Katie Volynets and Tamara Zidansek will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Thailand Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm 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 Katie Volynets who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.149
Tamara Zidansek -> 5.5

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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Tamara Zidansek

This will be the 2^nd time that Katie Volynets and Tamara Zidansek face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Volynets (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Volynets won 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in Hua Hin back in January 2024.

Katie Volynets

Ranked no. 60, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Clara Tauson 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Katie defeated Tauson (7-6² 4-6 6-3). During the match, Volynets scored 103 points vs Tauson’s 95. Katie was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Volynets scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Katie Volynets lost the serve 8 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 69% of her first serves in, winning 56% (36/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Katie broke Tauson 9 times after converting 69% of her break points (9/13).

Volynets has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (198-137). 21-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Volynets has a compiled112-78 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Makarska where she beat Mayar Sherif in the final 3-6 6-2 6-1.

Katie has a composed 44-20 win-loss record in 2024, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hua Hin

Tamara Zidansek

Ranked no. 261, the Slovenian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tatiana Prozorova 2-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Prozorova, The Slovenian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Zidansek scored 87 points vs Prozorova’s 80. The Slovenian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Zidansek made 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tamara Zidansek lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zidansek put 68% of her first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Prozorova 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).

The Slovenian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Bari.

Zidansek has an aggregate 15-18 win-loss record in 2024, 1-6 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Hua Hin

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Volynets	Zidansek
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	24
Pts	103-95	87-80
Total Points	198	167
Winners	36	30
%Winners	35%	34%

Both Volynets and Zidansek played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Katie Volynets dropped 1 set, while Tamara Zidansek conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Volynets and Zidansek have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Volynets played 8 games more than Zidansek. The American scored 36 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Zidansek blasted 30 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Volynets	Zidansek
Aces	1	2
Avg per match	1	2
1st in	64/93	47/69
%1st in	69%	68%
1st pts	36/64	30/47
%1st pts	56%	64%
2nd pts	13/29	10/22
%2nd pts	45%	45%

Volynets bagged 1 ace . Zidansek also fired 2 aces . Volynets won 56% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Zidansek won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Volynets	Zidansek
Won	9	6
Converted	9/13	6/16
% Converted	69%	38%
Conceded	10	6
Saved	2	2
% Saved	20%	33%
Times Broken	8	4

Katie broke her opponent 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. The American surrendered her serve 8 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded. The Slovenian broke her opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Tamara conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.

Volynets
	R1 Tauson	Total
Score	7-62 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	103-95	103-95
Total points	198	198
Winners	36	36
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	64/93	64/93
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	36/64	36/64
% 1st pts	56%	56%
2nd pts	13/29	13/29
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	9	9
Converted	9/13	9/13
Converted %	69%	69%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	2/10	2
Saved %	20%	20%
Times Broken	8	8

Zidansek
	R1 Prozorova	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	87-80	87-80
Total points	167	167
Winners	30	30
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	47/69	47/69
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	30/47	30/47
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	10/22	10/22
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/16	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	2/6	2
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Hua Hin

• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Xiyu WangWang (7-6³ 4-6 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hiroyasu EharaEhara – Tamaki YamaoYamao (6-3 4-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mick VeldheerVeldheer – Gengo KikuchiKikuchi (7-6⁹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (6-3 7-6¹⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ryota TanumaTanuma – Kento TakeuchiTakeuchi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jumpei YamasakiYamasaki – Min-Kyu SongSong (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Issei OkamuraOkamura – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Takuto NikiNiki – Sho KatayamaKatayama (4-6 7-6² 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Naoki TajimaTajima (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mai HontamaHontama – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xinyu GaoGao – Arianne HartonoHartono (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Jana FettFett (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-0) – H2H and prediction