Veronika Kudermetova and Sofia Kenin will play each other in the qualifications of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.666
Sofia Kenin -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Sofia Kenin
This will be the 4th time that Veronika Kudermetova and Sofia Kenin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kenin won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in San Diego back in 2023.
Veronika Kudermetova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-25 | 22-16 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 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. 51, Kudermetova reached the qualifications after beating Laura Samson 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Samson (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kudermetova scored 59 points vs Samson’s 33. Kudermetova was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudermetova scored just 1 ace and she committed only 1 double fault. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 49% of her first serves in, winning 86% (18/21) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Samson 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
Kudermetova has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (293-204). 6-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kudermetova has an overall 149-108 record in the last years on hard.
Kudermetova has an aggregate 6-3 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-26 | 19-18 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-26 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-21 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, Kenin got to the qualifications after defeating Aoi Ito 7-6(4) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sofia had a good straight sets win against Ito (7-64 6-2). During the match Kenin scored 78 points vs Ito’s 65. Kenin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Kenin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 66% of her first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Sofia broke Ito 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
The American has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudermetova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 |
| Pts | 59-33 | 78-65 |
| Total Points | 92 | 143 |
| Winners | 18 | 35 |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% |
Both Kudermetova and Kenin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudermetova and Kenin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudermetova played 6 games less than Kenin. Kudermetova scored 18 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 35 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudermetova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 21/43 | 48/73 |
| %1st in | 49% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 35/48 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 11/25 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 44% |
Kudermetova blasted 1 ace . Kenin also managed to score 1 ace . Kudermetova won 86% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudermetova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/8 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 88% | 40% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Russian broke her opponent 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. The Russian dropped her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kudermetova | |||
| Q1 Samson | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-33 | 59-33 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/43 | 21/43 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 18/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kenin | |||
| Q1 Ito | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 78-65 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/73 | 48/73 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Lukas KleinKlein – Lenny HampelHampel (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Ivan SabanovSabanov (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco BortolottiBortolotti – Matej SabanovSabanov (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter TorebkoTorebko – Christian LindellLindell (2-6 6-3 10-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Filip DudaDuda (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Danylo KalenichenkoKalenichenko – Raphael BaltenspergerBaltensperger (6-3 3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David PoljakPoljak – James FrawleyFrawley (6-73 6-1 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Sofia KeninKenin (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – (1-1) – H2H and prediction