Veronika Erjavec and Cadence Brace will fight against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court 16. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Erjavec who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Erjavec is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Erjavec -> 1.6
Cadence Brace -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Erjavec vs. Cadence Brace

There is no head to head record between Veronika Erjavec and Cadence Brace since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Veronika Erjavec

Ranked no. 140, Veronika got to the qualifications after beating Maria Timofeeva 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Slovenian had a good straight sets win against Timofeeva (6-3 6-1). During the match, Erjavec scored 60 points vs Timofeeva’s 34. Veronika was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Erjavec was unable to score even 1 ace and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Veronika Erjavec was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of her 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Slovenian broke Timofeeva 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Erjavec has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of her matches (262-157). 4-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Erjavec has a composed6-6 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Slovenian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W75 Cordenons.

Veronika has a composed 22-18 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Cadence Brace

Ranked no. 223 (career-high), the Canadian got to the qualifications after defeating Nao Hibino 2-6 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Hibino, The Canadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Brace scored 72 points vs Hibino’s 69. Brace was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Brace managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Cadence Brace lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Brace put 56% of her first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Hibino 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).

The Canadian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W75 Sumter.

Cadence has a compiled 33-15 win-loss record in 2025, 25-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Brace has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Erjavec	Brace
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	26
Pts	60-34	72-69
Total Points	94	141
Winners	20	25
%Winners	33%	35%

Both Erjavec and Brace played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Cadence Brace dropped 1 set while Veronika Erjavec hasn’t dropped a set so far. Erjavec has played 1 set(s) less than Brace (2 vs 3). Therefore, Erjavec played 10 games less than Brace. Veronika scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian fired 25 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Erjavec	Brace
Aces	0	5
Avg per match	0	5
1st in	28/43	40/71
%1st in	65%	56%
1st pts	20/28	25/40
%1st pts	71%	63%
2nd pts	11/15	15/31
%2nd pts	73%	48%

Erjavec didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Brace bagged 5 aces . Erjavec won 71% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Brace won 63% of the points on 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	Erjavec	Brace
Won	5	6
Converted	5/10	6/7
% Converted	50%	86%
Conceded	1	6
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	17%
Times Broken	1	5

Erjavec broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Slovenian surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Brace broke her opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Brace conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded.

Erjavec
	Q1 Timofeeva	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-34	60-34
Total points	94	94
Winners	20	20
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	28/43	28/43
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	20/28	20/28
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	11/15	11/15
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Brace
	Q1 Hibino	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	72-69	72-69
Total points	141	141
Winners	25	25
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	40/71	40/71
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	25/40	25/40
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	15/31	15/31
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/7	6/7
Converted %	86%	86%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	1/6	1
Saved %	17%	17%
Times Broken	5	5

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