Veronika Kudermetova and Viktoriya Tomova will face off in the quarter of the Korea Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Grandstand. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.46
Viktoriya Tomova -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Viktoriya Tomova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tomova won 6-4 3-0 ret. in the 1st round in the Suzhou back in 2018.
Veronika Kudermetova
15 - 20win/loss
39
9
LWWWLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 8-12 | 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. 44, Veronika reached the quarter after beating Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-3 and Liudmila Samsonova 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kudermetova scored 62 points vs Samsonova’s 50. Veronika was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudermetova bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 47% of her first serves in, winning 71% (20/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Samsonova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudermetova hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Kudermetova has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (300-214). 7-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudermetova has a composed 149-109 record in the last years on hard.
Veronika has an overall 15-20 win-loss record in 2024, 7-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Veronika has never competed in this tournament before.
Viktoriya Tomova
31 - 29win/loss
51
46
LWWLLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-30 | 12-14 | 15-13 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-29 | 16-9 | 20-10 | 4-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 14-8 | 21-15 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 23-32 | 5-9 | 13-12 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 17-10 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 12-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 54, Tomova reached the quarter after beating Tatjana Maria 6-2 1-6 6-0 and Amanda Anisimova 7-5 4-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Anisimova, Tomova had a free pass after Anisimova retired on a 7-5 4-1 . scoreline.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Valencia.
Tomova has an aggregate 31-29 win-loss record in 2024, 12-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudermetova | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 38 |
| Pts | 129-103 | 138-110 |
| Total Points | 232 | 248 |
| Winners | 35 | 40 |
| %Winners | 27% | 29% |
Both Kudermetova and Tomova played 2 matches. At the moment, Viktoriya Tomova surrendered 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudermetova has played 2 set(s) less than Tomova (4 vs 6). Therefore, Kudermetova played 1 game less than Tomova. The Russian scored 35 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Tomova scored 40 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudermetova | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 55/116 | 65/117 |
| %1st in | 47% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 35/55 | 40/65 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 37/61 | 31/52 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 60% |
Kudermetova struck 4 aces (2 per match). Tomova bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Kudermetova won 64% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Tomova won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudermetova | Tomova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Veronika broke her opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Tomova broke her opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Tomova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kudermetova | ||||
| R1 Zhang |
R2 Samsonova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 62-50 | 129-103 | |
| Total points | 120 | 112 | 232 | |
| Winners | 15 | 20 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 32% | 27% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/56 | 28/60 | 55/116 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 15/27 | 20/28 | 35/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 71% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/29 | 16/32 | 37/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 50% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/8 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 63% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tomova | ||||
| R1 Maria |
R2 Anisimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-0 | 7-5 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 64-50 | 138-110 | |
| Total points | 134 | 114 | 248 | |
| Winners | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 27% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 27/49 | 65/117 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 17/27 | 40/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 63% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 12/22 | 31/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 55% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/12 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 1/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 25% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWLLLW Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Hao-Ching Chan/Veronika KudermetovaChan/Veronika Kudermetova – Makoto Ninomiya/Viktoriya TomovaNinomiya/Viktoriya Tomova (5-7 6-3 12-10) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miyu Kato/Shuai ZhangKato/Shuai Zhang – Su Jeong Jang/Sloane StephensJeong Jang/Sloane Stephens (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Giorgio PortaluriPortaluri (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Manuel Pena LopezPena Lopez (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bogdan BobrovBobrov – Mick VeldheerVeldheer (6-3 7-612) – Stats, scores, rankings
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