Clara Tauson and Veronika Kudermetova will square off in the 3^rd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clara Tauson who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Clara Tauson is the pick to win this match.
Clara Tauson -> 1.6
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Clara Tauson vs. Veronika Kudermetova

There is no head to head record between Clara Tauson and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Clara Tauson

Ranked no. 15 (career-high), Tauson reached the 3^rd round after beating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Clara defeated Tomljanovic (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-4). During the match, Tauson scored 107 points vs Tomljanovic’s 95. The Dane was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tauson fired 14 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Clara Tauson was quite effective on serve to win 80% (41/51) of her 1st serve and 61% (28/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Tauson broke Tomljanovic 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).

Tauson has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 69% of her matches (267-122). 20-7 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tauson has an aggregate102-52 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Auckland where she beat Naomi Osaka in the final 4-6 ret..

Tauson has a composed 33-16 win-loss record in 2025, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 36, the Russian reached the 3^rd round after beating Suzan Lamens 6-1 6-3 and Belinda Bencic 6-4 7-6(0).

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Bencic (6-4 7-6⁰). During the match Kudermetova scored 78 points vs Bencic’s 62. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Kudermetova managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 49% of her first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Bencic 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kudermetova hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

Kudermetova has a compiled 30-19 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2020 and 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tauson	Kudermetova
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	32	39
Pts	107-95	142-99
Total Points	202	241
Winners	41	50
%Winners	38%	35%

Tauson played 1 match while Kudermetova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Clara Tauson lost 1 set while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tauson has played 1 set(s) less than Kudermetova (3 vs 4). Therefore, Tauson played 7 games less than Kudermetova. Clara scored 41 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Veronika scored 50 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tauson	Kudermetova
Aces	14	16
Avg per match	14	8
1st in	51/97	62/113
%1st in	53%	55%
1st pts	41/51	50/62
%1st pts	80%	81%
2nd pts	28/46	26/51
%2nd pts	61%	51%

Tauson bagged 14 aces . Kudermetova bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Tauson won 80% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 81% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tauson	Kudermetova
Won	3	9
Converted	3/4	9/16
% Converted	75%	56%
Conceded	5	7
Saved	4	3
% Saved	80%	43%
Times Broken	1	4

The Dane broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Dane dropped her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Kudermetova broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.

Tauson
	R2 Tomljanovic	Total
Score	6-3 6-75 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	107-95	107-95
Total points	202	202
Winners	41	41
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	14	14
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	51/97	51/97
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	41/51	41/51
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	28/46	28/46
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Kudermetova
	R1 Lamens	R2 Bencic	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	6-4 7-60
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	23	39
pts	64-37	78-62	142-99
Total points	101	140	241
Winners	22	28	50
%Winners	34%	36%	35%
SERVE
Aces	10	6	16
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	26/40	36/73	62/113
% 1st in	65%	49%	55%
1st pts	22/26	28/36	50/62
% 1st pts	85%	78%	81%
2nd pts	9/14	17/37	26/51
% 2nd pts	64%	46%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/11	4/5	9/16
Converted %	45%	80%	56%
Conceded	2	5	7
Saved	1/2	2/5	3
Saved %	50%	40%	90%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Iva JovicJovic (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ella SeidelSeidel – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-4 2-6 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-6² 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cori GauffGauff – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Yue YuanYuan (6-7² 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marta KostyukKostyuk (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maya JointJoint (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Madison KeysKeys – Aoi ItoIto (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Facundo ArguelloArguello (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Maxime JanvierJanvier (2-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Pedro SousaSousa (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexey VatutinVatutin (5-7 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Clara TausonTauson – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Madison KeysKeys (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Cori GauffGauff (0-2) – H2H and prediction