Simona Halep and Veronika Kudermetova will play each other in the 2nd round of the Kremlin Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.43
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Halep won 6-1 6-3 in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in February 2021.
Highlights Simona Halep vs Veronika Kudermetova – Australian Open 12-February-2021
Simona Halep
Ranked no. 19, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after defeating Anastasia Potapova 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Potapova (6-1 6-4). During the match, Halep scored 70 points vs Potapova’s 57. Simona was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Simona Halep lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 64% of her first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (6/21) on the 2nd serve. Halep broke Potapova 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Halep has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (401-150). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has a composed 26-18 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Stuttgart.
Simona has an aggregate 17-8 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Moscow
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2013. See her history.
Veronika Kudermetova
Ranked no. 32, Veronika reached the 2nd round after defeating Oksana Selekhmeteva 4-6 7-63 6-4.
In the 1st round against Selekhmeteva, Veronika recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 6-4). During the match Kudermetova scored 107 points vs Selekhmeteva’s 94. Kudermetova was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudermetova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Selekhmeteva 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in in Charleston where she overcame Danka Kovinic in the final 6-4 6-2.
Kudermetova has a compiled 32-22 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 33 |
| Pts | 70-57 | 107-94 |
| Total Points | 127 | 201 |
| Winners | 27 | 39 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Halep and Kudermetova played 1 match. At the moment, Veronika Kudermetova dropped 1 set while Simona Halep hasn’t lost a set so far. Halep has played 1 set(s) less than Kudermetova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Halep played 16 games less than Kudermetova. Halep scored 27 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika blasted 39 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 50/90 |
| %1st in | 64% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 39/50 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 6/21 | 20/40 |
| %2nd pts | 29% | 50% |
Halep didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kudermetova struck 4 aces . Halep won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 29% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 46% | 71% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 63% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Halep broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Simona surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Veronika conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||
| R1 Potapova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/21 | 6/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kudermetova | |||
| R1 Selekhmeteva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 107-94 | 107-94 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/90 | 50/90 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 39/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 20/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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