Fiona Ferro and Polina Kudermetova will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on Court 8. 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 Fiona Ferro who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Fiona Ferro is the pick to win this match.
Fiona Ferro -> 1.69
Polina Kudermetova -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Fiona Ferro vs. Polina Kudermetova

There is no head to head record between Fiona Ferro and Polina Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Fiona Ferro

Fiona Ferro

5 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
156
High
39
LLLLLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-17 6-2 6-10 2-3 0-2 0-0
2023 49-23 13-4 31-15 5-4 0-0 0-0
2022 8-15 1-5 5-9 0-0 2-1 0-0
2021 20-23 10-11 5-4 5-5 0-3 0-0
2020 12-6 2-3 8-1 2-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 154, Fiona got to the qualifications after beating Rebecca Sramkova 3-6 6-4 6-1 and Moyuka Uchijima 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, Fiona had a good straight sets win against Uchijima (6-4 6-1). During the match, Ferro scored 60 points vs Uchijima’s 44. Ferro was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ferro couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Fiona Ferro lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ferro put 72% of her first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Uchijima 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ferro started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.

Ferro has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (256-199). 5-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ferro has an overall 55-52 match record in the last years on hard.

The French player has an overall 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Ferro's Record

Polina Kudermetova

Polina Kudermetova

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
180
High
139
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-18 12-4 10-8 3-4 0-1 0-1
2023 33-26 5-5 13-13 10-5 3-2 2-1
2022 54-19 30-14 8-3 16-2 0-0 0-0
2021 21-13 3-2 9-7 9-4 0-0 0-0
2020 11-4 2-2 7-1 2-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 186, Polina reached the qualifications after beating Carlota Martinez Cirez 6-1 6-1 and Erika Andreeva 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, Polina had a good straight sets win against Andreeva (6-3 6-2). During the match Kudermetova scored 59 points vs Andreeva’s 37. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova managed to score 3 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Polina Kudermetova was very efficient on serve to win 79% (19/24) of her 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Andreeva 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Polina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 62% of the points she played.

Kudermetova has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Kudermetova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Ferro
P.Kudermetova
3h:00
3h:00
Time on court​
2h:02
2h:02
1h:13
1h:13
Last match​
1h:07
1h:07
2
2
Match played
2
2
43
43
Games Played​
31
31
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
144
144
Total points​
117
117
72
72
Avg point​
58.5
58.5
63
63
Winners
33
33
31.5
31.5
Avg Winners​
16.5
16.5
44%
44%
Ratio winners
28%
28%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
8
8
0
0
Avg Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
63/99
63/99
1st won total​
33/46
33/46
64%
64%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
19/38
19/38
2nd won total​
32/42
32/42
50%
50%
2nd won %
!
76%
76%
-- Break Points --
11/18
11/18
BP won
9/16
9/16
5.5/9
5.5/9
Avg BP won
4.5/8
4.5/8
!
61%
61%
Won
!
56%
56%
14
14
Conceded
5
5
7
7
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
6
6
Broken
0
0
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0
0
8
8
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ferro Kudermetova
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 43 31
Pts 144-119 117-73
Total Points 263 190
Winners 63 33
%Winners 44% 28%

Both Ferro and Kudermetova played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Fiona Ferro conceded 1 set while Polina Kudermetova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ferro has played 1 set more than Kudermetova (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ferro played 12 games more than Kudermetova. The French player scored 63 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Polina struck 33 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ferro Kudermetova
Aces 0 8
Avg per match 0 4
1st in 99/137 46/88
%1st in 72% 52%
1st pts 63/99 33/46
%1st pts 64% 72%
2nd pts 19/38 32/42
%2nd pts 50% 76%

Ferro didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kudermetova made 8 aces (4 per match). Ferro won 64% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 76% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ferro Kudermetova
Won 11 9
Converted 11/18 9/16
% Converted 61% 56%
Conceded 14 5
Saved 8 5
% Saved 57% 100%
Times Broken 6 0

The French player broke her opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Ferro conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Polina was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Ferro
Q1
Sramkova
Q2
Uchijima
Total
Score 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 26 17 43
pts 84-75 60-44 144-119
Total points 159 104 263
Winners 38 25 63
%Winners 45% 42% 44%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 61/84 38/53 99/137
% 1st in 73% 72% 72%
1st pts 38/61 25/38 63/99
% 1st pts 62% 66% 64%
2nd pts 13/23 6/15 19/38
% 2nd pts 57% 40% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 6 11
Converted 5/7 6/11 11/18
Converted % 71% 55% 61%
Conceded 8 6 14
Saved 5/8 3/6 8
Saved % 63% 50% 57%
Times Broken 3 3 6
Kudermetova
Q1
Martinez
Q2
Andreeva
Total
Score 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 14 17 31
pts 58-36 59-37 117-73
Total points 94 96 190
Winners 14 19 33
%Winners 24% 32% 28%
SERVE
Aces 5 3 8
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 22/47 24/41 46/88
% 1st in 47% 59% 52%
1st pts 14/22 19/24 33/46
% 1st pts 64% 79% 72%
2nd pts 18/25 14/17 32/42
% 2nd pts 72% 82% 76%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/10 4/6 9/16
Converted % 50% 67% 56%
Conceded 4 1 5
Saved 4/4 1/1 5
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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