Veronika Kudermetova and Sorana Cirstea will square off in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.88
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Sorana Cirstea
This will be the 4th time that Veronika Kudermetova and Sorana Cirstea square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Cirstea (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kudermetova won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Istanbul back in 2022.
Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs Sorana Cirstea – Istanbul 23-April-2022
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-22 | 9-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 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, Kudermetova got to the 2nd round after beating Dayana Yastremska 6-0 1-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, Veronika defeated Yastremska (6-0 1-6 6-0). During the match, Kudermetova scored 74 points vs Yastremska’s 57. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudermetova blasted 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Veronika broke Yastremska 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Kudermetova has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (288-199). 3-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kudermetova has a compiled 145-103 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Veronika has a compiled 3-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Sorana Cirstea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 9-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-22 | 21-14 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-21 | 10-10 | 4-6 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 11-10 | 11-3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-10 | 14-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, Cirstea got to the 2nd round after beating Sofia Kenin 6-3 7-62.
In the 1st round, Sorana had a good straight sets win against Kenin (6-3 7-62). During the match Cirstea scored 86 points vs Kenin’s 70. Cirstea was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Cirstea recorded 18 aces and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Sorana Cirstea was very effective on serve to win 74% (37/50) of her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Cirstea broke Kenin twice after converting 22% of her break points (2/9).
The Romanian has an overall 4-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2014. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudermetova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 74-57 | 86-70 |
| Total Points | 131 | 156 |
| Winners | 25 | 37 |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% |
Both Kudermetova and Cirstea played 1 match. At the moment, Veronika Kudermetova surrendered 1 set while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudermetova has played 1 set more than Cirstea (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kudermetova played 3 games less than Cirstea. Kudermetova scored 25 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian bagged 37 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudermetova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 18 |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 50/72 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 37/50 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 55% |
Kudermetova blasted 7 aces . Cirstea blasted 18 aces . Kudermetova won 76% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea 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 | Kudermetova | Cirstea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 2 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 46% | 22% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Kudermetova broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Veronika lost her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Cirstea broke her opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kudermetova | |||
| R1 Yastremska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 1-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 74-57 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cirstea | |||
| R1 Kenin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 86-70 | 86-70 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 50/72 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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