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.

As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
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

Katie Volynets

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Rank
89
High
56
LWWWWLWWLW
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.

Auckland
Volynets's Record

Venus Williams

Venus Williams

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
574
High
1
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.

Auckland
Williams's Record

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