Varvara Gracheva and Viktoria Kuzmova will play each other in the qualifications of the ASB Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 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 Viktoria Kuzmova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Viktoria Kuzmova is the pick to win this match.
Viktoria Kuzmova -> 1.57
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Viktoria Kuzmova
This will be the 2nd time that Varvara Gracheva and Viktoria Kuzmova face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuzmova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kuzmova won 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5 in the 1st round in Gdynia back in 2021.
Highlights Viktoria Kuzmova vs Varvara Gracheva – Gdynia 21-July-2021
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-28 | 20-14 | 9-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 100, the Russian reached the qualifications after defeating Caroline Dolehide 7-5 5-7 6-2.
In the qualifications, Varvara defeated Dolehide (7-5 5-7 6-2). During the match, Gracheva scored 101 points vs Dolehide’s 95. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gracheva recorded 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 69% of her first serves in, winning 61% (38/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Dolehide 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Gracheva has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of her matches (199-133). 7-11 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Gracheva has an aggregate40-43 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Rouen.
Varvara has a compiled 29-32 win-loss record in 2022, 7-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Gracheva has never competed in this tournament before.
Viktoria Kuzmova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-30 | 22-16 | 7-4 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 11-3 |
| 2024 | 41-32 | 11-14 | 0-3 | 19-10 | 0-4 | 11-1 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 11-7 | 6-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 41-24 | 22-11 | 7-6 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-21 | 13-10 | 6-7 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 134, Viktoria got to the qualifications after defeating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Mandlik (6-4 6-4). During the match Kuzmova scored 67 points vs Mandlik’s 60. Viktoria was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmova struck 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Viktoria Kuzmova lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmova put 52% of her first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Kuzmova broke Mandlik 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Viktoria’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W60 Poertschach and the W25 Ortisei.
Kuzmova has a composed 41-24 win-loss record in 2022, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gracheva | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 |
| Pts | 101-95 | 67-60 |
| Total Points | 196 | 127 |
| Winners | 38 | 27 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Gracheva and Kuzmova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Varvara Gracheva surrendered 1 set while Viktoria Kuzmova hasn’t lost a set so far. Gracheva has played 1 set more than Kuzmova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gracheva played 12 games more than Kuzmova. The Russian scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Viktoria scored 27 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gracheva | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 34/65 |
| %1st in | 69% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 38/62 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 15/31 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 48% |
Gracheva made 3 aces . Kuzmova made 5 aces . Gracheva won 61% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmova won 79% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gracheva | Kuzmova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 38% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Varvara broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Gracheva conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Viktoria broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Viktoria conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Gracheva | |||
| Q1 Dolehide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 101-95 | 101-95 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 62/90 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 38/62 | 38/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kuzmova | |||
| Q1 Mandlik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-60 | 67-60 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/65 | 34/65 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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