Veronika Kudermetova and Shuai Zhang will square off in the 1st round of the Korea Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on Grandstand. 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 Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.051
Shuai Zhang -> 9.9
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Shuai Zhang fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zhang won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Hobart back in 2020.
Veronika Kudermetova
13 - 20win/loss
77
9
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-25 | 10-16 | 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. 42, the Russian will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in Guadalajara where she lost 7-6 6-7(2) 7-5 to Camila Osorio Serrano in the 2nd round on the 11th of September.
Kudermetova has a composed 13-20 win-loss record in 2024, 5-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 348-240 record. She has a positive 168-120 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
Kudermetova has never competed in this tournament before.
Shuai Zhang
0 - 7win/loss
219
22
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-13 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 17-14 | 4-7 | 10-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-28 | 8-11 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-11 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 605, Zhang will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 0-6 6-1 7-5 to Krueger in the 1st round on the 27th of August.
The Chinese has an overall 0-7 win-loss record in 2024, 0-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Shuai has an overall 503-397 record. She has a positive 340-236 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mike UrbanijaUrbanija – Alexander ErlerErler (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giorgio PortaluriPortaluri – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (7-5 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Riccardo BellottiBellotti – Filip DudaDuda (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca GiacominiGiacomini – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez – Calin MandaManda (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matthias HaimHaim – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Alexander WeisWeis (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca StaeheliStaeheli – Sven LahLah (7-5 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bogdan BobrovBobrov – Bjorn NareykaNareyka (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mick VeldheerVeldheer – Laurin AerneAerne (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Petr NouzaNouza – Adrian BodmerBodmer (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Peyton StearnsStearns – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayeon BackBack – Carol ZhaoZhao (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Heather WatsonWatson – Jia-Jing LuLu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arantxa RusRus – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Priscilla HonHon (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Su Jeong JangJeong Jang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H and prediction