Veronika Kudermetova and Varvara Gracheva will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cincinnati Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.47
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Varvara Gracheva

This will be the 3^rd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Varvara Gracheva face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kudermetova won 6-1 6-0 in the 1^st round in Monastir back in 2022.

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 36, the Russian got to the quarter after beating Suzan Lamens 6-1 6-3, Belinda Bencic 6-4 7-6(0)

, Clara Tauson 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 and Magda Linette 6-4 6-3.

In the 4^th round, Kudermetova had a good straight sets win against Linette (6-4 6-3). During the match, Kudermetova scored 72 points vs Linette’s 53. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kudermetova struck 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Veronika Kudermetova was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of her 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Kudermetova broke Linette 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points she played.

Kudermetova has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (319-220). 19-10 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kudermetova has an aggregate 162-115 record in the last years on hard.

Veronika has a composed 32-19 win-loss record in 2025, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 103, Gracheva reached the quarter after defeating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-0 6-2, Iva Jovic 6-3 6-4, Katie Volynets 6-4 3-6 6-3, Sofia Kenin 6-7(7) 6-3 6-3, Karolina Muchova 6-2 6-4 and Ella Seidel 2-6 6-1 6-1.

In the 4^th round against Seidel, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-1). During the match Gracheva scored 83 points vs Seidel’s 68. Varvara was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Gracheva fired 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Gracheva put 61% of her first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Seidel 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gracheva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Varvara’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Paris and Eastbourne.

Gracheva has a composed 25-21 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023 and 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kudermetova	Gracheva
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	9	15
Tot Games	90	132
Pts	313-246	498-398
Total Points	559	896
Winners	109	164
%Winners	35%	33%

Kudermetova played 4 matches while Gracheva competed in 6 matches. Gracheva started her run from the qualifications while Kudermetova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Veronika Kudermetova conceded 1 set, while Varvara Gracheva conceded 3 sets. Kudermetova has played 6 set(s) less than Gracheva (9 vs 15). Therefore, Kudermetova played 42 games less than Gracheva. Kudermetova scored 109 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Gracheva recorded 164 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kudermetova	Gracheva
Aces	26	37
Avg per match	6.5	6.2
1st in	140/256	240/413
%1st in	55%	58%
1st pts	109/140	164/240
%1st pts	78%	68%
2nd pts	68/116	96/173
%2nd pts	59%	55%

Kudermetova blasted 26 aces (6.5 per match). Gracheva fired 37 aces (6.2 per match). Kudermetova won 78% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kudermetova	Gracheva
Won	15	31
Converted	15/30	31/73
% Converted	50%	42%
Conceded	16	33
Saved	9	19
% Saved	56%	58%
Times Broken	7	14

The Russian broke her opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Varvara broke her opponents 31 times with a 42% conversion rate. Gracheva conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.

Kudermetova
	R1 Lamens	R2 Bencic	R3 Tauson	R4 Linette	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	6-4 7-60	3-6 7-64 6-4	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	16	23	32	19	90
pts	64-37	78-62	99-94	72-53	313-246
Total points	101	140	193	125	559
Winners	22	28	37	22	109
%Winners	34%	36%	37%	31%	35%
SERVE
Aces	10	6	6	4	26
Double Faults	2	1	2	2	7
1st in	26/40	36/73	48/86	30/57	140/256
% 1st in	65%	49%	56%	53%	55%
1st pts	22/26	28/36	37/48	22/30	109/140
% 1st pts	85%	78%	77%	73%	78%
2nd pts	9/14	17/37	24/38	18/27	68/116
% 2nd pts	64%	46%	63%	67%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	4	2	4	15
Converted	5/11	4/5	2/9	4/5	15/30
Converted %	45%	80%	22%	80%	50%
Conceded	2	5	4	5	16
Saved	1/2	2/5	2/4	4/5	9
Saved %	50%	40%	50%	80%	55%
Times Broken	1	3	2	1	7

Gracheva
	Q1 Buzarnescu	Q3 Jovic	R1 Volynets	R2 Kenin	R3 Muchova	R4 Seidel	Total
Score	6-0 6-2	6-3 6-4	6-4 3-6 6-3	6-77 6-3 6-3	6-2 6-4	2-6 6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	2	3	15
Tot Games	14	19	28	31	18	22	132
pts	60-30	75-62	95-83	119-105	66-50	83-68	498-398
Total points	90	137	178	224	116	151	896
Winners	24	26	30	33	25	26	164
%Winners	40%	35%	32%	28%	38%	31%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	6	7	15	3	4	37
Double Faults	3	9	4	6	7	2	31
1st in	30/44	37/63	47/90	57/101	34/58	35/57	240/413
% 1st in	68%	59%	52%	56%	59%	61%	58%
1st pts	24/30	26/37	30/47	33/57	25/34	26/35	164/240
% 1st pts	80%	70%	64%	58%	74%	74%	68%
2nd pts	9/14	11/26	23/43	30/44	13/24	10/22	96/173
% 2nd pts	64%	42%	53%	68%	54%	45%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5	6	5	4	6	31
Converted	5/9	5/16	6/11	5/15	4/8	6/14	31/73
Converted %	56%	31%	55%	33%	50%	43%	42%
Conceded	5	6	12	4	3	3	33
Saved	5/5	3/6	7/12	2/4	2/3	0/3	19
Saved %	100%	50%	58%	50%	67%	0%	81%
Times Broken	0	3	5	2	1	3	14

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Lyudmyla Kichenok/Ellen PerezKichenok/Ellen Perez – Nicole Melichar/Liudmila SamsonovaMelichar/Liudmila Samsonova (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sara Errani/Jasmine PaoliniErrani/Jasmine Paolini – Peyton Stearns/Marketa VondrousovaStearns/Marketa Vondrousova (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gabriela Dabrowski/Erin RoutliffeDabrowski/Erin Routliffe – Caty Mcnally/Linda NoskovaMcnally/Linda Noskova (6-2 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-5 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-1 2-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-6⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Elena RybakinaRybakina (7-4) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Cori GauffGauff (2-2) – H2H and prediction