Polina Kudermetova and Elena Micic will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Court 6. 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 Polina Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Polina Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Polina Kudermetova -> 1.1
Elena Micic -> 6.45

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Prediction and head to head Polina Kudermetova vs. Elena Micic

There is no head to head record between Polina Kudermetova and Elena Micic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Polina Kudermetova

Polina Kudermetova

9 - 1win/loss

Hard
9-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
57
High
57
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-1 9-1 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
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Ranked no. 57 (career-high), Kudermetova reached the qualifications after beating Susan Bandecchi 6-1 7-5

and Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Mladenovic (7-5 6-4). During the match, Kudermetova scored 76 points vs Mladenovic’s 62. Kudermetova was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kudermetova fired 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Polina Kudermetova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 50% of her first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Mladenovic 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Kudermetova has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (189-102). 9-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kudermetova has a composed82-38 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Brisbane.

The Russian has a compiled 9-1 win-loss record in 2025, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Kudermetova's Record

Elena Micic

Elena Micic

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
424
High
401
WWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 39-22 38-20 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0
2023 19-28 15-14 3-13 0-0 0-0 1-1
2022 5-8 4-5 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 3-6 3-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 424, Micic got to the qualifications after defeating Elena Pridankina 6-3 3-6 7-5 and Darya Astakhova 6-2 3-1 ret..

In the qualifications against Astakhova, Elena had a free pass after Astakhova retired on a 6-2 3-1 . scoreline.

Micic has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Elena has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Micic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Kudermetova
E.Micic
2h:56
2h:56
Time on court​
2h:47
2h:47
1h:36
1h:36
Last match​
!
0h:50
0h:50
2
2
Match played
2
2
41
41
Games Played​
42
42
4
4
Set played​​
6
6
145
145
Total points​
134
134
72.5
72.5
Avg point​
67
67
59
59
Winners
58
58
29.5
29.5
Avg Winners​
29
29
41%
41%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
5
5
3.5
3.5
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
6
6
Double Faults
16
16
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
59/78
59/78
1st won total​
58/79
58/79
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
28/57
28/57
2nd won total​
32/58
32/58
49%
49%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
8/20
8/20
BP won
6/9
6/9
4/10
4/10
Avg BP won
3/4.5
3/4.5
40%
40%
Won
!
67%
67%
11
11
Conceded
10
10
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
3
3
Broken
2
2
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1
1
8
8
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kudermetova Micic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 6
Tot Games 41 42
Pts 145-119 134-116
Total Points 264 250
Winners 59 58
%Winners 41% 43%

Both Kudermetova and Micic played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Elena Micic dropped 1 set while Polina Kudermetova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudermetova has played 2 set(s) less than Micic (4 vs 6). Therefore, Kudermetova played 1 game less than Micic. The Russian scored 59 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Elena made 58 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kudermetova Micic
Aces 7 5
Avg per match 3.5 2.5
1st in 78/135 79/137
%1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 59/78 58/79
%1st pts 76% 73%
2nd pts 28/57 32/58
%2nd pts 49% 55%

Kudermetova blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Micic scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kudermetova won 76% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Micic won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kudermetova Micic
Won 8 6
Converted 8/20 6/9
% Converted 40% 67%
Conceded 11 10
Saved 8 8
% Saved 73% 80%
Times Broken 3 2

Kudermetova broke her opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kudermetova lost her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Elena broke her opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Elena conceded her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Kudermetova
Q1
Bandecchi		 Q2
Mladenovic		 Total
Score 6-1 7-5 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 22 41
pts 69-57 76-62 145-119
Total points 126 138 264
Winners 32 27 59
%Winners 46% 36% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 4 7
Double Faults 0 6 6
1st in 44/67 34/68 78/135
% 1st in 66% 50% 58%
1st pts 32/44 27/34 59/78
% 1st pts 73% 79% 76%
2nd pts 12/23 16/34 28/57
% 2nd pts 52% 47% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/12 4/8 8/20
Converted % 33% 50% 40%
Conceded 6 5 11
Saved 5/6 3/5 8
Saved % 83% 60% 72%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Micic
Q1
Pridankina		 Q2
Astakhova		 Total
Score 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-2 3-1 ret.
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 30 12 42
pts 88-89 46-27 134-116
Total points 177 73 250
Winners 42 16 58
%Winners 48% 35% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 5
Double Faults 11 5 16
1st in 58/100 21/37 79/137
% 1st in 58% 57% 58%
1st pts 42/58 16/21 58/79
% 1st pts 72% 76% 73%
2nd pts 22/42 10/16 32/58
% 2nd pts 52% 63% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/5 3/4 6/9
Converted % 60% 75% 67%
Conceded 10 0 10
Saved 8/10 0/0 8
Saved % 80% – 40%
Times Broken 2 0 2

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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