Iga Swiatek and Veronika Kudermetova will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:00 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.101
Veronika Kudermetova -> 6.95

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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Veronika Kudermetova

This will be the 4^th time that Iga Swiatek and Veronika Kudermetova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Swiatek won 6-0 6-1 in the semifinal in Doha back in February 2023.

Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Veronika Kudermetova – Doha 17-February-2023

Iga Swiatek

Currently world no. 1 the Pole got to the semifinal after defeating Julia Grabher 6-3 6-2, Bernarda Pera 6-3 6-2, Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 6-7³ 6-3 and Petra Martic 6-0 6-3.

In the quarter, Iga had a good straight sets win against Martic (6-0 6-3). During the match, Swiatek scored 52 points vs Martic’s 29. Iga was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Swiatek scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Iga Swiatek was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Pole was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Martic 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Iga has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Swiatek has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 80% of her matches (241-60). 8-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Swiatek has an overall100-14 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Doha where she overcame Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Stuttgart where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-3 6-4.

Swiatek has a composed 24-4 win-loss record in 2023, 8-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 13, Kudermetova got to the semifinal after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3 4-6 6-2, Anastasia Potapova 7-6³ 5-7 6-3, Daria Kasatkina 7-5 1-6 7-6² and Jessica Pegula 6-4 0-6 6-4.

In the quarter, The Russian defeated Pegula (6-4 0-6 6-4).During the match Kudermetova scored less points (8) than Pegula. In fact, the world no. 1 won 75 points vs Pegula’s. That means that Kudermetova was more focused during the important points. Kudermetova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova fired 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 7 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 60% (31/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 28% (8/29) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Pegula 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.

The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide and Doha.

The Russian has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2021. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Swiatek	Kudermetova
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	12
Tot Games	81	119
Pts	261-189	384-365
Total Points	450	749
Winners	110	156
%Winners	42%	41%

Both Swiatek and Kudermetova played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Iga Swiatek surrendered 1 set, while Veronika Kudermetova dropped 4 sets. Swiatek has played 3 set(s) less than Kudermetova (9 vs 12). Therefore, Swiatek played 38 games less than Kudermetova. The Pole scored 110 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika bagged 156 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Swiatek	Kudermetova
Aces	9	17
Avg per match	2.3	4.3
1st in	146/221	229/374
%1st in	66%	61%
1st pts	110/146	156/229
%1st pts	75%	68%
2nd pts	46/75	60/145
%2nd pts	61%	41%

Swiatek fired 9 aces (2.3 per match). Kudermetova blasted 17 aces (4.3 per match). Swiatek won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Swiatek	Kudermetova
Won	16	21
Converted	16/28	21/41
% Converted	57%	51%
Conceded	6	43
Saved	2	22
% Saved	33%	51%
Times Broken	4	21

Swiatek broke her opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Iga lost her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Veronika broke her opponents 21 times with a 51% conversion rate. Veronika conceded her serve 21 times and she saved 51% of the break points that she conceded.

Swiatek
	R2 Grabher	R3 Pera	R4 Alexandrova	1/4 Martic	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-73 6-3	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	17	17	32	15	81
pts	48-36	62-40	99-84	52-29	261-189
Total points	84	102	183	81	450
Winners	22	22	43	23	110
%Winners	46%	35%	43%	44%	42%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	3	1	9
Double Faults	1	0	2	2	5
1st in	30/45	28/43	58/86	30/47	146/221
% 1st in	67%	65%	67%	64%	66%
1st pts	22/30	22/28	43/58	23/30	110/146
% 1st pts	73%	79%	74%	77%	75%
2nd pts	8/15	10/15	18/28	10/17	46/75
% 2nd pts	53%	67%	64%	59%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	4	5	4	16
Converted	3/5	4/13	5/6	4/4	16/28
Converted %	60%	31%	83%	100%	57%
Conceded	1	1	3	1	6
Saved	0/1	0/1	1/3	1/1	2
Saved %	0%	0%	33%	100%	33%
Times Broken	1	1	2	0	4

Kudermetova
	R2 Parrizas-Diaz	R3 Potapova	R4 Kasatkina	1/4 Pegula	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-2	7-63 5-7 6-3	7-5 1-6 7-62	6-4 0-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	12
Tot Games	27	34	32	26	119
pts	91-72	112-100	106-110	75-83	384-365
Total points	163	212	216	158	749
Winners	34	45	46	31	156
%Winners	37%	40%	43%	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	3	2	4	17
Double Faults	6	3	3	4	16
1st in	45/79	61/101	71/113	52/81	229/374
% 1st in	57%	60%	63%	64%	61%
1st pts	34/45	45/61	46/71	31/52	156/229
% 1st pts	76%	74%	65%	60%	68%
2nd pts	15/34	21/40	16/42	8/29	60/145
% 2nd pts	44%	53%	38%	28%	41%
Breaks
Won	7	4	4	6	21
Converted	7/12	4/11	4/9	6/9	21/41
Converted %	58%	36%	44%	67%	51%
Conceded	9	7	15	12	43
Saved	5/9	3/7	9/15	5/12	22
Saved %	56%	43%	60%	42%	50%
Times Broken	4	4	6	7	21

Tennis Scores in Madrid

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• Kevin KingKing – Daniel NguyenNguyen (7-6² 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (3-5) – H2H and prediction