H2H, prediction of Katie Boulter vs Veronika Kudermetova at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 16th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Boulter and Kudermetova will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Thursday the 16th of January

Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Veronika Kudermetova

Katie Boulter and Veronika Kudermetova will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Court 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.76
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Veronika Kudermetova

There is no head to head record between Katie Boulter and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Katie Boulter

Katie Boulter
Katie Boulter

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
27
High
23
LWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-2 3-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 38-23 24-12 3-6 3-2 8-3 0-0
2023 40-20 22-12 1-1 3-3 10-4 4-0
2022 29-18 4-7 0-0 16-7 9-4 0-0
2021 28-15 12-9 5-1 7-3 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 25, Katie got to the 2nd round after beating Rebecca Marino 6-4 3-6 7-5.

In the 1st round, Boulter defeated Marino (6-4 3-6 7-5).During the match, Boulter scored less points (1) than Marino. In fact, the world no. 25 won 93 points vs Marino’s. That means that Boulter was more focused during the important points. Boulter was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Boulter recorded 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Katie Boulter was very efficient on serve to win 74% (42/57) of her 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Boulter broke Marino 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Boulter has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (281-165). 3-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Boulter has a composed 143-97 record in the last years on hard.

Boulter has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Boulter
Australian Open
Boulter's Record

Veronika Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Kudermetova

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
50
High
9
LWWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-7 12-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 75, Veronika reached the 2nd round after beating Olivia Gadecki 6-1 6-1.

In the 1st round, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Gadecki (6-1 6-1). During the match Kudermetova scored 53 points vs Gadecki’s 25. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Veronika Kudermetova was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of her 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Kudermetova broke Gadecki 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Veronika has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021 and 2022. See her history.

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

K.Boulter
V.Kudermetova
!
2h:14
2h:14
Time on court​
0h:56
0h:56
!
2h:14
2h:14
Last match​
!
0h:56
0h:56
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
14
14
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
93
93
Total points​
53
53
93
93
Avg point​
53
53
42
42
Winners
22
22
42
42
Avg Winners​
22
22
45%
45%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
6
6
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
1
1
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
42/57
42/57
1st won total​
22/28
22/28
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
23/44
23/44
2nd won total​
5/9
5/9
52%
52%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
BP won
6/8
6/8
3/5
3/5
Avg BP won
6/8
6/8
!
60%
60%
Won
!
75%
75%
7
7
Conceded
2
2
7
7
Avg Conceded
2
2
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Boulter Kudermetova
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 31 14
Pts 93-94 53-25
Total Points 187 78
Winners 42 22
%Winners 45% 42%

Both Boulter and Kudermetova played 1 match. At the moment, Katie Boulter lost 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Boulter has played 1 set more than Kudermetova (3 vs 2). Therefore, Boulter played 17 games more than Kudermetova. The Brit scored 42 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 22 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Boulter Kudermetova
Aces 6 1
Avg per match 6 1
1st in 57/101 28/37
%1st in 56% 76%
1st pts 42/57 22/28
%1st pts 74% 79%
2nd pts 23/44 5/9
%2nd pts 52% 56%

Boulter made 6 aces . Kudermetova bagged 1 ace . Boulter won 74% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 79% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Boulter Kudermetova
Won 3 6
Converted 3/5 6/8
% Converted 60% 75%
Conceded 7 2
Saved 5 1
% Saved 71% 50%
Times Broken 2 1

Boulter broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Brit lost her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Boulter
R1
Marino
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 93-94 93-94
Total points 187 187
Winners 42 42
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 57/101 57/101
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 42/57 42/57
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 23/44 23/44
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 2
Kudermetova
R1
Gadecki
Total
Score 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 14
pts 53-25 53-25
Total points 78 78
Winners 22 22
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 28/37 28/37
% 1st in 76% 76%
1st pts 22/28 22/28
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 5/9 5/9
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Boulter
LWLWW
Kudermetova
LWWWLWWLWL
2025 2024 2023
3 - 2
12 - 7
3-2
Hard
12-7

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