Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Gabriela Ruse will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 17. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.36
Elena Gabriela Ruse -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Elena Gabriela Ruse
There is no head to head record between Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Gabriela Ruse since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 32, Kudermetova reached the 2nd round after beating Claire Liu 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kudermetova scored 64 points vs Liu’s 56. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudermetova fired 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 52% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Liu 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Kudermetova has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (266-179). 4-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudermetova has an overall122-83 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Veronika’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Melbourne.
Veronika has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Elena Gabriela Ruse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-18 | 12-5 | 17-8 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-20 | 18-10 | 6-6 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-23 | 13-10 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-16 | 9-5 | 20-8 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-10 | 9-3 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 72 (career-high), Gabriela Ruse got to the 2nd round after defeating Jasmine Paolini 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-1 6-3). During the match Gabriela Ruse scored 58 points vs Paolini’s 39. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Gabriela Ruse bagged 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elena Gabriela Ruse lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gabriela Ruse put 48% of her first serves in, winning 71% (17/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Gabriela Ruse broke Paolini 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
Gabriela Ruse has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudermetova | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 64-56 | 58-39 |
| Total Points | 120 | 97 |
| Winners | 21 | 17 |
| %Winners | 33% | 29% |
Both Kudermetova and Gabriela Ruse played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudermetova and Gabriela Ruse have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudermetova played 4 games more than Gabriela Ruse. The Russian scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian managed to score 17 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudermetova | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 24/50 |
| %1st in | 52% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 17/24 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 11/26 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 42% |
Kudermetova bagged 2 aces . Gabriela Ruse recorded 4 aces . Kudermetova won 70% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Gabriela Ruse won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudermetova | Gabriela Ruse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/8 |
| % Converted | 71% | 88% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 25% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Veronika broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Veronika dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded. The Romanian broke her opponent 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. Gabriela Ruse conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kudermetova | |||
| R1 Liu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-56 | 64-56 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 30/58 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gabriela Ruse | |||
| R1 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-39 | 58-39 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/50 | 24/50 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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