Iga Swiatek and Veronika Kudermetova will play each other in the semifinal of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on Center Court. 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.23
Veronika Kudermetova -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Veronika Kudermetova

This will be the 3rd time that Iga Swiatek and Veronika Kudermetova face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Swiatek won 6-1 6-0 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2021.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Veronika Kudermetova – Indian Wells 10-October-2021

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek

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Rank
2
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 64-17 40-10 11-4 3-2 10-1 0-0
2024 64-9 29-5 26-2 7-1 2-1 0-0
2023 68-11 42-8 19-2 0-0 7-1 0-0
2022 67-9 42-6 18-1 5-1 2-1 0-0
2021 36-15 18-10 12-2 2-1 4-2 0-0
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Currently world no. 1 Swiatek reached the semifinal after beating Danielle Rose Collins 6-0 6-1 and Belinda Bencic w/o.

In the quarter, Iga defeated Bencic (w/o). During the match, Swiatek and Bencic scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 1 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Iga was not very aggressive to strike just winners.

Regarding the service games, Swiatek couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Iga Swiatek 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.

Swiatek has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 79% of her matches (224-58). 7-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has a composed98-31 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Swiatek’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Australia.

Swiatek has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Doha
Swiatek's Record

Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova

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Rank
30
High
9
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-25 22-16 9-5 0-0 4-4 0-0
2024 18-25 10-16 3-5 0-0 5-4 0-0
2023 34-22 18-14 8-5 1-1 7-2 0-0
2022 39-20 27-13 7-4 0-1 5-2 0-0
2021 33-24 15-13 14-4 3-4 1-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 11, Veronika got to the semifinal after defeating Barbora Krejcikova 6-4 3-6 7-65, Sofia Kenin 6-2 7-5 and Cori Gauff 6-2 3-6 6-1.

In the quarter, The Russian defeated Gauff (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Kudermetova scored 92 points vs Gauff’s 76. Veronika was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Veronika broke Gauff 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.

The Russian has an overall 9-3 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.

Doha
Kudermetova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

I.Swiatek
V.Kudermetova
0h:53
0h:53
Time on court​
!
6h:53
6h:53
!
0h:53
0h:53
Last match​
!
2h:04
2h:04
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
13
13
Games Played​
76
76
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
53
53
Total points​
286
286
53
53
Avg point​
95.3
95.3
23
23
Winners
122
122
23
23
Avg Winners​
40.7
40.7
43%
43%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
22
22
2
2
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
23/31
23/31
1st won total​
122/172
122/172
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
9/13
9/13
2nd won total​
48/97
48/97
!
69%
69%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
12/32
12/32
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
4/10.7
4/10.7
!
71%
71%
Won
38%
38%
0
0
Conceded
23
23
0
0
Avg Conceded
7.7
7.7
0
0
Broken
6
6
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
17
17
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Swiatek Kudermetova
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 13 76
Pts 53-20 286-253
Total Points 73 539
Winners 23 122
%Winners 43% 43%

Swiatek played 1 match while Kudermetova competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Veronika Kudermetova conceded 2 sets while Iga Swiatek hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Swiatek has played 6 set(s) less than Kudermetova (2 vs 8). Therefore, Swiatek played 63 games less than Kudermetova. The Pole scored 23 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika struck 122 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Swiatek Kudermetova
Aces 2 22
Avg per match 2 7.3
1st in 31/44 172/269
%1st in 70% 64%
1st pts 23/31 122/172
%1st pts 74% 71%
2nd pts 9/13 48/97
%2nd pts 69% 49%

Swiatek scored 2 aces . Kudermetova blasted 22 aces (7.3 per match). Swiatek won 74% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Swiatek Kudermetova
Won 5 12
Converted 5/7 12/32
% Converted 71% 38%
Conceded 0 23
Saved 0 17
% Saved 0% 74%
Times Broken 0 6

The Pole broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Swiatek pretty solid on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kudermetova broke her opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded.

Swiatek
R2
Collins		 1/4
Bencic		 Total
Score 6-0 6-1 w/o
Tot Set 2 – 2
Tot Games 13 – 13
pts 53-20 – 53-20
Total points 73 – 73
Winners 23 – 23
%Winners 43% – 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 – 2
Double Faults 2 – 2
1st in 31/44 – 31/44
% 1st in 70% – 70%
1st pts 23/31 – 23/31
% 1st pts 74% – 74%
2nd pts 9/13 – 9/13
% 2nd pts 69% – 69%
Breaks
Won 5 – 5
Converted 5/7 – 5/7
Converted % 71% – 71%
Conceded 0 – 0
Saved 0/0 – 0
Saved % – – 0%
Times Broken 0 – 0
Kudermetova
R1
Krejcikova		 R2
Kenin		 1/4
Gauff		 Total
Score 6-4 3-6 7-65 6-2 7-5 6-2 3-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 32 20 24 76
pts 113-111 81-66 92-76 286-253
Total points 224 147 168 539
Winners 56 31 35 122
%Winners 50% 38% 38% 43%
SERVE
Aces 7 13 2 22
Double Faults 3 0 2 5
1st in 76/118 44/70 52/81 172/269
% 1st in 64% 63% 64% 64%
1st pts 56/76 31/44 35/52 122/172
% 1st pts 74% 70% 67% 71%
2nd pts 19/42 17/26 12/29 48/97
% 2nd pts 45% 65% 41% 49%
Breaks
Won 2 3 7 12
Converted 2/11 3/8 7/13 12/32
Converted % 18% 38% 54% 38%
Conceded 10 5 8 23
Saved 8/10 5/5 4/8 17
Saved % 80% 100% 50% 115%
Times Broken 2 0 4 6

Tennis Scores in Doha

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