Roman Safiullin and Denis Kudla will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 8. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.36
Denis Kudla -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Denis Kudla
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Denis Kudla since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-20 | 9-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 97, the Russian will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Thompson in the qualifications on the 8th of January.
Roman has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 335-159 record. He has a positive 203-68 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, Denis got to the 1st round after beating Omar Jasika 6-1 6-1 and Carlos Taberner 7-5 6-3.
The American has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016, 2018 and 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
Win Loss
Safiullin
LWLLWLWLLW Kudla
2025
2024
2023
13 - 20
0 - 0
9-12
Hard
0-0
3-4
Clay
0-0
1-4
Grass
0-0
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