Jun 1, 2024; Paris, France; Paula Badosa of Spain during her match against Aryna Sabalenka on day seven of Roland Garros at Stade Roland Garros.

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Paula Badosa vs. Veronika Kudermetova Head to Head Record, Preview and Prediction for WTA Madrid Open 2025 Round of 64

The World No. 9 finds herself in the same quarter as Sabalenka.

Jun 1, 2024; Paris, France; Paula Badosa of Spain during her match against Aryna Sabalenka on day seven of Roland Garros at Stade Roland Garros.

Paula Badosa knew one thing with complete certainty on Thursday – that she would be facing a Kudermetova in the Round of 64. When Veronika Kudermetova beat her younger sister Polina in their first meeting on the WTA Tour, she booked her spot to battle the No. 9 seed in the Mutua Madrid Open 2025. The winner will set up a blockbuster Round-3 clash with either Emma Raducanu or Marta Kostyuk.

One of the major roadblocks in the career of Spanish star Paula Badosa has been injuries. A swashbuckling athlete otherwise, physical issues have played spoilsport in multiple crucial junctures of her career. Nonetheless, the Spaniard has already reached her first Grand Slam semifinal in 2025, and is only looking to improve. Yet to reach a final this year, the 27-year-old will hope that her home crowd can push her over the line.

28-year-old Veronika Kudermetova is a former Top-10 WTA player who is currently ranked No. 52 in the world. Her best results of the year came in the Australian swing at the onset of the new season – she reached the quarterfinals in Hobart, before making it to the Round of 16 at the Australian Open. Owing to her compact game style and deceptive power, she is a Roland Garros quarterfinalist (2022) and Wimbledon doubles finalist (2021).

Paula Badosa vs Veronika Kudermetova Head to Head Record

Veronika Kudermetova leads the head to head rivalry against Paula Badosa by 4-2 so far. This equates to a winning rate of 66.7% in total.

The first match when Paula Badosa faced Kudermetova was back in 2019, when the Russian was ranked higher than her Spanish counterpart. They met in the qualifying rounds of Indian Wells. It is interesting to note that only one out of six battles between the players has gone to a deciding set. In their most recent encounter at Roland Garros 2022, Badosa was forced to retire midway.

Event	Round	Winner	Score
2022 Roland Garros	Round of 32	Veronika Kudermetova	6-3 2-1 RET.
2022 Madrid	Round of 64	Paula Badosa	6-3 6-0
2022 Indian Wells	Quarterfinal	Paula Badosa	6-3 6-2
2021 Charleston	Semifinal	Veronika Kudermetova	6-3 6-3
2021 Abu Dhabi	Round of 16	Veronika Kudermetova	6-4 4-6 6-1
2019 Indian Wells	Qualifying R1	Veronika Kudermetova	6-3 6-2

Paula Badosa vs Veronika Kudermetova Titles Comparison

Paula Badosa	Category	Veronika Kudermetova
0	Grand Slams	0
4	WTA Singles Titles	2
0	WTA Doubles Titles	8
1	WTA-1000 Titles	0
QF (Tokyo 2020)	Olympics Best Performance	R1 (Tokyo 2020)
No. 9	Current World Ranking	No. 52

Paula Badosa vs Veronika Kudermetova Madrid Open 2025 Prediction

"She changed her sport and that's very admiring." 🏆

Paula Badosa talks about meeting Simone Biles at the 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/ixFNuABREn
— TENNIS (@Tennis) April 23, 2025

While Badosa had to retire from the Roland Garros match-up, the two players have split the other two encounters played on clay. However, the Spanish powerhouse has the edge on Friday – purely because of her serving form and the venue. Court Manolo Santana will do everything possible to pump up the former World No. 2 and ensure that she sustains her level against an able clay courter.

Prediction: Paula Badosa in three sets.

Paula Badosa vs Veronika Kudermetova Madrid Open 2025 Betting Odds

Paula Badosa Win: 10/11

Veronika Kudermetova Win: 5/6

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Sankalp Harikrishnan

A passionate sports fan through and through, I am currently pursuing my MA in Global Sports Journalism. I specialise in tennis and football writing at The Playoffs News, and I have prior experience working at EssentiallySports and Sportskeeda. Born and raised in Bengaluru, India, sport was my safe space right from my childhood. After trying my hand at multiple sports and representing my educational institutions in cricket, badminton and table tennis, I found sports media to be my calling.