Veronika Kudermetova and Viktoria Hruncakova will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Libema Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.172
Viktoria Hruncakova -> 5.05

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Viktoria Hruncakova

This will be the 3^rd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Viktoria Hruncakova face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Kudermetova won 7-6(4) 7-6(6) in the 1^st round in Melbourne back in 2022.

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 14, Kudermetova reached the semifinal after defeating Alison Riske 6-3 3-0 ret., Carol Zhao 6-1 6-3 and Celine Naef 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Naef (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kudermetova scored 61 points vs Naef’s 43. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kudermetova struck 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Veronika Kudermetova was quite effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Veronika broke Naef 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kudermetova hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points she played.

Kudermetova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (316-204). 3-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudermetova has an overall 21-13 record in the last years on grass.

Veronika’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide, Doha, Madrid and Rome.

The Russian has a compiled 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Viktoria Hruncakova

Ranked no. 144, Viktoria reached the semifinal after beating Susan Bandecchi 6-4 6-2, Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 7-6⁶ 6-3 and Ashlyn Krueger 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Kuzmova had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-4 6-4). During the match Kuzmova scored 65 points vs Krueger’s 56. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Kuzmova scored 9 aces and she was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Viktoria Hruncakova was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of her 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Viktoria broke Krueger twice after converting 50% of her break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kuzmova hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Viktoria’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W40 Tallinn.

Viktoria has an aggregate 19-17 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kudermetova	Kuzmova
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	45	60
Pts	163-108	232-204
Total Points	271	436
Winners	65	98
%Winners	40%	42%

Both Kudermetova and Kuzmova played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Kudermetova has played 1 set more than Kuzmova (7 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kudermetova played 15 games less than Kuzmova. Veronika scored 65 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian managed to score 98 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kudermetova	Kuzmova
Aces	16	22
Avg per match	5.3	7.3
1st in	78/125	137/218
%1st in	62%	63%
1st pts	65/78	98/137
%1st pts	83%	72%
2nd pts	23/47	41/81
%2nd pts	49%	51%

Kudermetova managed to score 16 aces (5.3 per match). Kuzmova bagged 22 aces (7.3 per match). Kudermetova won 83% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmova won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kudermetova	Kuzmova
Won	13	9
Converted	13/28	9/22
% Converted	46%	41%
Conceded	6	19
Saved	3	16
% Saved	50%	84%
Times Broken	3	3

The Russian broke her opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Veronika lost her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Slovakian broke her opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Kuzmova conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 84% of the break points that she conceded.

Kudermetova
	R1 Riske	R2 Zhao	1/4 Naef	Total
Score	6-3 3-0 ret.	6-1 6-3	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	12	16	17	45
pts	42-25	60-40	61-43	163-108
Total points	67	100	104	271
Winners	16	25	24	65
%Winners	38%	42%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	6	5	16
Double Faults	3	3	2	8
1st in	18/30	30/46	30/49	78/125
% 1st in	60%	65%	61%	62%
1st pts	16/18	25/30	24/30	65/78
% 1st pts	89%	83%	80%	83%
2nd pts	6/12	6/16	11/19	23/47
% 2nd pts	50%	38%	58%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/11	5/9	4/8	13/28
Converted %	36%	56%	50%	46%
Conceded	1	2	3	6
Saved	0/1	1/2	2/3	3
Saved %	0%	50%	67%	39%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Kuzmova
	R1 Bandecchi	R2 Andreescu	1/4 Krueger	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	7-66 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	22	20	60
pts	79-67	88-81	65-56	232-204
Total points	146	169	121	436
Winners	34	38	26	98
%Winners	43%	43%	40%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	5	9	22
Double Faults	5	5	0	10
1st in	46/70	58/91	33/57	137/218
% 1st in	66%	64%	58%	63%
1st pts	34/46	38/58	26/33	98/137
% 1st pts	74%	66%	79%	72%
2nd pts	9/24	15/33	17/24	41/81
% 2nd pts	38%	45%	71%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	9
Converted	4/11	3/7	2/4	9/22
Converted %	36%	43%	50%	41%
Conceded	3	16	0	19
Saved	2/3	14/16	0/0	16
Saved %	67%	88%	–	52%
Times Broken	1	2	0	3

Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch

• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Samuel BensoussanBensoussan (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (2-0) – H2H and prediction