Veronika Kudermetova and Celine Simunyu will play each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.007
Celine Simunyu -> 12.25

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Celine Simunyu

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

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 52, Kudermetova got to the qualifications after beating Chloe Paquet 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Paquet (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Kudermetova scored 83 points vs Paquet’s 72. Veronika was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kudermetova scored 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Veronika Kudermetova was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (39/54) of her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Kudermetova broke Paquet 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Kudermetova has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (297-207). 10-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudermetova has an overall 153-111 record in the last years on hard.

Veronika has an overall 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Celine Simunyu

Ranked no. 885, Simunyu got to the qualifications after beating Renata Zarazua 6-4 3-0 ret..

In the qualifications against Zarazua, Celine had a free pass after Zarazua retired on a 6-4 3-0 . scoreline.

Celine has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kudermetova	Simunyu
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	23	13
Pts	83-72	48-32
Total Points	155	80
Winners	39	23
%Winners	47%	48%

Both Kudermetova and Simunyu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Kudermetova has played 1 set(s) less than Simunyu (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kudermetova played 10 games more than Simunyu. The Russian scored 39 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Irish scored 23 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kudermetova	Simunyu
Aces	4	7
Avg per match	4	7
1st in	54/79	26/43
%1st in	68%	60%
1st pts	39/54	23/26
%1st pts	72%	88%
2nd pts	13/25	6/17
%2nd pts	52%	35%

Kudermetova fired 4 aces . Simunyu struck 7 aces . Kudermetova won 72% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Simunyu won 88% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 35% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kudermetova	Simunyu
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/3
% Converted	38%	100%
Conceded	8	4
Saved	6	3
% Saved	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	1

Kudermetova broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kudermetova conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Celine broke her opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Celine conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Kudermetova
	Q1 Paquet	Total
Score	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	83-72	83-72
Total points	155	155
Winners	39	39
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	54/79	54/79
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	39/54	39/54
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	13/25	13/25
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Simunyu
	Q1 Zarazua	Total
Score	6-4 3-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	48-32	48-32
Total points	80	80
Winners	23	23
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	26/43	26/43
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	23/26	23/26
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	6/17	6/17
% 2nd pts	35%	35%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Ljubomir CelebicCelebic – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxim KrapivinKrapivin – Oleg KhotkovKhotkov (6-2 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shunsuke WakitaWakita – Martin ZeljenkaZeljenka (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Milan DrinicDrinic – Stefan MicovMicov (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Shuai ZhangZhang – Suzan LamensLamens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – Bernarda PeraPera (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Eva LysLys – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-2) – H2H and prediction