Veronika Kudermetova and Anhelina Kalinina will face off in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on Court 1. 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 Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.39
Anhelina Kalinina -> 3

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Anhelina Kalinina

This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Anhelina Kalinina square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kudermetova won 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Linz back in 2021.

Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova

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Rank
30
High
9
LWLLWLLLWW
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

Ranked no. 11, Kudermetova will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-0 6-1 to Swiatek in the semifinal on the 17th of February.

Veronika has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kudermetova’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide and Doha.

Talking about her overall career, Veronika has an overall 310-202 record. She has a positive 154-99 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2022. See her history.

Dubai
Kudermetova's Record

Anhelina Kalinina

Anhelina Kalinina

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Rank
154
High
25
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-13 5-7 2-4 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 22-24 8-14 10-7 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 29-25 18-16 5-4 3-1 3-4 0-0
2022 34-22 8-10 8-5 13-3 5-4 0-0
2021 47-15 5-6 31-4 9-3 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 33, Kalinina will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 7-5 7-6(3) to Davis in the qualifications on the 11th of February.

Anhelina has an overall 7-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Ukrainian has an overall 329-171 record. She has a positive 79-63 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See her history.

Dubai
Kalinina's Record

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