Olga Govortsova and Viktoria Kuzmova will play each other in the qualifications of the Melbourne Summer Set 1 for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Viktoria Kuzmova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Viktoria Kuzmova is the pick to win this match.
Viktoria Kuzmova -> 1.51
Olga Govortsova -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Olga Govortsova vs. Viktoria Kuzmova
There is no head to head record between Olga Govortsova and Viktoria Kuzmova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Olga Govortsova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-12 | 3-7 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-22 | 6-11 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-8 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 45-20 | 17-7 | 27-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139, the Belarussian got to the qualifications after beating En Shuo Liang 6-4 7-64.
In the qualifications, Govortsova had a good straight sets win against Shuo Liang (6-4 7-64). During the match, Govortsova scored 82 points vs Shuo Liang’s 72. Olga was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Govortsova bagged 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Olga Govortsova lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Govortsova put 77% of her first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Shuo Liang 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Govortsova has a good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (201-150). 1-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Govortsova has a compiled 85-74 match record in the last years on hard.
Olga has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.
Viktoria Kuzmova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-32 | 11-14 | 0-3 | 19-10 | 0-4 | 11-1 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 11-7 | 6-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 41-24 | 22-11 | 7-6 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-21 | 13-10 | 6-7 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 162, Kuzmova got to the qualifications after defeating Magdalena Frech 7-67 6-3.
In the qualifications, Viktoria had a good straight sets win against Frech (7-67 6-3). During the match Kuzmova scored 73 points vs Frech’s 67. Viktoria was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Viktoria Kuzmova was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (35/44) of her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Viktoria broke Frech twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).
Kuzmova has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Govortsova | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 |
| Pts | 82-72 | 73-67 |
| Total Points | 154 | 140 |
| Winners | 42 | 35 |
| %Winners | 51% | 48% |
Both Govortsova and Kuzmova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Govortsova and Kuzmova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Govortsova played 1 game more than Kuzmova. Olga scored 42 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian scored 35 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Govortsova | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 65/84 | 44/72 |
| %1st in | 77% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 42/65 | 35/44 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 16/28 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Govortsova struck 3 aces . Kuzmova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Govortsova won 65% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmova won 80% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Govortsova | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 43% | 33% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Govortsova broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Olga dropped her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Slovakian broke her opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Viktoria conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Govortsova | |||
| Q1 Shuo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-72 | 82-72 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/84 | 65/84 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 42/65 | 42/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kuzmova | |||
| Q1 Frech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-67 | 73-67 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 44/72 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 35/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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