Iga Swiatek and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the quarter of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Iga Swiatek who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iga Swiatek is the pick to win this match.
Iga Swiatek -> 1.075
Veronika Kudermetova -> 8.2
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Prediction and head to head Iga Swiatek vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 5th time that Iga Swiatek and Veronika Kudermetova square off. The head to head is 4-0 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Swiatek won 6-1 6-1 in the semifinal in Madrid back in May 2023.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs Veronika Kudermetova – Madrid 04-May-2023
Iga Swiatek
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-4 | 22-3 | 21-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 16-5 | 6-4 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 2, the Pole got to the quarter after defeating Mai Hontama 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Hontama (6-4 7-5). During the match, Swiatek scored 81 points vs Hontama’s 73. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Swiatek scored just 1 ace and she committed only 3 double faults. Iga Swiatek lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Swiatek put 57% of her first serves in, winning 52% (22/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Hontama 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
Swiatek has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 81% of her matches (274-66). 31-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Swiatek has a composed122-36 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Doha where she overcame Jessica Pegula in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Stuttgart where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-3 6-4 and at the French Open where she overcame Karolina Muchova in the final 6-2 5-7 6-4 and in Warsaw where she beat Laura Siegemund in the final 6-0 6-1.
Swiatek has an aggregate 57-10 win-loss record in 2023, 31-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-14 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 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. 19, Veronika reached the quarter after beating Harriet Dart 6-3 7-64 and Kayla Day 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Day (6-3 6-3). During the match Kudermetova scored 64 points vs Day’s 45. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kudermetova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Veronika Kudermetova was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of her 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kudermetova broke Day 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudermetova hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Hertogenbosch.
The Russian has a compiled 29-19 win-loss record in 2023, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Swiatek | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 40 |
| Pts | 81-73 | 138-109 |
| Total Points | 154 | 247 |
| Winners | 22 | 52 |
| %Winners | 27% | 38% |
Swiatek played 1 match while Kudermetova competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Swiatek has played 2 set(s) less than Kudermetova (2 vs 4). Therefore, Swiatek played 18 games less than Kudermetova. The Pole scored 22 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 52 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Swiatek | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 42/74 | 76/125 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 22/42 | 52/76 |
| %1st pts | 52% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 31/49 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 63% |
Swiatek recorded 1 ace . Kudermetova also scored 2 aces (1 per match). Swiatek won 52% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% 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 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Swiatek | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/8 |
| % Converted | 41% | 88% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 44% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Swiatek broke her opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Swiatek dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponents 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.
| Swiatek | |||
| R2 Hontama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 81-73 | 81-73 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/74 | 42/74 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/42 | 22/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 52% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kudermetova | ||||
| R1 Dart |
R2 Day |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 40 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 64-45 | 138-109 | |
| Total points | 138 | 109 | 247 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 29/51 | 76/125 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/47 | 24/29 | 52/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 83% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 15/22 | 31/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 68% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/4 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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