Jessica Pegula and Veronika Kudermetova will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the China Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.31
Veronika Kudermetova -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Veronika Kudermetova

This will be the 3^rd time that Jessica Pegula and Veronika Kudermetova play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Kudermetova won 7-5 6-1 in the final in Tokyo back in 2023.

Highlights Veronika Kudermetova vs Jessica Pegula – Tokyo 01-October-2023

Jessica Pegula

Ranked no. 3 (career-high), the American reached the 3^rd round after defeating Diane Parry 6-1 7-6(4).

In the 2^nd round, Jessica had a good straight sets win against Parry (6-1 7-6⁴). During the match, Pegula scored 81 points vs Parry’s 64. Pegula was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pegula bagged 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 74% of her first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Parry 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (335-177). 27-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pegula has an aggregate 213-97 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Berlin where she overcame Anna Kalinskaya in the final 6-7(0) 6-4 7-6(3) and in Toronto where she defeated Amanda Anisimova in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1.

The American has a compiled 37-12 win-loss record in 2024, 27-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 39, the Russian reached the 3^rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Xinyu Wang 3-6 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Wang, Veronika recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Kudermetova scored 103 points vs Wang’s 94. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Kudermetova made 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Veronika Kudermetova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (24/42) on the 2nd serve. Kudermetova broke Wang 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Kudermetova’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Seoul.

Kudermetova has an overall 17-21 win-loss record in 2024, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2023. See her history.