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

Ekaterina Alexandrova

23 - 21win/loss

Hard
14-10
I Hard
3-1
Clay
1-7
Grass
5-3
Rank
31
High
15
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-21 14-10 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
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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

Seoul
Alexandrova's Record

Polina Kudermetova

Polina Kudermetova

39 - 27win/loss

Hard
15-7
I Hard
3-4
Clay
21-14
Grass
0-1
Carpet
0-1
Rank
163
High
139
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-27 15-7 21-14 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
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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.

Seoul
Kudermetova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Alexandrova
P.Kudermetova
2h:02
2h:02
Time on court​
!
3h:07
3h:07
!
2h:02
2h:02
Last match​
1h:54
1h:54
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
27
27
Games Played​
61
61
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
88
88
Total points​
145
145
88
88
Avg point​
48.3
48.3
28
28
Winners
57
57
28
28
Avg Winners​
19
19
32%
32%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
7
7
6
6
Avg Aces
2.3
2.3
16
16
Double Faults
11
11
!
16
16
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
28/37
28/37
1st won total​
57/76
57/76
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
16/40
16/40
2nd won total​
27/64
27/64
40%
40%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
7/14
7/14
BP won
10/16
10/16
7/14
7/14
Avg BP won
3.3/5.3
3.3/5.3
50%
50%
Won
!
63%
63%
7
7
Conceded
14
14
7
7
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
4
4
Broken
4
4
4
4
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
3
3
Saved
10
10
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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

Tennis Scores in Seoul

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