Veronika Erjavec and Claire Liu will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on Court 13. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.47
Claire Liu -> 2.61

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Erjavec vs. Claire Liu

This will be the 2nd time that Veronika Erjavec and Claire Liu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Erjavec (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Erjavec won 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2024.

Veronika Erjavec

Veronika Erjavec

23 - 19win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
3-4
Clay
11-11
Grass
4-1
Rank
114
High
98
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-24 7-7 21-12 3-4 4-1 0-0
2024 45-30 2-4 37-17 6-8 0-1 0-0
2023 48-22 0-0 42-16 6-6 0-0 0-0
2022 42-27 0-0 35-22 7-5 0-0 0-0
2021 18-9 0-0 17-7 1-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 140, Erjavec got to the qualifications after defeating Maria Timofeeva 6-3 6-1 and Cadence Brace 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Slovenian had a good straight sets win against Brace (6-4 6-4). During the match, Erjavec scored 73 points vs Brace’s 68. Veronika was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Erjavec scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Veronika Erjavec lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Erjavec put 61% of her first serves in, winning 57% (26/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the 2nd serve. Erjavec broke Brace 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovenian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Erjavec has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of her matches (263-157). 5-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Erjavec has an overall7-6 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Erjavec’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the W75 Cordenons.

Erjavec has an overall 23-18 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Erjavec's Record

Claire Liu

Claire Liu

15 - 13win/loss

Hard
11-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-6
Rank
210
High
52
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-19 20-13 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 18-12 11-7 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 27-29 19-19 7-8 0-0 1-2 0-0
2022 29-22 15-14 12-4 0-1 2-3 0-0
2021 39-17 17-11 17-4 0-0 5-2 0-0
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Ranked no. 374, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Katarzyna Kawa 6-1 6-3 and Maddison Inglis 6-3 7-5.

In the qualifications, Liu had a good straight sets win against Inglis (6-3 7-5). During the match Liu scored 72 points vs Inglis’s 57. Claire was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Liu managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Claire Liu lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 70% of her first serves in, winning 74% (35/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Inglis 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Liu started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Liu has a composed 14-13 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See her history.

U.S. Open
Liu's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Erjavec
C.Liu
2h:56
2h:56
Time on court​
2h:59
2h:59
1h:51
1h:51
Last match​
1h:40
1h:40
2
2
Match played
2
2
36
36
Games Played​
37
37
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
133
133
Total points​
138
138
66.5
66.5
Avg point​
69
69
46
46
Winners
67
67
23
23
Avg Winners​
33.5
33.5
35%
35%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
8
8
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
10
10
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
5
5
46/74
46/74
1st won total​
67/95
67/95
62%
62%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
32/44
32/44
2nd won total​
19/40
19/40
!
73%
73%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
8/19
8/19
BP won
9/17
9/17
4/9.5
4/9.5
Avg BP won
4.5/8.5
4.5/8.5
42%
42%
Won
!
53%
53%
8
8
Conceded
13
13
4
4
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
2
2
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
6
6
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Erjavec Liu
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 36 37
Pts 133-102 138-105
Total Points 235 243
Winners 46 67
%Winners 35% 49%

Both Erjavec and Liu played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Erjavec and Liu have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Erjavec played 1 game less than Liu. Erjavec scored 46 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 67 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Erjavec Liu
Aces 1 8
Avg per match 0.5 4
1st in 74/118 95/135
%1st in 63% 70%
1st pts 46/74 67/95
%1st pts 62% 71%
2nd pts 32/44 19/40
%2nd pts 73% 48%

Erjavec bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Liu also recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Erjavec won 62% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 71% 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 Liu
Won 8 9
Converted 8/19 9/17
% Converted 42% 53%
Conceded 8 13
Saved 6 10
% Saved 75% 77%
Times Broken 2 3

Veronika broke her opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Veronika surrendered her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded.

Erjavec
Q1
Timofeeva		 Q2
Brace		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 20 36
pts 60-34 73-68 133-102
Total points 94 141 235
Winners 20 26 46
%Winners 33% 36% 35%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 28/43 46/75 74/118
% 1st in 65% 61% 63%
1st pts 20/28 26/46 46/74
% 1st pts 71% 57% 62%
2nd pts 11/15 21/29 32/44
% 2nd pts 73% 72% 73%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/10 3/9 8/19
Converted % 50% 33% 42%
Conceded 1 7 8
Saved 0/1 6/7 6
Saved % 0% 86% 43%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Liu
Q1
Kawa		 Q2
Inglis		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 21 37
pts 66-48 72-57 138-105
Total points 114 129 243
Winners 32 35 67
%Winners 48% 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 2 6 8
Double Faults 6 4 10
1st in 48/68 47/67 95/135
% 1st in 71% 70% 70%
1st pts 32/48 35/47 67/95
% 1st pts 67% 74% 71%
2nd pts 9/20 10/20 19/40
% 2nd pts 45% 50% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/8 4/9 9/17
Converted % 63% 44% 53%
Conceded 5 8 13
Saved 4/5 6/8 10
Saved % 80% 75% 78%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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