ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Marta Kostyuk, Veronika Kudermetova, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Heather Watson are going to play on Monday at the Korea Open.
Marta Kostyuk vs. Arantxa Rus
Head to head 1-1
Marta Kostyuk will come up against Arantxa Rus in the 1st round for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:00 pm on Centre Court.
Marta Kostyuk: ranking and results
Ranked no. 18, Kostyuk will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in Paris where she lost to Vekic in the quarter on the 31st of July.
Marta has a 31-17 win-loss record in 2024, 21-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Kostyuk’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in San Diego and Stuttgart.
Last year in Seoul Kostyuk didn’t compete in Seoul in 2023.
Arantxa Rus: ranking and results
Ranked no. 84, Rus will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in the Hamburg where she lost to in the final on the 10th of August.
Rus has a 28-27 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Rus’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W75 The Hague and the Hamburg.
Last year in Seoul Rus reached the 2nd round last year in Seoul before retiring against Claire Liu.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 3rd time that Marta Kostyuk and Arantxa Rus fight against each other. Their head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 for Rus on hard.
Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Kostyuk won 6-4 3-6 6-0 in the quarter in W60+H Valencia back in 2019.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.31
Arantxa Rus -> 3.46
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Veronika Kudermetova vs. Shuai Zhang
Head to head 1-0 for Zhang
Veronika Kudermetova will come up against Shuai Zhang in the 1st round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on Grandstand.
Veronika Kudermetova: ranking and results
Ranked no. 42, Veronika will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in Guadalajara where she lost to in the 2nd round on the 11th of September.
The Russian has a 13-20 win-loss record in 2024, 5-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Seoul Kudermetova didn’t compete in Seoul in 2023.
Shuai Zhang: ranking and results
Ranked no. 605, the Chinese will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in New York where she lost to in the 1st round on the 27th of August.
The Chinese has a 0-7 win-loss record in 2024, 0-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Seoul Zhang didn’t play in Seoul in 2023.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Shuai Zhang square off. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time they locked horns, Zhang won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Hobart back in 2020.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.051
Shuai Zhang -> 9.9
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Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Varvara Lepchenko
Head to head 0-0
Ekaterina Alexandrova will take on Varvara Lepchenko in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on Centre Court.
Ekaterina Alexandrova: ranking and results
Ranked no. 31, Ekaterina will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in Paris where she lost to in the 1st round on the 28th of July.
Ekaterina has a 22-21 win-loss record in 2024, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ekaterina’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Linz.
Last year in Seoul The Russian capitulated in the 2nd round 6-3 7-6(6) to Yanina Wickmayer. The Russian conquered the title at the Hana Bank Korea Open in 2022.
Varvara Lepchenko: ranking and results
Ranked no. 159, Varvara reached the 1st round after defeating Kira Pavlova 6-2 4-6 7-5 and Natalija Stevanovic 6-2 6-3.
Lepchenko has a 38-25 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS). Varvara’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the W75 Brescia and the W35 Rome.
Last year in Seoul Lepchenko didn’t play in Seoul in 2023.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Varvara Lepchenko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.24
Varvara Lepchenko -> 4.1
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Heather Watson vs. Jia-Jing Lu
Head to head 1-0 for Lu
Heather Watson will play Jia-Jing Lu in the 1st round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on Grandstand.
Heather Watson: ranking and results
Ranked no. 184, the Brit got to the 1st round after beating Boyoung Jeong 6-2 6-2 and Yeon Woo Ku 7-5 6-3.
The Brit has a 20-16 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS). The Brit’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W50 Roehampton and the W50 Nottingham.
Last year in Seoul The Brit didn’t play in Seoul in 2023.
Jia-Jing Lu: ranking and results
Ranked no. 272, Jia-Jing got to the 1st round after defeating Tereza Mihalikova 6-2 6-2 and Polina Kudermetova 6-4 6-4.
Lu has a 28-17 win-loss record in 2024, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS). Lu’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W50 Taizhou.
Last year in Seoul Jia-Jing didn’t compete in Seoul in 2023.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Heather Watson and Jia-Jing Lu square off. Their head to head is 1-0 for Lu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Before, the last time they played each other, Lu won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Hong Kong back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Heather Watson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Heather Watson is the pick to win this match.
Heather Watson -> 1.131
Jia-Jing Lu -> 5.95
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Last Results
These are the last results of the Korea Open
- Giorgio PortaluriPortaluri – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (7-5 5-7 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Riccardo BellottiBellotti – Filip DudaDuda (6-1 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Luca GiacominiGiacomini – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-3 7-64) – Score progression – Stats
- Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez – Calin MandaManda (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Matthias HaimHaim – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Alexander WeisWeis (6-1 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Luca StaeheliStaeheli – Sven LahLah (7-5 3-2 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Mike UrbanijaUrbanija – Alexander ErlerErler (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Bogdan BobrovBobrov – Bjorn NareykaNareyka (6-2 7-65) – Score progression – Stats
- Mick VeldheerVeldheer – Laurin AerneAerne (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Petr NouzaNouza – Adrian BodmerBodmer (7-62 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the Korea Open
- Sloane StephensStephens – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Dayeon BackBack – Carol ZhaoZhao (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Heather WatsonWatson – Jia-Jing LuLu (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Arantxa RusRus – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Priscilla HonHon (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Su Jeong JangJeong Jang (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
