Veronika Kudermetova and Ekaterina Alexandrova will face off in the semifinal of the Libema Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.94
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 3rd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Ekaterina Alexandrova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kudermetova won 5-7 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Wuhan back in 2019.
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 11-7 | 1-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Kudermetova got to the semifinal after defeating Leolia Jeanjean 6-2 6-3, Anna Blinkova 5-7 5-2 ret. and Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Bencic (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kudermetova scored 66 points vs Bencic’s 53. Veronika was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudermetova couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 70% of her first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Veronika broke Bencic 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Kudermetova has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (285-189). 3-0 on grass in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kudermetova has a compiled16-11 record in the last 9 years on grass.
Veronika’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Melbourne, Dubai and Istanbul.
The Russian has an aggregate 23-11 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, Ekaterina got to the semifinal after defeating Dayana Yastremska 2-6 7-61 6-2, Anhelina Kalinina 6-4 6-2 and Caty McNally 6-0 6-1.
In the quarter, Alexandrova had a good straight sets win against McNally (6-0 6-1). During the match Alexandrova scored 51 points vs McNally’s 18. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova made 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ekaterina Alexandrova was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of her 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke McNally 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Charleston and Madrid.
Ekaterina has a compiled 20-11 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudermetova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 60 |
| Pts | 198-159 | 213-153 |
| Total Points | 357 | 366 |
| Winners | 84 | 81 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Kudermetova and Alexandrova played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Veronika Kudermetova surrendered 1 set, while Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kudermetova and Alexandrova have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Kudermetova played 6 games less than Alexandrova. Kudermetova scored 84 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ekaterina managed to score 81 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudermetova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 8 |
| 1st in | 115/177 | 108/174 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 84/115 | 81/108 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 33/62 | 38/66 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Kudermetova managed to score 8 aces (2.7 per match). Alexandrova fired 24 aces (8 per match). Kudermetova won 73% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudermetova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 13/25 |
| % Converted | 48% | 52% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 73% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Russian broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kudermetova | |||||
| R1 Jeanjean |
R2 Blinkova |
1/4 Bencic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 5-7 5-2 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 18 | 54 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 67-60 | 66-53 | 198-159 | |
| Total points | 111 | 127 | 119 | 357 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | 36 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% | 55% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 37/62 | 48/69 | 115/177 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 60% | 70% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/37 | 36/48 | 84/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 65% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 13/25 | 10/21 | 33/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 52% | 48% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 38% | 75% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/7 | 3/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 100% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Alexandrova | |||||
| R1 Yastremska |
R2 Kalinina |
1/4 McNally |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-61 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 13 | 60 | |
| pts | 92-83 | 70-52 | 51-18 | 213-153 | |
| Total points | 175 | 122 | 69 | 366 | |
| Winners | 32 | 29 | 20 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 36/58 | 24/35 | 108/174 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 62% | 69% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 29/36 | 20/24 | 81/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 81% | 83% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 13/22 | 8/11 | 38/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 59% | 73% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/7 | 5/6 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 43% | 83% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 5/5 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 100% | – | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
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