H2H, prediction of Polina Kudermetova vs Kristina Mladenovic at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 8th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Kudermetova and Mladenovic will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 8th of January

Prediction and head to head Polina Kudermetova vs. Kristina Mladenovic

Polina Kudermetova and Kristina Mladenovic will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 16. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Polina Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Polina Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Polina Kudermetova -> 1.113
Kristina Mladenovic -> 6.05

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Prediction and head to head Polina Kudermetova vs. Kristina Mladenovic

This will be the 3rd time that Polina Kudermetova and Kristina Mladenovic square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Mladenovic won 3-6 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in the W100 Figueira da Foz back in 2024.

Polina Kudermetova

Polina Kudermetova
Polina Kudermetova

8 - 1win/loss

Hard
8-1
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. 57 (career-high), the Russian reached the qualifications after defeating Susan Bandecchi 6-1 7-5.

In the qualifications, Polina had a good straight sets win against Bandecchi (6-1 7-5). During the match, Kudermetova scored 69 points vs Bandecchi’s 57. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kudermetova bagged 3 aces and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Polina Kudermetova was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Kudermetova broke Bandecchi 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Kudermetova has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (188-102). 8-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kudermetova has an aggregate81-38 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

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

Polina has an aggregate 8-1 win-loss record in 2025, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Kudermetova
Australian Open
Kudermetova's Record

Kristina Mladenovic

Kristina Mladenovic
Kristina Mladenovic

1 - 0win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
215
High
10
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 26-33 12-9 11-18 3-4 0-2 0-0
2023 27-34 19-15 1-12 7-6 0-1 0-0
2022 23-31 11-10 10-14 2-4 0-3 0-0
2021 29-30 9-13 6-7 10-6 4-4 0-0

Ranked no. 215, the French player got to the qualifications after beating Louisa Chirico 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, Kristina had a good straight sets win against Chirico (6-2 6-4). During the match Mladenovic scored 63 points vs Chirico’s 44. Kristina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Mladenovic was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Kristina Mladenovic lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mladenovic put 64% of her first serves in, winning 74% (25/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Kristina broke Chirico 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Mladenovic has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2016 and 2021. See her history.

Mladenovic
Australian Open
Mladenovic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Kudermetova
K.Mladenovic
1h:20
1h:20
Time on court​
1h:19
1h:19
1h:20
1h:20
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
69
69
Total points​
63
63
69
69
Avg point​
63
63
32
32
Winners
25
25
32
32
Avg Winners​
25
25
46%
46%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
3
3
Avg Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3
3
32/44
32/44
1st won total​
25/34
25/34
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
12/23
12/23
2nd won total​
9/19
9/19
52%
52%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
BP won
5/9
5/9
4/12
4/12
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
33%
33%
Won
!
56%
56%
6
6
Conceded
6
6
6
6
Avg Conceded
6
6
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kudermetova Mladenovic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 18
Pts 69-57 63-44
Total Points 126 107
Winners 32 25
%Winners 46% 40%

Both Kudermetova and Mladenovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudermetova and Mladenovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudermetova played 1 game more than Mladenovic. Kudermetova scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 25 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kudermetova Mladenovic
Aces 3 0
Avg per match 3 0
1st in 44/67 34/53
%1st in 66% 64%
1st pts 32/44 25/34
%1st pts 73% 74%
2nd pts 12/23 9/19
%2nd pts 52% 47%

Kudermetova blasted 3 aces . Mladenovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kudermetova won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Mladenovic won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kudermetova Mladenovic
Won 4 5
Converted 4/12 5/9
% Converted 33% 56%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5 4
% Saved 83% 67%
Times Broken 1 2

Polina broke her opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Kristina broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Kudermetova
Q1
Bandecchi
Total
Score 6-1 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 69-57 69-57
Total points 126 126
Winners 32 32
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 44/67 44/67
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 32/44 32/44
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 12/23 12/23
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/12
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Mladenovic
Q1
Chirico
Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 63-44 63-44
Total points 107 107
Winners 25 25
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 34/53 34/53
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 25/34 25/34
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 9/19 9/19
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kudermetova
WLWWWWWWW
Mladenovic
W
2025 2024 2023
8 - 1
1 - 0
8-1
Hard
1-0

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