Magda Linette and Ann Li will square off in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 11. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Magda Linette who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Magda Linette is the pick to win this match.
Magda Linette -> 1.45
Ann Li -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Magda Linette vs. Ann Li
This will be the 2nd time that Magda Linette and Ann Li clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Linette (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Linette won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the W100 Manchester back in 2019.
Magda Linette
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-24 | 8-14 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 9-7 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, Magda will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-3 6-0 to Azarenka in the 1st round on the 7th of August.
Magda has an aggregate 20-18 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Pole’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Australia and at the Australian Open .
Talking about her overall career, Linette has an overall 398-321 record. She has a positive 199-152 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2020 and 2021. See her history.
Ann Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-22 | 9-11 | 22-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-14 | 19-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-9 | 17-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 192, Ann got to the 1st round after beating Lauren Davis 4-6 6-2 6-1 and Alize Cornet 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Cornet (6-3 6-3). During the match Li scored 62 points vs Cornet’s 46. Li was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Li managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ann Li was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of her 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Li broke Cornet 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Li’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the W100 Bonita Springs.
The American has an aggregate 25-19 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Celine NaefNaef (1-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Denis IstominIstomin (7-61 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (0-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Andreas Haider-MaurerHaider-Maurer (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (4-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna CoricCoric – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Joao SousaSousa (4-6 6-4 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas PouillePouille – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Blaz KavcicKavcic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benoit PairePaire – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (5-7 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Florian MayerMayer (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Gleb SakharovSakharov (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Damir Dzumhur/Filip KrajinovicDzumhur/Filip Krajinovic – Henri Kontinen/John PeersKontinen/John Peers (7-64 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcos BaghdatisBaghdatis – Viktor TroickiTroicki (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 6-75 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Robin HaaseHaase – Quentin HalysHalys (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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