Veronika Kudermetova and Arantxa Rus will face off in the 1st round of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 9:30 pm on Grandstand 1. 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 Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.26
Arantxa Rus -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Arantxa Rus

This will be the 4th time that Veronika Kudermetova and Arantxa Rus square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Kudermetova won 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Linz back in 2020.

Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs Arantxa Rus – Linz 12-November-2020

Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova

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Rank
30
High
9
LWLLWLLLWW
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, Kudermetova will start her run in Doha after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-0 6-4 to Ostapenko in the final on the 19th of February.

The Russian has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Melbourne and Dubai.

Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 270-182 record. She has a positive 126-85 record on hard.

Previously in Doha

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

Doha
Kudermetova's Record

Arantxa Rus

Arantxa Rus

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Rank
139
High
41
LLWLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 37-35 9-10 28-20 0-3 0-2 0-0
2024 37-33 14-14 19-13 2-1 2-5 0-0
2023 57-22 10-10 43-8 3-3 1-1 0-0
2022 46-33 9-10 29-17 7-4 1-2 0-0
2021 39-23 5-9 33-11 1-1 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 68, the Dutch reached the 1st round after defeating Irina Maria Bara 6-3 6-0.

Arantxa has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2012. See her history.

Doha
Rus's Record

Tennis Scores in Doha

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