Diana Shnaider and Kristina Kucova will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on Court 16. 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 Diana Shnaider who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Diana Shnaider is the pick to win this match.
Diana Shnaider -> 1.55
Kristina Kucova -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Diana Shnaider vs. Kristina Kucova
There is no head to head record between Diana Shnaider and Kristina Kucova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Diana Shnaider
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-10 | 13-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-22 | 14-13 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 58-17 | 11-4 | 46-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105 (career-high), the Russian reached the 1st round after beating Joanne Zuger 7-5 6-0, Robin Montgomery 6-4 6-4 and Anastasia Tikhonova 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Diana had a good straight sets win against Tikhonova (6-2 6-1). During the match, Shnaider scored 58 points vs Tikhonova’s 28. Shnaider was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shnaider scored 2 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Diana Shnaider was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of her 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Diana broke Tikhonova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Diana started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points she played.
Shnaider has a fantastic record in the last 5 years having won 76% of her matches (72-23). 3-1 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Shnaider has an aggregate14-5 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Shnaider has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Diana has never competed in this tournament before.
Kristina Kucova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-15 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-29 | 19-16 | 15-11 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-11 | 7-8 | 7-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 25-20 | 6-7 | 14-10 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, Kucova will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost 6-4 6-1 to Zanevska in the qualifications on the 8th of January.
The Slovakian has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Kucova has an overall 419-334 record. She has a positive 131-121 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2022. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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