Arantxa Rus and Claire Liu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 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 Claire Liu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Claire Liu is the pick to win this match.
Claire Liu -> 1.86
Arantxa Rus -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Claire Liu
This will be the 3rd time that Arantxa Rus and Claire Liu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Rus (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rus won 1-6 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in the Bol back in 2021.
Arantxa Rus
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 12-15 | 5-8 | 5-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 57-22 | 10-10 | 43-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 46-33 | 9-10 | 29-17 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 39-23 | 5-9 | 33-11 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 23-17 | 13-8 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 51, the Dutch reached the 2nd round after beating Na-Lae Han 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Han (6-1 6-3). During the match, Rus scored 57 points vs Han’s 39. Arantxa was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rus made 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Arantxa Rus conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 70% of her first serves in, winning 88% (28/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Rus broke Han 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Rus has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (436-251). 8-8 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Rus has a composed 91-75 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W40 Anapoima where she beat Sinja Kraus in the final 6-3 6-7(3) 6-2 and the La Bisbal D’Emporda where she overcame Panna Udvardy in the final 7-6(2) 6-3 and the W40 The Hague where she defeated Sara Bejlek in the final 7-6(3) 6-4 and the Contrexeville where she overcame Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final 6-3 6-3 and in Hamburg where she beat Noma Akugue Noha in the final 6-0 7-6(3).
Arantxa has an overall 53-18 win-loss record in 2023, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Claire Liu
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 15-11 | 8-7 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 27-29 | 19-19 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 29-22 | 15-14 | 12-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 39-17 | 17-11 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 16-10 | 8-8 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 98, Liu reached the 2nd round after defeating Yeon Woo Ku 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Claire had a good straight sets win against Woo Ku (6-3 6-3). During the match Liu scored 61 points vs Woo Ku’s 49. Claire was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Liu scored 6 aces and she was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Claire Liu was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Liu broke Woo Ku 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Liu’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Chicago.
The American has an aggregate 25-27 win-loss record in 2023, 17-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Rus | Liu |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 16 | 18 |
Pts | 57-39 | 61-49 |
Total Points | 96 | 110 |
Winners | 28 | 26 |
%Winners | 49% | 43% |
Both Rus and Liu played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rus and Liu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rus played 2 games less than Liu. The Dutch scored 28 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Claire scored 26 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Rus | Liu |
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Aces | 3 | 6 |
Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
1st in | 32/46 | 33/53 |
%1st in | 70% | 62% |
1st pts | 28/32 | 26/33 |
%1st pts | 88% | 79% |
2nd pts | 6/14 | 11/20 |
%2nd pts | 43% | 55% |
Rus recorded 3 aces . Liu made 6 aces . Rus won 88% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 79% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Rus | Liu |
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Won | 4 | 3 |
Converted | 4/6 | 3/9 |
% Converted | 67% | 33% |
Conceded | 1 | 0 |
Saved | 1 | 0 |
% Saved | 100% | 0% |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Arantxa broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Rus quite strong on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The American broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Claire was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
Rus | |||
R1 Han |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 57-39 | 57-39 | |
Total points | 96 | 96 | |
Winners | 28 | 28 | |
%Winners | 49% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
% 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
1st pts | 28/32 | 28/32 | |
% 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
% 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Liu | |||
R1 Woo |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 61-49 | 61-49 | |
Total points | 110 | 110 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 43% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 6 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Emina BektasBektas – Laura PigossiPigossi (6-75 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Dayeon BackBack – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kayla DayDay (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Sachia VickeryVickery (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Eva LysLys – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Arantxa RusRus – Na-Lae HanHan (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – En Shuo LiangShuo Liang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Alycia ParksParks (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Eri Hozumi/Makoto NinomiyaHozumi/Makoto Ninomiya – Quinn Gleason/Laura PigossiGleason/Laura Pigossi (3-6 6-4 10-3) – See score progression
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Mai HontamaHontama (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Arianne HartonoHartono (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Yeon Woo KuWoo Ku (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann – Irina KhromachevaKhromacheva (5-7 6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Luksika Kumkhum/Peangtarn PlipuechKumkhum/Peangtarn Plipuech – Beatrice Gumulya/Jessy RompiesGumulya/Jessy Rompies (7-5 1-6 10-4) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Eva LysLys – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kayla DayDay (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Emina BektasBektas – Laura PigossiPigossi (6-7(5) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Sachia VickeryVickery (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dayeon BackBack – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-6 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Arantxa RusRus (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eva LysLys – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Dayeon BackBack (0-0) – H2H and prediction