Ashlyn Krueger and Aoi Ito will play each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on 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 Ashlyn Krueger who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ashlyn Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Ashlyn Krueger -> 1.29
Aoi Ito -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Ashlyn Krueger vs. Aoi Ito
There is no head to head record between Ashlyn Krueger and Aoi Ito since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ashlyn Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-11 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-26 | 19-17 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 26-15 | 8-6 | 2-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 23-17 | 10-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-14 | 10-11 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40 (career-high), Ashlyn reached the qualifications after beating Jule Niemeier 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Ashlyn had a good straight sets win against Niemeier (6-4 7-5). During the match, Krueger scored 70 points vs Niemeier’s 54. Krueger was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krueger made 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ashlyn Krueger lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 65% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Ashlyn was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Niemeier 5 times.
Krueger has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of her matches (147-107). 11-6 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Krueger has a compiled102-74 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Ashlyn’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Abu Dhabi.
Ashlyn has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Aoi Ito
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-8 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 67-25 | 55-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12-3 |
| 2023 | 50-29 | 44-22 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 3-4 |
| 2022 | 26-11 | 17-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5-1 | 4-2 |
| 2021 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Ito reached the qualifications after defeating Taylor Townsend 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Ito had a good straight sets win against Townsend (6-3 6-4). During the match Ito scored 71 points vs Townsend’s 61. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Ito scored 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Aoi Ito lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ito put 68% of her first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Ito broke Townsend 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Canberra where she beat Sijia Wei in the final 6-4 6-3.
Ito has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Aoi has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 |
| Pts | 70-54 | 71-61 |
| Total Points | 124 | 132 |
| Winners | 29 | 32 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Krueger and Ito played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krueger and Ito have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Krueger played 3 games more than Ito. Ashlyn scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Ito recorded 32 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 42/65 | 48/71 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 32/48 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Krueger blasted 5 aces . Ito recorded 2 aces . Krueger won 69% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Ito won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 63% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Krueger lost her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Ito broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ito conceded her serve once and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded.
| Krueger | |||
| Q1 Niemeier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 70-54 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/65 | 42/65 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 29/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Ito | |||
| Q1 Townsend |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-61 | 71-61 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/71 | 48/71 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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