H2H, prediction of Katie Volynets vs Julia Riera at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 12th January 2024

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Volynets and Riera will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 12th of January

Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Julia Riera

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Katie Volynets
Katie Volynets

5 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
62
High
56
LLLWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-24 23-16 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

Volynets
Australian Open
Volynets's Record

Julia Riera

Julia Riera
Julia Riera

6 - 1win/loss

Hard
6-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
111
High
93
LLWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-24 8-10 31-13 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.

Riera
Australian Open
Riera's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Volynets
J.Riera
3h:55
3h:55
Time on court​
2h:37
2h:37
1h:31
1h:31
Last match​
1h:07
1h:07
2
2
Match played
2
2
42
42
Games Played​
35
35
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
165
165
Total points​
131
131
82.5
82.5
Avg point​
65.5
65.5
72
72
Winners
50
50
36
36
Avg Winners​
25
25
44%
44%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
72/125
72/125
1st won total​
50/68
50/68
58%
58%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
10/32
10/32
2nd won total​
29/53
29/53
!
31%
31%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
13/22
13/22
BP won
8/16
8/16
6.5/11
6.5/11
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
!
59%
59%
Won
50%
50%
28
28
Conceded
12
12
14
14
Avg Conceded
6
6
9
9
Broken
2
2
!
4.5
4.5
Avg Broken
1
1
19
19
Saved
10
10

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Volynets
LLLWWLWLLL
Riera
LLWWLWWWLW
2024 2023 2022
46 - 24
39 - 24
23-16
Hard
8-10
18-6
Clay
31-13
5-2
Grass
0-1

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