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H2H, PREDICTION Veronika Kudermetova vs Danka Kovinic | Charleston odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Charleston. Kudermetova and Kovinic will clash against each other in the final of the Volvo Car Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

11 April 2021

Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Danka Kovinic

Veronika Kudermetova and Danka Kovinic will fight against each other in the final of the Volvo Car Open for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:45 am on Althea Gibson. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.55
Danka Kovinic -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Danka Kovinic

This will be the 2^nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Danka Kovinic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kudermetova won 6-4 7-5 in the qualifications in Shenzhen back in 2018.

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 38, Veronika reached the final after defeating Desirae Krawczyk 6-1 6-2, Emma Navarro 6-4 6-4, Kurumi Nara 6-0 6-3, Sloane Stephens 6-3 6-4 and Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 6-3.

In the semifinal, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Badosa (6-3 6-3). During the match Kudermetova scored 71 points vs Badosa’s 60. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kudermetova scored 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 54% of her first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Badosa 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

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Overall Performance in this tournament

Veronika started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Kudermetova has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of her matches (245-162). 5-0 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudermetova has a 63-47 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Abu Dhabi.

Veronika has a 16-8 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Charleston

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2019. See her history.

Charleston

Kudermetova's Record

Danka Kovinic

Ranked no. 91, Kovinic reached the final after defeating Gabriela Talaba 7-6² 6-4, Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 3-6 6-3, Petra Kvitova 6-4 6-1, Yulia Putintseva 6-7² 7-5 6-1 and Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-2.

In the semifinal, Danka had a good straight sets win against Jabeur (6-3 6-2). During the match Kovinic scored 66 points vs Jabeur’s 53. Danka was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Kovinic struck 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Danka Kovinic lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kovinic put 50% of her first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Kovinic broke Jabeur 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Danka started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

The’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Charleston.

The has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Charleston

Kovinic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kudermetova	Kovinic
Match played	5	5
Tot Set	10	12
Tot Games	87	117
Pts	331-250	400-348
Total Points	581	748
Winners	118	124
%Winners	36%	31%

Both Kudermetova and Kovinic played 5 matches. At the moment, Danka Kovinic dropped 2 sets while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudermetova has played 2 set(s) less than Kovinic (10 vs 12). Therefore, Kudermetova played 30 games less than Kovinic. Veronika scored 118 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Danka bagged 124 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kudermetova	Kovinic
Aces	25	13
Avg per match	5	2.6
1st in	157/293	199/375
%1st in	54%	53%
1st pts	118/157	124/199
%1st pts	75%	62%
2nd pts	71/136	93/176
%2nd pts	52%	53%

Kudermetova fired 25 aces (5 per match). Kovinic bagged 13 aces (2.6 per match). Kudermetova won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kovinic won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kudermetova	Kovinic
Won	22	28
Converted	22/39	28/51
% Converted	56%	55%
Conceded	19	41
Saved	14	25
% Saved	74%	61%
Times Broken	5	16

Veronika broke her opponents 22 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded. The broke her opponents 28 times with a 55% conversion rate. Danka conceded her serve 16 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded.

	R1 Krawczyk	R2 Navarro	R3 Nara	1/4 Stephens	1/2 Badosa	Total
Kudermetova
Score	6-1 6-2	6-4 6-4	6-0 6-3	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	10
Tot Games	15	20	15	19	18	87
pts	52-30	75-60	64-41	69-59	71-60	331-250
Total points	82	135	105	128	131	581
Winners	16	23	22	27	30	118
%Winners	31%	31%	34%	39%	42%	36%
SERVE
Aces	8	3	5	4	5	25
Double Faults	1	4	1	4	2	12
1st in	18/37	31/61	28/39	36/74	44/82	157/293
% 1st in	49%	51%	72%	49%	54%	54%
1st pts	16/18	23/31	22/28	27/36	30/44	118/157
% 1st pts	89%	74%	79%	75%	68%	75%
2nd pts	12/19	16/30	7/11	18/38	18/38	71/136
% 2nd pts	63%	53%	64%	47%	47%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	4	4	22
Converted	5/8	4/9	5/11	4/5	4/6	22/39
Converted %	63%	44%	45%	80%	67%	56%
Conceded	0	5	2	7	5	19
Saved	0/0	3/5	2/2	5/7	4/5	14
Saved %	–	60%	100%	71%	80%	62%
Times Broken	0	2	0	2	1	5

	R1 Talaba	R2 Annie	R3 Kvitova	1/4 Putintseva	1/2 Jabeur	Total
Kovinic
Score	7-6² 6-4	6-4 3-6 6-3	6-4 6-1	6-7² 7-5 6-1	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	2	12
Tot Games	23	28	17	32	17	117
pts	74-66	93-85	62-44	105-100	66-53	400-348
Total points	140	178	106	205	119	748
Winners	25	20	23	35	21	124
%Winners	34%	22%	37%	33%	32%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	2	5	2	13
Double Faults	2	5	5	6	4	22
1st in	37/64	44/87	33/57	54/105	31/62	199/375
% 1st in	58%	51%	58%	51%	50%	53%
1st pts	25/37	20/44	23/33	35/54	21/31	124/199
% 1st pts	68%	45%	70%	65%	68%	62%
2nd pts	16/27	26/43	10/24	24/51	17/31	93/176
% 2nd pts	59%	60%	42%	47%	55%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	7	6	7	4	28
Converted	4/7	7/14	6/13	7/8	4/9	28/51
Converted %	57%	50%	46%	88%	44%	55%
Conceded	7	9	7	12	6	41
Saved	4/7	3/9	4/7	9/12	5/6	25
Saved %	57%	33%	57%	75%	83%	61%
Times Broken	3	6	3	3	1	16