Simona Halep and Veronika Kudermetova will fight against each other in the final of the Melbourne Summer Set 1 for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.42
Veronika Kudermetova -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 3rd time that Simona Halep and Veronika Kudermetova clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Halep won 6-1 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Moscow back in 2021.
Simona Halep
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-11 | 23-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-10 | 12-5 | 4-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 13-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, Simona got to the final after beating Destanee Aiava 6-4 6-2, Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-2 6-1, Viktorija Golubic 6-2 5-7 6-4 and Qinwen Zheng 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, Halep had a good straight sets win against Zheng (6-3 6-2). During the match, Halep scored 67 points vs Zheng’s 49. Halep was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halep wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Simona Halep was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of her 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Simona broke Zheng 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Halep started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Halep has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (383-128). 4-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Halep has an overall 196-71 match record in the last years on hard.
Halep’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Romanian has an aggregate 4-0 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Simona has never competed in this tournament before.
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-25 | 10-16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-22 | 18-14 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 27-13 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 15-13 | 14-4 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 11-7 | 1-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, Veronika got to the final after beating Viktoria Kuzmova 7-64 7-66, Madison Brengle 6-0 3-6 7-5, Anastasia Potapova 6-2 4-6 6-0 and Naomi Osaka w/o.
In the semifinal, Veronika defeated Osaka (w/o). During the match Kudermetova and Osaka scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 20 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Kudermetova was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
About the serving games, Kudermetova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Veronika Kudermetova conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudermetova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Veronika’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Russian has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Kudermetova has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 80 | 77 |
| Pts | 311-230 | 294-253 |
| Total Points | 541 | 547 |
| Winners | 107 | 129 |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% |
Halep played 4 matches while Kudermetova competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Halep lost 1 set, while Veronika Kudermetova dropped 2 sets. Halep has played 1 set more than Kudermetova (9 vs 8). Therefore, Halep played 3 games more than Kudermetova. Halep scored 107 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 129 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 150/258 | 183/279 |
| %1st in | 58% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 107/150 | 129/183 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 49/108 | 46/96 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 48% |
Halep fired 9 aces (2.3 per match). Kudermetova fired 22 aces (7.3 per match). Halep won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 24 | 12 |
| Converted | 24/40 | 12/30 |
| % Converted | 60% | 40% |
| Conceded | 33 | 28 |
| Saved | 23 | 23 |
| % Saved | 70% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 5 |
Halep broke her opponents 24 times with a 60% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | ||||||
| R1 Aiava |
R2 Gabriela Ruse |
1/4 Golubic |
1/2 Zheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 5-7 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 30 | 17 | 80 | |
| pts | 73-49 | 53-29 | 118-103 | 67-49 | 311-230 | |
| Total points | 122 | 82 | 221 | 116 | 541 | |
| Winners | 23 | 15 | 45 | 24 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 28% | 38% | 36% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 22/41 | 66/113 | 33/51 | 150/258 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 54% | 58% | 65% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 15/22 | 45/66 | 24/33 | 107/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 68% | 68% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 9/19 | 13/47 | 12/18 | 49/108 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 47% | 28% | 67% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 24 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/10 | 9/18 | 4/5 | 24/40 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 70% | 50% | 80% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 33 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/4 | 15/22 | 5/5 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 68% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kudermetova | ||||||
| R1 Kuzmova |
R2 Brengle |
1/4 Potapova |
1/2 Osaka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-66 | 6-0 3-6 7-5 | 6-2 4-6 6-0 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 | 24 | – | 77 | |
| pts | 94-87 | 107-92 | 93-74 | – | 294-253 | |
| Total points | 181 | 199 | 167 | – | 547 | |
| Winners | 40 | 49 | 40 | – | 129 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% | 43% | – | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 6 | – | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 3 | – | 11 | |
| 1st in | 56/89 | 63/94 | 64/96 | – | 183/279 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 67% | – | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 49/63 | 40/64 | – | 129/183 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 78% | 63% | – | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 12/31 | 16/32 | – | 46/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 39% | 50% | – | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 7 | – | 12 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 4/11 | 7/13 | – | 12/30 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 36% | 54% | – | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 16 | – | 28 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 8/9 | 13/16 | – | 23 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 89% | 81% | – | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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