Katie Volynets and Venus Williams will face off in the 1st round of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on Stadium. 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 Katie Volynets who should win in 2 sets.
Katie Volynets -> 1.43
Venus Williams -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Venus Williams
There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Venus Williams since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Katie Volynets
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-27 | 25-16 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-24 | 23-16 | 18-6 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-27 | 22-14 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-26 | 19-15 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 114, Volynets got to the 1st round after beating Katrina Scott 1-6 6-3 6-3
and Eugenie Bouchard w/o.In the qualifications, Katie defeated Bouchard (w/o). During the match, Volynets and Bouchard scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 114 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Volynets was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Regarding the service games, Volynets couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Katie Volynets conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Volynets has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of her matches (125-90). 1-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Volynets has an aggregate70-52 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The American has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Venus Williams
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 570, Venus will start her run in Auckland after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-1 7-6(5) to Van Uytvanck in the 1st round on the 30th of August.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of her career, Venus has an overall 523-204 record. She has a positive 289-121 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Daniele CapecchiCapecchi – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (0-6 6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Andrea BorroniBorroni (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Nicolo TurchettiTurchetti (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea BassoBasso – Andrea GolaGola (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Stefano BattaglinoBattaglino (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andres Gabriel CiurlettiGabriel Ciurletti – Stefano ReitanoReitano (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani – Marco MiceliMiceli (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Antonio ZuccaZucca (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabrizio OrnagoOrnago – Filippo BorellaBorella (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cori GauffGauff – Tatjana MariaMaria (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Sofia KeninKenin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Venus WilliamsWilliams (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lin ZhuZhu – Madison BrengleBrengle (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bernarda PeraPera – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Lauren DavisDavis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nao HibinoHibino – Danka KovinicKovinic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Dalma GalfiGalfi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Julia GrabherGrabher – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xiyu WangWang – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Erin RoutliffeRoutliffe – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – H2H and prediction