Katie Volynets and Daria Saville will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on ADCB COURT 1. 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 Katie Volynets who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.48
Daria Saville -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Daria Saville

There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Daria Saville since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Katie Volynets

Katie Volynets

4 - 3win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
89
High
56
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-27 25-16 13-8 0-0 1-3 0-0
2024 46-24 23-16 18-6 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 30-27 22-14 8-7 0-1 0-5 0-0
2022 36-26 19-15 13-7 0-0 4-4 0-0
2021 29-25 12-12 12-8 1-2 4-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 62, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Heather Watson 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Volynets had a good straight sets win against Watson (6-4 6-3). During the match, Volynets scored 79 points vs Watson’s 68. Katie was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Volynets was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Katie Volynets lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 87% of her first serves in, winning 58% (35/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. Volynets broke Watson 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).

Volynets has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (203-144). 3-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Volynets has an aggregate117-85 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

The American has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Abu Dhabi

Volynets has never competed in this tournament before.

Abu Dhabi
Volynets's Record

Daria Saville

Daria Saville

1 - 5win/loss

Hard
1-4
I Hard
0-1
Rank
162
High
20
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-17 9-11 4-4 0-1 0-1 0-0
2024 29-22 16-9 8-8 1-1 4-4 0-0
2023 12-13 6-8 5-2 0-1 1-2 0-0
2022 25-20 20-12 2-4 0-0 3-4 0-0
2021 3-2 2-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 122, Gavrilova reached the qualifications after defeating Erika Andreeva 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications against Andreeva, Daria recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-3). During the match Gavrilova scored 106 points vs Andreeva’s 96. Gavrilova was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Gavrilova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 9 double faults. Daria Saville lost the serve 7 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Gavrilova put 65% of her first serves in, winning 53% (39/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. The Australian was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Andreeva 9 times.

The Australian has a compiled 1-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Abu Dhabi

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history

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Abu Dhabi
Gavrilova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Volynets
D.Gavrilova
1h:41
1h:41
Time on court​
!
2h:59
2h:59
1h:41
1h:41
Last match​
!
2h:59
2h:59
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
32
32
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
79
79
Total points​
106
106
79
79
Avg point​
106
106
35
35
Winners
39
39
35
35
Avg Winners​
39
39
44%
44%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
9
9
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
9
9
35/60
35/60
1st won total​
39/74
39/74
58%
58%
1st won %
53%
53%
4/9
4/9
2nd won total​
19/40
19/40
44%
44%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
BP won
9/9
9/9
5/14
5/14
Avg BP won
9/9
9/9
36%
36%
Won
!
100%
100%
10
10
Conceded
16
16
10
10
Avg Conceded
16
16
2
2
Broken
7
7
2
2
Avg Broken
!
7
7
8
8
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Volynets Gavrilova
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 19 32
Pts 79-68 106-96
Total Points 147 202
Winners 35 39
%Winners 44% 37%

Both Volynets and Gavrilova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Daria Saville lost 1 set while Katie Volynets hasn’t dropped a set so far. Volynets has played 1 set(s) less than Gavrilova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Volynets played 13 games less than Gavrilova. The American scored 35 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gavrilova bagged 39 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Volynets Gavrilova
Aces 0 1
Avg per match 0 1
1st in 60/69 74/114
%1st in 87% 65%
1st pts 35/60 39/74
%1st pts 58% 53%
2nd pts 4/9 19/40
%2nd pts 44% 48%

Volynets didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gavrilova scored 1 ace . Volynets won 58% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Gavrilova won 53% 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 Volynets Gavrilova
Won 5 9
Converted 5/14 9/9
% Converted 36% 100%
Conceded 10 16
Saved 8 9
% Saved 80% 56%
Times Broken 2 7

Katie broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Volynets dropped her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Daria broke her opponent 9 times with a 100% conversion rate. Gavrilova conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.

Volynets
Q1
Watson		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 79-68 79-68
Total points 147 147
Winners 35 35
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 60/69 60/69
% 1st in 87% 87%
1st pts 35/60 35/60
% 1st pts 58% 58%
2nd pts 4/9 4/9
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/14 5/14
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8/10 8
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 2 2
Gavrilova
Q1
Andreeva		 Total
Score 6-73 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 106-96 106-96
Total points 202 202
Winners 39 39
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 9 9
1st in 74/114 74/114
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 39/74 39/74
% 1st pts 53% 53%
2nd pts 19/40 19/40
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 9 9
Converted 9/9 9/9
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 16 16
Saved 9/16 9
Saved % 56% 56%
Times Broken 7 7

Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi

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