Jessica Pegula and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Center 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 Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.35
Veronika Kudermetova -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Veronika Kudermetova
This will be the 2nd time that Jessica Pegula and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kudermetova won 6-4 0-6 6-4 in the quarter in Madrid back in May 2023.
Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs Jessica Pegula – Madrid 03-May-2023
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-6 | 11-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, the American got to the final after beating Cristina Bucsa 6-1 6-2, Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-0 and Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-2 6-3). During the match, Pegula scored 70 points vs Sakkari’s 51. Jessica was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pegula managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 47% of her first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Sakkari 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pegula hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points she played.
Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (289-163). 35-9 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pegula has a composed 176-87 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Australia where she defeated Martina Trevisan in the final 6-4 6-2 and in Montreal where she overcame Liudmila Samsonova in the final 6-1 6-0.
Pegula has an aggregate 49-15 win-loss record in 2023, 35-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-12 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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, the Russian reached the final after beating Harriet Dart 6-3 7-64, Kayla Day 6-3 6-3, Iga Swiatek 6-2 2-6 6-4 and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-66 6-72 6-3.
In the semifinal, The Russian defeated Pavlyuchenkova (7-66 6-72 6-3). During the match Kudermetova scored 126 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 117. Veronika was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudermetova blasted 16 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve twice and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 77% (53/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (25/52) on the 2nd serve. Veronika broke Pavlyuchenkova 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Veronika’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Hertogenbosch.
Kudermetova has a compiled 31-19 win-loss record in 2023, 16-12 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 | Pegula | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 101 |
| Pts | 190-120 | 347-306 |
| Total Points | 310 | 653 |
| Winners | 58 | 138 |
| %Winners | 31% | 40% |
Pegula played 3 matches while Kudermetova competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Veronika Kudermetova lost 2 sets while Jessica Pegula hasn’t lost a set so far. Pegula has played 4 set(s) less than Kudermetova (6 vs 10). Therefore, Pegula played 56 games less than Kudermetova. Jessica scored 58 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian fired 138 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 79/161 | 192/328 |
| %1st in | 49% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 58/79 | 138/192 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 47/82 | 76/136 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 56% |
Pegula scored 10 aces (3.3 per match). Kudermetova scored 22 aces (5.5 per match). Pegula won 73% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 14 |
| Converted | 15/22 | 14/28 |
| % Converted | 68% | 50% |
| Conceded | 15 | 22 |
| Saved | 13 | 15 |
| % Saved | 87% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Pegula broke her opponents 15 times with a 68% conversion rate. Pegula conceded her serve twice and she saved 87% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. Veronika conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||||
| R2 Bucsa |
1/4 Kasatkina |
1/2 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 13 | 17 | 45 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 62-32 | 70-51 | 190-120 | |
| Total points | 95 | 94 | 121 | 310 | |
| Winners | 18 | 20 | 20 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 32% | 29% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 21/50 | 26/43 | 32/68 | 79/161 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 60% | 47% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 20/26 | 20/32 | 58/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 77% | 63% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 9/17 | 21/36 | 47/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 53% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/7 | 5/8 | 15/22 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 86% | 63% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/4 | 8/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 89% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kudermetova | ||||||
| R1 Dart |
R2 Day |
1/4 Swiatek |
1/2 Pavlyuchenkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | 7-66 6-72 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 26 | 35 | 101 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 64-45 | 83-80 | 126-117 | 347-306 | |
| Total points | 138 | 109 | 163 | 243 | 653 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 33 | 53 | 138 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 40% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 29/51 | 47/82 | 69/121 | 192/328 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 57% | 57% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/47 | 24/29 | 33/47 | 53/69 | 138/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 83% | 70% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 15/22 | 20/35 | 25/52 | 76/136 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 68% | 57% | 48% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/4 | 3/8 | 4/12 | 14/28 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 75% | 38% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 9/11 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 50% | 82% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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