Veronika Kudermetova and Carol Zhao will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Libema Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.151
Carol Zhao -> 5.45
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Carol Zhao
There is no head to head record between Veronika Kudermetova and Carol Zhao since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Veronika Kudermetova
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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 |
2020 | 19-15 | 11-7 | 1-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Veronika reached the 2nd round after defeating Alison Riske 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Riske, Veronika had a free pass after Riske retired on a 6-3 3-0 . scoreline.
Kudermetova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (314-204). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudermetova has a composed 19-13 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Kudermetova’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide, Doha, Madrid and Rome.
Veronika has a compiled 19-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Carol Zhao
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 20-30 | 12-19 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 4-2 |
2023 | 26-30 | 14-16 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 3-1 |
2022 | 32-25 | 18-17 | 10-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
2021 | 24-19 | 11-9 | 13-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, Zhao got to the 2nd round after defeating Lexie Stevens 6-1 6-4, Kristina Dmitruk 6-1 6-3 and Ysaline Bonaventure 7-63 7-64.
In the 1st round, Zhao had a good straight sets win against Bonaventure (7-63 7-64). During the match Zhao scored 106 points vs Bonaventure’s 98. The Canadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhao made 6 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Carol Zhao lost the serve 3 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Zhao put 71% of her first serves in, winning 73% (56/77) of the points behind her 1st serve and 28% (9/32) on the 2nd serve. Zhao broke Bonaventure 3 times after converting 25% of her break points (3/12).
The Canadian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the W60 Fukuoka.
The Canadian has an aggregate 13-15 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kudermetova | Zhao |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
Tot Games | 12 | 59 |
Pts | 42-25 | 242-195 |
Total Points | 67 | 437 |
Winners | 16 | 108 |
%Winners | 38% | 45% |
Kudermetova played 1 match while Zhao competed in 3 matches. Zhao started her run from the qualifications while Kudermetova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Kudermetova has played 3 set(s) less than Zhao (3 vs 6). Therefore, Kudermetova played 47 games less than Zhao. Kudermetova scored 16 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Zhao fired 108 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kudermetova | Zhao |
---|---|---|
Aces | 5 | 9 |
Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
1st in | 18/30 | 154/225 |
%1st in | 60% | 68% |
1st pts | 16/18 | 108/154 |
%1st pts | 89% | 70% |
2nd pts | 6/12 | 32/71 |
%2nd pts | 50% | 45% |
Kudermetova scored 5 aces . Zhao struck 9 aces (3 per match). Kudermetova won 89% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zhao won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kudermetova | Zhao |
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Won | 4 | 12 |
Converted | 4/11 | 12/34 |
% Converted | 36% | 35% |
Conceded | 1 | 21 |
Saved | 0 | 16 |
% Saved | 0% | 76% |
Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Veronika conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Carol broke her opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. Carol conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded.
Kudermetova | |||
R1 Riske |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 3-0 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
pts | 42-25 | 42-25 | |
Total points | 67 | 67 | |
Winners | 16 | 16 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 16/18 | 16/18 | |
% 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Zhao | |||||
Q1 Stevens |
Q3 Dmitruk |
R1 Bonaventure |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | 7-63 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 26 | 59 | |
pts | 72-55 | 64-42 | 106-98 | 242-195 | |
Total points | 127 | 106 | 204 | 437 | |
Winners | 28 | 24 | 56 | 108 | |
%Winners | 39% | 38% | 53% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | |
1st in | 43/65 | 34/51 | 77/109 | 154/225 | |
% 1st in | 66% | 67% | 71% | 68% | |
1st pts | 28/43 | 24/34 | 56/77 | 108/154 | |
% 1st pts | 65% | 71% | 73% | 70% | |
2nd pts | 13/22 | 10/17 | 9/32 | 32/71 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | 28% | 45% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
Converted | 4/12 | 5/10 | 3/12 | 12/34 | |
Converted % | 33% | 50% | 25% | 35% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 2/3 | 12/15 | 16 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | 80% | 214% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Head 2 Head
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