Marketa Vondrousova and Claire Liu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marketa Vondrousova who should win in 2 sets.
Marketa Vondrousova -> 1.333
Claire Liu -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Claire Liu
There is no head to head record between Marketa Vondrousova and Claire Liu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marketa Vondrousova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-10 | 10-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-11 | 5-4 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-18 | 19-12 | 9-3 | 4-2 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 11-3 | 2-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-19 | 21-10 | 4-4 | 8-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 38, Vondrousova reached the qualifications after defeating Ena Shibahara 7-62 6-3.
In the qualifications, Vondrousova had a good straight sets win against Shibahara (7-62 6-3). During the match, Vondrousova scored 86 points vs Shibahara’s 80. Marketa was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vondrousova fired 3 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 44% of her first serves in, winning 75% (30/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (25/51) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Shibahara 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Vondrousova has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (203-88). 4-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Vondrousova has an aggregate70-39 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Vondrousova has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Claire Liu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-19 | 20-13 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-12 | 11-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-19 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 15-14 | 12-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-17 | 17-11 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88 (career-high), the American got to the qualifications after defeating Stefanie Voegele 7-63 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Voegele (7-63 6-3). During the match Liu scored 86 points vs Voegele’s 77. Claire was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Liu struck 11 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Claire Liu lost the serve once and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 61% of her first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Liu broke Voegele twice after converting 29% of her break points (2/7).
Claire has an aggregate 5-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Claire has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vondrousova | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 |
| Pts | 86-80 | 86-77 |
| Total Points | 166 | 163 |
| Winners | 30 | 43 |
| %Winners | 35% | 50% |
Both Vondrousova and Liu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vondrousova and Liu have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (22). Vondrousova scored 30 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Liu blasted 43 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vondrousova | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 11 |
| 1st in | 40/91 | 57/93 |
| %1st in | 44% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 43/57 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 25/51 | 16/36 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 44% |
Vondrousova fired 3 aces . Liu recorded 11 aces . Vondrousova won 75% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vondrousova | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 29% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 71% | 91% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Vondrousova broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Vondrousova surrendered her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Liu conceded her serve once and she saved 91% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vondrousova | |||
| Q1 Shibahara | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 86-80 | 86-80 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 40/91 | 40/91 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/51 | 25/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Liu | |||
| Q1 Voegele | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 86-77 | 86-77 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/93 | 57/93 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 16/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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