Petra Kvitova and Veronika Kudermetova will square off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Court 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Kvitova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.46
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 2nd time that Petra Kvitova and Veronika Kudermetova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kvitova won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in May 2021.
Highlights Petra Kvitova vs Veronika Kudermetova – Madrid 03-May-2021
Petra Kvitova
Ranked no. 12, Petra reached the 2nd round after defeating Madison Keys 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Keys (7-5 6-4). During the match, Kvitova scored 72 points vs Keys’s 64. Kvitova was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kvitova scored 9 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Petra Kvitova lost the serve once and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kvitova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Keys 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Kvitova has a great win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (368-158). 11-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kvitova has an aggregate 207-90 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Doha where she overcame Garbine Muguruza in the final 6-2 6-1.
Petra has a compiled 22-13 win-loss record in 2021, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2012 and 2018. See her history.
Veronika Kudermetova
Ranked no. 33, Kudermetova got to the 2nd round after beating Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-3 6-2). During the match Kudermetova scored 67 points vs Paolini’s 42. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Kudermetova fired 9 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Veronika Kudermetova was quite effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Veronika broke Paolini 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in in Charleston where she overcame Danka Kovinic in the final 6-4 6-2.
The Russian has an overall 28-17 win-loss record in 2021, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kvitova | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 |
| Pts | 72-64 | 67-42 |
| Total Points | 136 | 109 |
| Winners | 38 | 25 |
| %Winners | 53% | 37% |
Both Kvitova and Kudermetova played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kvitova and Kudermetova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kvitova played 5 games more than Kudermetova. The Czech scored 38 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika struck 25 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kvitova | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9 |
| 1st in | 50/78 | 35/58 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 25/35 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 12/23 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 52% |
Kvitova struck 9 aces . Kudermetova recorded 9 aces . Kvitova won 76% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kvitova | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 55% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 89% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Petra broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve once and she saved 89% of the break points that she conceded. Veronika broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kvitova | |||
| R1 Keys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-64 | 72-64 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/78 | 50/78 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kudermetova | |||
| R1 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-42 | 67-42 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 35/58 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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