Kiki Bertens and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4 pm on Arantxa Sanchez Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the 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 -> 1.71
Kiki Bertens -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Kiki Bertens vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 2nd time that Kiki Bertens and Veronika Kudermetova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Bertens won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in St. Petersburg back in 2020.
Kiki Bertens
Ranked no. 10, Bertens reached the 2nd round after defeating Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Bertens had a good straight sets win against Jimenez Kasintseva (6-4 6-0). During the match Bertens scored 57 points vs Jimenez Kasintseva’s 34. Kiki was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bertens blasted 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Kiki Bertens lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bertens put 66% of her first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Bertens broke Jimenez Kasintseva 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Bertens has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (331-196). 2-0 on clay in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bertens has a 145-53 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kiki has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
Veronika Kudermetova
Ranked no. 28 (career high), Kudermetova got to the 2nd round after defeating Elena Vesnina 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Vesnina (6-1 6-4). During the match Kudermetova scored 63 points vs Vesnina’s 44. Kudermetova was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudermetova fired 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Veronika Kudermetova was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of her 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Veronika broke Vesnina 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Charleston where she beat Danka Kovinic in the final 6-4 6-2.
Veronika has a 21-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 |
| Pts | 57-34 | 63-44 |
| Total Points | 91 | 107 |
| Winners | 24 | 21 |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% |
Both Bertens and Kudermetova played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bertens and Kudermetova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bertens played 1 game less than Kudermetova. Kiki scored 24 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kudermetova managed to score 21 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 26/53 |
| %1st in | 66% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 21/26 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 56% |
Bertens managed to score 2 aces . Kudermetova scored 3 aces . Bertens won 73% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 81% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bertens | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Kiki broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Bertens lost her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bertens | |||
| R1 Jimenez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 57-34 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kudermetova | |||
| R1 Vesnina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 63-44 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/53 | 26/53 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWLWWLLWL Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Madison KeysKeys (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Cori GauffGauff (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Simona HalepHalep – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Saisai ZhengZheng – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Qiang WangWang (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Misaki DoiDoi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (4-6 6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Shelby RogersRogers (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Alison RiskeRiske (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Yifan Xu/Shuai ZhangXu/Shuai Zhang – Cori Gauff/Nicole MelicharGauff/Nicole Melichar (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Belinda BencicBencic – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elena VesninaVesnina (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernarda PeraPera – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Kiki BertensBertens – Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Angelique KerberKerber – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-2 2-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Danka KovinicKovinic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (7-5 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Cori GauffGauff (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Polona HercogHercog (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Angelique KerberKerber (7-6) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Kiki BertensBertens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Johanna KontaKonta (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bernarda PeraPera – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Saisai ZhengZheng – Simona HalepHalep (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
