Viktorija Golubic and Varvara Gracheva will square off in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on Court 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Viktorija Golubic who should win in 3 sets.
Viktorija Golubic -> 1.6
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Viktorija Golubic vs. Varvara Gracheva
There is no head to head record between Viktorija Golubic and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Viktorija Golubic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-25 | 24-13 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 15-11 | 2-4 | 7-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 14-9 | 2-5 | 10-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 12-10 | 4-7 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-22 | 15-11 | 9-4 | 12-2 | 9-4 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 36 (career-high), Viktorija reached the qualifications after beating Bernarda Pera 6-3 3-6 7-62.
In the qualifications, Golubic defeated Pera (6-3 3-6 7-62). During the match, Golubic scored 101 points vs Pera’s 96. Viktorija was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Golubic scored 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Viktorija Golubic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Golubic put 65% of her first serves in, winning 61% (39/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the 2nd serve. Viktorija broke Pera 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Golubic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (320-197). 3-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Golubic has an aggregate 115-75 match record in the last years on hard.
The Swiss has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-28 | 20-14 | 9-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, the Russian got to the qualifications after beating Eri Hozumi 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Hozumi (6-1 6-1). During the match Gracheva scored 55 points vs Hozumi’s 24. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Gracheva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Varvara Gracheva was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (17/20) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Varvara broke Hozumi 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
The Russian has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Gracheva has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Golubic | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 14 |
| Pts | 101-96 | 55-24 |
| Total Points | 197 | 79 |
| Winners | 39 | 17 |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% |
Both Golubic and Gracheva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Viktorija Golubic surrendered 1 set while Varvara Gracheva hasn’t conceded a set so far. Golubic has played 1 set more than Gracheva (3 vs 2). Therefore, Golubic played 17 games more than Gracheva. The Swiss scored 39 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian managed to score 17 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Golubic | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 64/98 | 20/37 |
| %1st in | 65% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 39/64 | 17/20 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 9/17 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 53% |
Golubic blasted 2 aces . Gracheva struck 1 ace . Golubic won 61% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 85% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Golubic | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 57% | 86% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 56% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Viktorija broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Varvara conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Golubic | |||
| Q1 Pera | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-96 | 101-96 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 64/98 | 64/98 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/64 | 39/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Gracheva | |||
| Q1 Hozumi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 55-24 | 55-24 | |
| Total points | 79 | 79 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 20/37 | 20/37 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 17/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Maddison InglisInglis – Sara ErraniErrani (7-64 7-61) – See score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Stefanie VoegeleVoegele (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 3-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Ekaterina YashinaYashina (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Kristina KucovaKucova (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Ellen PerezPerez (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Anastasia GasanovaGasanova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anna DanilinaDanilina (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Clara TausonTauson – Anna BondarBondar (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Ann LiLi (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Giuliana OlmosOlmos (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Shuai ZhangZhang (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Astra SharmaSharma – Oceane DodinDodin (3-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Eri HozumiHozumi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Angelina GabuevaGabueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Diane ParryParry – Ulrikke EikeriEikeri (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Sarah BehbehaniBehbehani (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Jared DonaldsonDonaldson (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-1 6-72 6-2) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Edward CorrieCorrie (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-3 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-74 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Denis KudlaKudla (5-7 7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Aleksandra KrunicKrunic (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens – Diana MarcinkevicaMarcinkevica (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Lin ZhuZhu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Angelina GabuevaGabueva (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Ekaterina YashinaYashina (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Kirsten FlipkensFlipkens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maddison InglisInglis – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Astra SharmaSharma – Madison BrengleBrengle (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Harriet DartDart (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Magda LinetteLinette (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Claire LiuLiu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Heather WatsonWatson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Simona HalepHalep (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (1-2) – H2H and prediction