Tereza Valentova and Arantxa Rus will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on Court 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tereza Valentova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tereza Valentova is the pick to win this match.
Tereza Valentova -> 1.178
Arantxa Rus -> 4.65

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Prediction and head to head Tereza Valentova vs. Arantxa Rus

There is no head to head record between Tereza Valentova and Arantxa Rus since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tereza Valentova

Tereza Valentova

42 - 9win/loss

Hard
11-1
I Hard
18-4
Clay
11-3
Grass
2-1
Rank
56
High
55
LWWWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 49-12 18-4 11-3 18-4 2-1 0-0
2024 38-5 17-1 12-2 9-2 0-0 0-0
2023 8-4 0-1 8-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 94, the Czech reached the qualifications after defeating Mona Barthel 6-2 6-4 and Tatiana Prozorova 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications, Valentova had a good straight sets win against Prozorova (7-5 6-1). During the match, Valentova scored 68 points vs Prozorova’s 40. Tereza was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Valentova blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Tereza Valentova was very effective on serve to win 89% (31/35) of her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tereza broke Prozorova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Valentova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points she played.

Valentova has a fantastic match record in the last 5 years having won 79% of her matches (89-23). 10-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Valentova has an overall27-4 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W75 Porto where she overcame Nastasja Mariana Schunk in the final 6-3 6-4 and the W75 Murska Sobota where she overcame Mariam Bolkvadze in the final 1-6 6-3 6-2 and the Grado where she beat Barbora Palicova in the final 6-2 4-6 6-1 and the Porto where she beat Lanlana Tararudee in the final 6-4 6-2.

The Czech has a composed 41-9 win-loss record in 2025, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Valentova's Record

Arantxa Rus

Arantxa Rus

22 - 26win/loss

Hard
4-7
I Hard
0-2
Clay
18-15
Grass
0-2
Rank
139
High
41
LLLWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 37-36 9-11 28-20 0-3 0-2 0-0
2024 37-33 14-14 19-13 2-1 2-5 0-0
2023 57-22 10-10 43-8 3-3 1-1 0-0
2022 46-33 9-10 29-17 7-4 1-2 0-0
2021 39-23 5-9 33-11 1-1 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 122, Arantxa reached the qualifications after defeating Carlota Martinez Cirez 6-4 6-2 and Jodie Anna Burrage 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications against Anna Burrage, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-4). During the match Rus scored 118 points vs Anna Burrage’s 109. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about serving, Rus scored 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 81% of her first serves in, winning 63% (58/92) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Arantxa broke Anna Burrage 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rus started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Rus’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Maspalomas.

The Dutch has an aggregate 22-25 win-loss record in 2025, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2011 and 2024. See her history.

U.S. Open
Rus's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Valentova
A.Rus
2h:37
2h:37
Time on court​
!
4h:23
4h:23
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
!
2h:39
2h:39
2
2
Match played
2
2
37
37
Games Played​
51
51
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
138
138
Total points​
190
190
69
69
Avg point​
95
95
55
55
Winners
85
85
27.5
27.5
Avg Winners​
42.5
42.5
40%
40%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
10
10
4
4
Avg Aces
5
5
5
5
Double Faults
7
7
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
55/68
55/68
1st won total​
85/129
85/129
!
81%
81%
1st won %
66%
66%
18/42
18/42
2nd won total​
15/39
15/39
43%
43%
2nd won %
!
38%
38%
-- Break Points --
10/16
10/16
BP won
11/25
11/25
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
5.5/12.5
5.5/12.5
!
63%
63%
Won
44%
44%
8
8
Conceded
17
17
4
4
Avg Conceded
8.5
8.5
3
3
Broken
6
6
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
11
11

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Valentova Rus
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 37 51
Pts 138-98 190-167
Total Points 236 357
Winners 55 85
%Winners 40% 45%

Both Valentova and Rus played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Arantxa Rus surrendered 1 set while Tereza Valentova hasn’t lost a set so far. Valentova has played 1 set(s) less than Rus (4 vs 5). Therefore, Valentova played 14 games less than Rus. Valentova scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch recorded 85 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Valentova Rus
Aces 8 10
Avg per match 4 5
1st in 68/110 129/168
%1st in 62% 77%
1st pts 55/68 85/129
%1st pts 81% 66%
2nd pts 18/42 15/39
%2nd pts 43% 38%

Valentova made 8 aces (4 per match). Rus recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Valentova won 81% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Rus won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Valentova Rus
Won 10 11
Converted 10/16 11/25
% Converted 63% 44%
Conceded 8 17
Saved 5 11
% Saved 63% 65%
Times Broken 3 6

Tereza broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Czech dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Arantxa broke her opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Arantxa conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Valentova
Q1
Barthel
Q2
Prozorova
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 7-5 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 19 37
pts 70-58 68-40 138-98
Total points 128 108 236
Winners 24 31 55
%Winners 34% 46% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 5 8
Double Faults 4 1 5
1st in 33/62 35/48 68/110
% 1st in 53% 73% 62%
1st pts 24/33 31/35 55/68
% 1st pts 73% 89% 81%
2nd pts 11/29 7/13 18/42
% 2nd pts 38% 54% 43%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/11 4/5 10/16
Converted % 55% 80% 63%
Conceded 7 1 8
Saved 4/7 1/1 5
Saved % 57% 100% 79%
Times Broken 3 0 3
Rus
Q1
Martinez
Q2
Anna
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-74 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 18 33 51
pts 72-58 118-109 190-167
Total points 130 227 357
Winners 27 58 85
%Winners 38% 49% 45%
SERVE
Aces 3 7 10
Double Faults 4 3 7
1st in 37/55 92/113 129/168
% 1st in 67% 81% 77%
1st pts 27/37 58/92 85/129
% 1st pts 73% 63% 66%
2nd pts 7/18 8/21 15/39
% 2nd pts 39% 38% 38%
Breaks
Won 5 6 11
Converted 5/13 6/12 11/25
Converted % 38% 50% 44%
Conceded 7 10 17
Saved 5/7 6/10 11
Saved % 71% 60% 66%
Times Broken 2 4 6

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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