H2H, prediction of Aryna Sabalenka vs Polina Kudermetova in Brisbane with odds, preview, pick | 5th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Polina Kudermetova

Aryna Sabalenka and Polina Kudermetova will clash against each other in the final of the Brisbane International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 pm on PAT RAFTER ARENA. 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 Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.094
Polina Kudermetova -> 7.2

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Polina Kudermetova

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Polina Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Aryna Sabalenka

Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka

4 - 0win/loss

Hard
4-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
1
High
1
WWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 56-14 38-7 15-4 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 55-14 35-9 14-3 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 33-22 20-15 9-5 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 45-18 24-11 13-3 1-1 7-3 0-0

Currently world no. 1 Aryna reached the final after beating Unknown Player bye, Renata Zarazua 6-4 6-0, Yulia Putintseva 7-6(2) 6-4, Marie Bouzkova 6-3 6-4 and Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-2.

In the semifinal, Aryna had a good straight sets win against Andreeva (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sabalenka scored 71 points vs Andreeva’s 56. Sabalenka was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sabalenka bagged 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Aryna Sabalenka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of her 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belarussian broke Andreeva 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sabalenka hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Sabalenka has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (378-168). 4-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sabalenka has a compiled 231-92 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Aryna’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.

Sabalenka has a composed 4-0 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Brisbane

Sabalenka
Brisbane
Sabalenka's Record

Polina Kudermetova

Polina Kudermetova
Polina Kudermetova

7 - 0win/loss

Hard
7-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
57
High
57
WLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-1 8-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 53-35 28-13 21-14 4-6 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

Ranked no. 107, Kudermetova reached the final after defeating Astra Sharma 6-3 6-2, Zeynep Sonmez 6-2 6-3, Xinyu Wang 6-1 6-3, Liudmila Samsonova 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2, Daria Kasatkina 1-6 6-2 7-5, Ashlyn Krueger 7-6(5) 6-3 and Anhelina Kalinina 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Kalinina (6-4 6-3). During the match Kudermetova scored 65 points vs Kalinina’s 53. Polina was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova fired 6 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Polina Kudermetova lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 51% of her first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Polina was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kalinina 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kudermetova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Kudermetova’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane.

The Russian has an overall 7-0 win-loss record in 2025, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Brisbane

Polina has never competed in this tournament before.

Kudermetova
Brisbane
Kudermetova's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Sabalenka
P.Kudermetova
6h:07
6h:07
Time on court​
!
10h:17
10h:17
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
4
4
Match played
!
7
7
75
75
Games Played​
148
148
8
8
Set played​​
16
16
283
283
Total points​
507
507
70.8
70.8
Avg point​
72.4
72.4
123
123
Winners
215
215
30.8
30.8
Avg Winners​
30.7
30.7
43%
43%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
33
33
5
5
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
3
3
Double Faults
30
30
0.8
0.8
Avg Double Faults
4.3
4.3
123/159
123/159
1st won total​
215/296
215/296
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
51/100
51/100
2nd won total​
97/209
97/209
51%
51%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
13/29
13/29
BP won
31/52
31/52
3.3/7.3
3.3/7.3
Avg BP won
4.4/7.4
4.4/7.4
45%
45%
Won
!
60%
60%
20
20
Conceded
50
50
5
5
Avg Conceded
7.1
7.1
3
3
Broken
13
13
!
0.8
0.8
Avg Broken
1.9
1.9
17
17
Saved
37
37

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sabalenka Kudermetova
Match played 4 7
Tot Set 8 16
Tot Games 75 148
Pts 283-221 507-424
Total Points 504 931
Winners 123 215
%Winners 43% 42%

Sabalenka played 4 matches while Kudermetova competed in 7 matches. Kudermetova started her run from the qualifications while Sabalenka had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Polina Kudermetova dropped 2 sets while Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sabalenka has played 8 set(s) less than Kudermetova (8 vs 16). Therefore, Sabalenka played 73 games less than Kudermetova. Sabalenka scored 123 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian recorded 215 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sabalenka Kudermetova
Aces 20 33
Avg per match 5 4.7
1st in 159/259 296/505
%1st in 61% 59%
1st pts 123/159 215/296
%1st pts 77% 73%
2nd pts 51/100 97/209
%2nd pts 51% 46%

Sabalenka made 20 aces (5 per match). Kudermetova blasted 33 aces (4.7 per match). Sabalenka won 77% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sabalenka Kudermetova
Won 13 31
Converted 13/29 31/52
% Converted 45% 60%
Conceded 20 50
Saved 17 37
% Saved 85% 74%
Times Broken 3 13

Aryna broke her opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sabalenka dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 85% of the break points that she conceded. Polina broke her opponents 31 times with a 60% conversion rate. Polina conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
R2
Zarazua
R3
Putintseva
1/4
Bouzkova
1/2
Andreeva
Total
Score 6-4 6-0 7-62 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 16 23 19 17 75
pts 52-33 85-74 75-58 71-56 283-221
Total points 85 159 133 127 504
Winners 21 37 33 32 123
%Winners 40% 44% 44% 45% 43%
SERVE
Aces 5 6 6 3 20
Double Faults 1 1 0 1 3
1st in 26/42 49/75 41/64 43/78 159/259
% 1st in 62% 65% 64% 55% 61%
1st pts 21/26 37/49 33/41 32/43 123/159
% 1st pts 81% 76% 80% 74% 77%
2nd pts 9/16 13/26 11/23 18/35 51/100
% 2nd pts 56% 50% 48% 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 5 2 3 3 13
Converted 5/6 2/8 3/10 3/5 13/29
Converted % 83% 25% 30% 60% 45%
Conceded 4 3 5 8 20
Saved 3/4 2/3 4/5 8/8 17
Saved % 75% 67% 80% 100% 81%
Times Broken 1 1 1 0 3
Kudermetova
Q1
Sharma
Q3
Sonmez
R1
Wang
R2
Samsonova
R3
Kasatkina
1/4
Krueger
1/2
Kalinina
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-77 6-3 6-2 1-6 6-2 7-5 7-65 6-3 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 16
Tot Games 17 17 16 30 27 22 19 148
pts 59-46 64-49 58-40 103-85 84-86 74-65 65-53 507-424
Total points 105 113 98 188 170 139 118 931
Winners 21 29 22 45 32 35 31 215
%Winners 36% 45% 38% 44% 38% 47% 48% 42%
SERVE
Aces 3 11 5 5 2 1 6 33
Double Faults 1 5 6 4 6 1 7 30
1st in 29/54 38/64 28/49 58/99 57/95 49/72 37/72 296/505
% 1st in 54% 59% 57% 59% 60% 68% 51% 59%
1st pts 21/29 29/38 22/28 45/58 32/57 35/49 31/37 215/296
% 1st pts 72% 76% 79% 78% 56% 71% 84% 73%
2nd pts 15/25 10/26 8/21 20/41 15/38 14/23 15/35 97/209
% 2nd pts 60% 38% 38% 49% 39% 61% 43% 46%
Breaks
Won 4 4 6 5 7 2 3 31
Converted 4/10 4/8 6/9 5/6 7/12 2/4 3/3 31/52
Converted % 40% 50% 67% 83% 58% 50% 100% 60%
Conceded 3 9 5 8 18 2 5 50
Saved 2/3 8/9 3/5 7/8 11/18 2/2 4/5 37
Saved % 67% 89% 60% 88% 61% 100% 80% 136%
Times Broken 1 1 2 1 7 0 1 13

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sabalenka
WWWWW
Kudermetova
WLWWWWWWW
2025 2024 2023
5 - 0
8 - 1
5-0
Hard
8-1

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