2023 2022
18 - 25
29 - 27
10-16
Hard
13-15
3-5
Clay
15-9
5-4
Grass
1-2

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