Ekaterina Alexandrova and Polina Kudermetova will play each other in the 2nd round of the Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 am on Centre Court. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.14
Polina Kudermetova -> 5.75
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Polina Kudermetova
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Polina Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
23 - 21win/loss
28
15
LWWWLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Varvara Lepchenko 7-5 3-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, Alexandrova defeated Lepchenko (7-5 3-6 6-0). During the match, Alexandrova scored 88 points vs Lepchenko’s 79. Alexandrova was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova made 6 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 16 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 48% of her first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Alexandrova broke Lepchenko 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (324-213). 14-10 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a composed 104-83 match record in the last years on hard.
Ekaterina’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Linz.
The Russian has an overall 23-21 win-loss record in 2024, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Polina Kudermetova
39 - 27win/loss
117
114
LWLWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-33 | 24-12 | 21-14 | 4-5 | 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. 163, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Mei Yamaguchi 1-6 6-0 6-0 and Priscilla Hon 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Hon (7-5 6-4). During the match Kudermetova scored 81 points vs Hon’s 73. Polina was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Kudermetova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Polina Kudermetova lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Polina broke Hon 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W50 Indore where she beat Dalila Jakupovic in the final 3-6 6-2 6-0.
Kudermetova has an aggregate 39-27 win-loss record in 2024, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 41 |
| Pts | 88-79 | 145-124 |
| Total Points | 167 | 269 |
| Winners | 28 | 57 |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% |
Alexandrova played 1 match while Kudermetova competed in 2 matches. Kudermetova started her run from the qualifications while Alexandrova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 1 set, while Polina Kudermetova lost 1 set. Alexandrova has played 2 set(s) less than Kudermetova (3 vs 5). Therefore, Alexandrova played 14 games less than Kudermetova. Ekaterina scored 28 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Kudermetova made 57 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 37/77 | 76/140 |
| %1st in | 48% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 57/76 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 27/64 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 42% |
Alexandrova made 6 aces . Kudermetova fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Alexandrova won 76% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 50% | 63% |
| Conceded | 7 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 43% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Alexandrova broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Polina broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Polina conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | |||
| R1 Lepchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 88-79 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 16 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 37/77 | 37/77 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 16/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kudermetova | |||||
| Q1 Yamaguchi |
Q3 Lu |
R1 Hon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-0 6-0 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 22 | 61 | |
| pts | 64-51 | – | 81-73 | 145-124 | |
| Total points | 115 | 0 | 154 | 269 | |
| Winners | 23 | 34 | 57 | ||
| %Winners | 36% | 0% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| 1st in | 34/60 | / | 42/80 | 76/140 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 0% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | / | 34/42 | 57/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 0% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | / | 17/38 | 27/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 0% | 45% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 7/11 | / | 3/5 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 0% | 60% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Saved | 6/9 | 0/ | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 80% | 147% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Head 2 Head
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