Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova will square off in the quarter of the Hobart International for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on WEST COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.58
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.38

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Veronika Kudermetova

This will be the 8^th time that Elise Mertens and Veronika Kudermetova fight against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Mertens won 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.

Highlights Elise Mertens vs Veronika Kudermetova – U.S. Open 26-August-2024

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 34, Mertens reached the quarter after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3 6-1 and Renata Zarazua 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Mertens had a good straight sets win against Zarazua (6-4 6-3). During the match, Mertens scored 67 points vs Zarazua’s 52. Elise was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mertens blasted 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Elise Mertens lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mertens put 43% of her first serves in, winning 72% (18/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (12/33) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Zarazua 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points she played.

Mertens has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (324-204). 2-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Mertens has an aggregate 189-112 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Belgian has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hobart

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 77, Veronika reached the quarter after defeating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-5 6-0 and Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Camila Osorio Serrano (6-4 6-1). During the match Kudermetova scored 64 points vs Camila Osorio Serrano’s 49. Veronika was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Kudermetova scored 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 66% of her first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Camila Osorio Serrano 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kudermetova hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

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

Previously in Hobart

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mertens	Kudermetova
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	35	35
Pts	131-96	146-111
Total Points	227	257
Winners	40	51
%Winners	31%	35%

Both Mertens and Kudermetova played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mertens and Kudermetova have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (35). The Belgian scored 40 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 51 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mertens	Kudermetova
Aces	13	8
Avg per match	6.5	4
1st in	53/112	71/117
%1st in	47%	61%
1st pts	40/53	51/71
%1st pts	75%	72%
2nd pts	25/59	22/46
%2nd pts	42%	48%

Mertens bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Kudermetova blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Mertens won 75% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 72% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mertens	Kudermetova
Won	12	11
Converted	12/20	11/33
% Converted	60%	33%
Conceded	13	14
Saved	7	11
% Saved	54%	79%
Times Broken	6	3

Elise broke her opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Elise conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. Veronika broke her opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.

Mertens
	R1 Parrizas-Diaz	R2 Zarazua	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	19	35
pts	64-44	67-52	131-96
Total points	108	119	227
Winners	22	18	40
%Winners	34%	27%	31%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	13
Double Faults	0	5	5
1st in	28/54	25/58	53/112
% 1st in	52%	43%	47%
1st pts	22/28	18/25	40/53
% 1st pts	79%	72%	75%
2nd pts	13/26	12/33	25/59
% 2nd pts	50%	36%	42%
Breaks
Won	5	7	12
Converted	5/7	7/13	12/20
Converted %	71%	54%	60%
Conceded	5	8	13
Saved	4/5	3/8	7
Saved %	80%	38%	59%
Times Broken	1	5	6

Kudermetova
	R1 Cocciaretto	R2 Camila Osorio Serrano	Total
Score	7-5 6-0	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	17	35
pts	82-62	64-49	146-111
Total points	144	113	257
Winners	25	26	51
%Winners	30%	41%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	8
Double Faults	1	6	7
1st in	34/61	37/56	71/117
% 1st in	56%	66%	61%
1st pts	25/34	26/37	51/71
% 1st pts	74%	70%	72%
2nd pts	13/27	9/19	22/46
% 2nd pts	48%	47%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/20	5/13	11/33
Converted %	30%	38%	33%
Conceded	9	5	14
Saved	7/9	4/5	11
Saved %	78%	80%	79%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Tennis Scores in Hobart

• Matthew Christopher RomiosChristopher Romios – Wilfredo GonzalezGonzalez (3-6 7-6³ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Gage BrymerBrymer (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adam El MihdawyEl Mihdawy – Alejandro GomezGomez (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Marco BrugnerottoBrugnerotto (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elise MertensMertens (2-5) – H2H and prediction