Jelena Ostapenko and Veronika Kudermetova will fight against each other in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.58
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.51

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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Veronika Kudermetova

There is no head to head record between Jelena Ostapenko and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jelena Ostapenko

Ranked no. 21, Ostapenko got to the final after beating Sofia Kenin 6-1 6-2, Iga Swiatek 4-6 6-1 7-6⁴, Petra Kvitova 5-7 7-5 7-6⁹ and Simona Halep 2-6 7-6⁰ 6-0.

In the semifinal against Halep, Jelena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁰ 6-0). During the match, Ostapenko scored 87 points vs Halep’s 77. Ostapenko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ostapenko made 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 68% of her first serves in, winning 74% (42/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. Ostapenko broke Halep 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jelena has lost 3 set in this event to win 53% of the points she played.

Ostapenko has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (280-174). 6-2 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Ostapenko has an overall 89-78 record in the last years on hard.

Jelena’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in St. Petersburg and Dubai.

Ostapenko has a composed 9-3 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 31, Veronika reached the final after beating Victoria Azarenka 6-3 6-4

, Garbine Muguruza 3-6 6-4 6-4, Jil Teichmann 6-2 5-7 6-4 and Marketa Vondrousova w/o.

In the semifinal, Veronika defeated Vondrousova (w/o). During the match Kudermetova and Vondrousova scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 21 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Veronika was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

Talking about serving, Kudermetova couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was very steady 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

Veronika has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Veronika’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Melbourne.

The Russian has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2022, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Dubai

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ostapenko	Kudermetova
Match played	4	3
Tot Set	11	8
Tot Games	109	78
Pts	374-333	261-229
Total Points	707	490
Winners	150	104
%Winners	40%	40%

Ostapenko played 4 matches while Kudermetova competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jelena Ostapenko lost 3 sets, while Veronika Kudermetova surrendered 2 sets. Ostapenko has played 3 sets more than Kudermetova (11 vs 8). Therefore, Ostapenko played 31 games more than Kudermetova. Ostapenko scored 150 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika recorded 104 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ostapenko	Kudermetova
Aces	17	16
Avg per match	4.3	5.3
1st in	228/357	141/241
%1st in	64%	59%
1st pts	150/228	104/141
%1st pts	66%	74%
2nd pts	58/129	54/100
%2nd pts	45%	54%

Ostapenko struck 17 aces (4.3 per match). Kudermetova bagged 16 aces (5.3 per match). Ostapenko won 66% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ostapenko	Kudermetova
Won	24	11
Converted	24/46	11/24
% Converted	52%	46%
Conceded	34	16
Saved	17	10
% Saved	50%	63%
Times Broken	17	6

The Latvian broke her opponents 24 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Latvian lost her serve 17 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

Ostapenko
	R1 Kenin	R2 Swiatek	1/4 Kvitova	1/2 Halep	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	4-6 6-1 7-64	5-7 7-5 7-69	2-6 7-60 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	15	30	37	27	109
pts	56-32	112-103	119-121	87-77	374-333
Total points	88	215	240	164	707
Winners	27	33	48	42	150
%Winners	48%	29%	40%	48%	40%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	2	3	17
Double Faults	6	9	2	5	22
1st in	33/50	61/97	77/126	57/84	228/357
% 1st in	66%	63%	61%	68%	64%
1st pts	27/33	33/61	48/77	42/57	150/228
% 1st pts	82%	54%	62%	74%	66%
2nd pts	6/17	17/36	25/49	10/27	58/129
% 2nd pts	35%	47%	51%	37%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	9	6	4	24
Converted	5/7	9/22	6/10	4/7	24/46
Converted %	71%	41%	60%	57%	52%
Conceded	3	14	12	5	34
Saved	2/3	7/14	6/12	2/5	17
Saved %	67%	50%	50%	40%	52%
Times Broken	1	7	6	3	17

Kudermetova
	R1 Azarenka	R2 Muguruza	1/4 Belen Teichmann	1/2 Vondrousova	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	3-6 6-4 6-4	6-2 5-7 6-4	w/o
Tot Set	2	3	3	–	8
Tot Games	19	29	30	–	78
pts	69-57	89-83	103-89	–	261-229
Total points	126	172	192	–	490
Winners	25	33	46	–	104
%Winners	36%	37%	45%	–	40%
SERVE
Aces	7	4	5	–	16
Double Faults	1	2	6	–	9
1st in	31/60	42/79	68/102	–	141/241
% 1st in	52%	53%	67%	–	59%
1st pts	25/31	33/42	46/68	–	104/141
% 1st pts	81%	79%	68%	–	74%
2nd pts	17/29	23/37	14/34	–	54/100
% 2nd pts	59%	62%	41%	–	54%
Breaks
Won	2	3	6	–	11
Converted	2/4	3/8	6/12	–	11/24
Converted %	50%	38%	50%	–	46%
Conceded	1	5	10	–	16
Saved	1/1	3/5	6/10	–	10
Saved %	100%	60%	60%	–	55%
Times Broken	0	2	4	–	6

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Feliciano LopezLopez – Marin CilicCilic (4-6 7-6² 7-6⁸) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jamie Murray/Bruno SoaresMurray/Bruno Soares – Julien Benneteau/Edouard Roger-VasselinBenneteau/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction