Veronika Kudermetova and Ana Bogdan will play each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.47
Ana Bogdan -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ana Bogdan

This will be the 5th time that Veronika Kudermetova and Ana Bogdan clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Bogdan (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kudermetova won 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Istanbul back in 2021.

Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova

18 - 23win/loss

Hard
10-14
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-5
Grass
5-4
Rank
77
High
9
LLLWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-25 10-16 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. 67, Veronika will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Haddad Maia in the 2nd round on the 9th of October.

Kudermetova has a composed 18-23 win-loss record in 2024, 10-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kudermetova’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Seoul.

Talking about her overall career, Veronika has an overall 353-243 record. She has a positive 173-123 record on hard.

Previously in Osaka

Kudermetova has never competed in this tournament before.

Osaka
Kudermetova's Record

Ana Bogdan

Ana Bogdan

18 - 22win/loss

Hard
9-10
I Hard
4-1
Clay
5-9
Grass
0-2
Rank
116
High
39
LLWWWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-24 11-12 5-9 4-1 0-2 0-0
2023 31-21 5-9 17-7 2-2 7-3 0-0
2022 38-17 4-3 20-8 11-4 3-2 0-0
2021 20-19 7-7 7-6 6-5 0-1 0-0
2020 7-8 4-3 2-2 1-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 111, Ana reached the 1st round after beating Aleksandra Krunic 6-1 6-2 and Naho Sato 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Ana had a good straight sets win against Sato (6-3 6-3). During the match Bogdan scored 68 points vs Sato’s 50. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Bogdan struck 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ana Bogdan lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bogdan put 65% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. Ana broke Sato 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Romanian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points she played.

The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Napoca.

The Romanian has an overall 18-22 win-loss record in 2024, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Osaka
Bogdan's Record

Tennis Scores in Osaka

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