Anna Kalinskaya and Ekaterina Alexandrova will face off in the 2nd round of the Wuhan Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. 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 Anna Kalinskaya who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anna Kalinskaya is the pick to win this match.
Anna Kalinskaya -> 1.67
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Anna Kalinskaya vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

This will be the 6th time that Anna Kalinskaya and Ekaterina Alexandrova square off. The head to head is 5-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Alexandrova won 6-7(7) 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2023.

Anna Kalinskaya

Ranked no. 13 (career-high), the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Anna Bondar 6-1 6-3.

In the 1st round, Kalinskaya had a good straight sets win against Bondar (6-1 6-3). During the match, Kalinskaya scored 64 points vs Bondar’s 44. Kalinskaya was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kalinskaya scored just 1 ace in the match and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Anna Kalinskaya lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kalinskaya put 73% of her first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Bondar 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Kalinskaya has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (296-175). 26-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kalinskaya has an aggregate 155-77 record in the last years on hard.

Anna’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Dubai and Berlin.

Kalinskaya has an aggregate 36-17 win-loss record in 2024, 26-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ranked no. 33, Ekaterina reached the 2nd round after beating Sofia Kenin 6-1 4-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Kenin (6-1 4-6 6-4). During the match Alexandrova scored 97 points vs Kenin’s 87. Ekaterina was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Alexandrova recorded 11 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (25/39) on the 2nd serve. Alexandrova broke Kenin 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Ekaterina’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Linz.

Alexandrova has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2024, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points
Kalinskaya
Alexandrova

Match played
1
1

Tot Set
2
3

Tot Games
16
27

Pts
64-44
97-87

Total Points
108
184

Winners
27
30

%Winners
42%
31%

Both Kalinskaya and Alexandrova played 1 match. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded 1 set while Anna Kalinskaya hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kalinskaya has played 1 set(s) less than Alexandrova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kalinskaya played 11 games less than Alexandrova. The Russian scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Ekaterina recorded 30 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve
Kalinskaya
Alexandrova

Aces
1
11

Avg per match
1
11

1st in
43/59
44/83

%1st in
73%
53%

1st pts
27/43
30/44

%1st pts
63%
68%

2nd pts
10/16
25/39

%2nd pts
63%
64%

Kalinskaya scored 1 ace . Alexandrova also struck 11 aces . Kalinskaya won 63% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks
Kalinskaya
Alexandrova

Won
5
4

Converted
5/10
4/9

% Converted
50%
44%

Conceded
6
3

Saved
5
2

% Saved
83%
67%

Times Broken
1
1

Kalinskaya broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kalinskaya conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexandrova conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Kalinskaya

R1
Bondar
Total

Score
6-1 6-3

Tot Set
2
2

Tot Games
16
16

pts
64-44
64-44

Total points
108
108

Winners
27
27

%Winners
42%
42%

SERVE

Aces
1
1

Double Faults
0
0

1st in
43/59
43/59

% 1st in
73%
73%

1st pts
27/43
27/43

% 1st pts
63%
63%

2nd pts
10/16
10/16

% 2nd pts
63%
63%

Breaks

Won
5
5

Converted
5/10
5/10

Converted %
50%
50%

Conceded
6
6

Saved
5/6
5

Saved %
83%
83%

Times Broken
1
1

Alexandrova

R1
Kenin
Total

Score
6-1 4-6 6-4

Tot Set
3
3

Tot Games
27
27

pts
97-87
97-87

Total points
184
184

Winners
30
30

%Winners
31%
31%

SERVE

Aces
11
11

Double Faults
7
7

1st in
44/83
44/83

% 1st in
53%
53%

1st pts
30/44
30/44

% 1st pts
68%
68%

2nd pts
25/39
25/39

% 2nd pts
64%
64%

Breaks

Won
4
4

Converted
4/9
4/9

Converted %
44%
44%

Conceded
3
3

Saved
2/3
2

Saved %
67%
67%

Times Broken
1
1

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

Nicole Melichar/Ellen PerezMelichar/Ellen Perez – Hanyu Guo/Xinyu JiangGuo/Xinyu Jiang (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Vasile AntonescuAntonescu – Aziz KijametovicKijametovic (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Paul WoernerWoerner – Leonard Von HindteVon Hindte (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Peter NagyNagy – Nikolas Walterscheid-TukicWalterscheid-Tukic (6-2 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Louis WesselsWessels – Marco NeubauNeubau (6-1 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
Shalva DzhanashiaDzhanashia – Yan SabaninSabanin (7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Christoph NegrituNegritu – Alex KnaffKnaff (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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