Veronika Kudermetova and Claire Liu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.363
Claire Liu -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Claire Liu
This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Claire Liu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kudermetova won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2022.
Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs Claire Liu – Australian Open 17-January-2022
Veronika Kudermetova
| 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. 19, Veronika reached the 2nd round after beating Camila Giorgi 7-62 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kudermetova defeated Giorgi (7-62 4-6 7-5). During the match, Kudermetova scored 108 points vs Giorgi’s 104. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudermetova blasted 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 67% of her first serves in, winning 60% (42/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Giorgi 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Kudermetova has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (288-191). 14-6 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kudermetova has a compiled132-88 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Veronika’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Melbourne, Dubai and Istanbul.
Kudermetova has a compiled 26-13 win-loss record in 2022, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Jose
Veronika has never competed in this tournament before.
Claire Liu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-17 | 13-6 | 17-7 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 79, Claire reached the 2nd round after beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Claire had a good straight sets win against Haddad Maia (6-2 7-5). During the match Liu scored 74 points vs Haddad Maia’s 61. Liu was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Liu fired 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Claire Liu lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 65% of her first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Claire broke Haddad Maia 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in the Paris where she beat Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final 6-3 6-4.
Claire has an aggregate 22-14 win-loss record in 2022, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Jose
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudermetova | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 20 |
| Pts | 108-104 | 74-61 |
| Total Points | 212 | 135 |
| Winners | 42 | 30 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Kudermetova and Liu played 1 match. At the moment, Veronika Kudermetova lost 1 set while Claire Liu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudermetova has played 1 set more than Liu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kudermetova played 15 games more than Liu. The Russian scored 42 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Claire struck 30 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudermetova | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 70/105 | 44/68 |
| %1st in | 67% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 42/70 | 30/44 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Kudermetova scored 4 aces . Liu blasted 4 aces . Kudermetova won 60% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 68% of the points on 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 | Kudermetova | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 45% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 29% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Kudermetova broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded. Liu broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Claire conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kudermetova | |||
| R1 Giorgi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 108-104 | 108-104 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 70/105 | 70/105 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 42/70 | 42/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Liu | |||
| R1 Haddad Maia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 74-61 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 44/68 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Elizabeth MandlikMandlik (6-2 5-7 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yanais LaurentLaurent – Andres Artunedo MartinavarrArtunedo Martinavarr (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Shelby RogersRogers (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
