Victoria Azarenka and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.44
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Veronika Kudermetova

There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Victoria Azarenka

Victoria Azarenka

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Rank
135
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-12 6-7 2-3 0-0 3-2 0-0
2024 30-15 20-10 7-4 0-0 3-1 0-0
2023 23-19 17-13 2-3 0-0 4-3 0-0
2022 24-13 18-9 6-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 28-9 18-6 4-1 0-0 6-2 0-0

Ranked no. 17, Victoria will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Krejcikova in the 4th round on the 23rd of January.

Victoria has an overall 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Azarenka has an overall 577-214 record. She has a positive 347-114 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2010. See her history.

Dubai
Azarenka's Record

Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova

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Rank
30
High
9
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-25 22-16 9-5 0-0 4-4 0-0
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

Ranked no. 31, Veronika will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in St. Petersburg where she lost 6-2 4-6 7-6(5) to Bencic in the 1st round on the 7th of February.

Kudermetova has an aggregate 5-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kudermetova’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Melbourne.

In terms of her career, Kudermetova has an overall 267-181 record. She has a positive 123-84 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See her history.

Dubai
Kudermetova's Record

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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