Katie Volynets and Julia Riera will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on Court 13. 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 Katie Volynets who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.51
Julia Riera -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Julia Riera
This will be the 2nd time that Katie Volynets and Julia Riera fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Volynets (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Volynets won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in the Bastad back in 2023.
Katie Volynets
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-22 | 23-14 | 18-6 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-27 | 22-14 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-26 | 19-15 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 6-9 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Suzan Lamens 7-66 7-64 and Carol Zhao 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Katie had a good straight sets win against Zhao (6-3 6-1). During the match, Volynets scored 70 points vs Zhao’s 47. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Volynets wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 76% of her first serves in, winning 60% (28/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Zhao 7 times after converting 78% of her break points (7/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Katie started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Volynets has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of her matches (159-118). 5-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Volynets has a compiled96-67 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Volynets’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra.
The American has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Julia Riera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-21 | 8-10 | 29-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 4-5 | 49-20 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 8-5 | 42-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-17 | 21-8 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123 (career-high), Riera reached the qualifications after beating Stacey Fung 6-1 6-4 and Elsa Jacquemot 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Jacquemot (6-4 6-2). During the match Riera scored 63 points vs Jacquemot’s 44. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Riera bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Julia Riera was quite effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Jacquemot 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Riera started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points she played.
Riera has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Julia has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Volynets | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 35 |
| Pts | 165-138 | 131-98 |
| Total Points | 303 | 229 |
| Winners | 72 | 50 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Volynets and Riera played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Volynets and Riera have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Volynets played 7 games more than Riera. The American scored 72 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Riera bagged 50 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Volynets | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 125/157 | 68/121 |
| %1st in | 80% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 72/125 | 50/68 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 10/32 | 29/53 |
| %2nd pts | 31% | 55% |
Volynets blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Riera also blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Volynets won 58% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 31% of the points. On the other side, Riera won 74% 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 | Volynets | Riera |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 8 |
| Converted | 13/22 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 59% | 50% |
| Conceded | 28 | 12 |
| Saved | 19 | 10 |
| % Saved | 68% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 2 |
Katie broke her opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Katie dropped her serve 9 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded. Riera broke her opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Volynets | ||||
| Q1 Lamens |
Q2 Zhao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-64 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 | 42 | |
| pts | 95-91 | 70-47 | 165-138 | |
| Total points | 186 | 117 | 303 | |
| Winners | 44 | 28 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 40% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 78/95 | 47/62 | 125/157 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 76% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 44/78 | 28/47 | 72/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 60% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/17 | 6/15 | 10/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 24% | 40% | 31% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 7/9 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 78% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 11 | 28 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 8/11 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 73% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Riera | ||||
| Q1 Fung |
Q2 Jacquemot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 35 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 63-44 | 131-98 | |
| Total points | 122 | 107 | 229 | |
| Winners | 23 | 27 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/66 | 34/55 | 68/121 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 62% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 27/34 | 50/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 79% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 13/21 | 29/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 62% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/7 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 43% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 4/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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