Xiyu Wang and Danka Kovinic will play each other in the 1st round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Xiyu Wang who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Xiyu Wang is the pick to win this match.
Xiyu Wang -> 1.065
Danka Kovinic -> 8.6
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Prediction and head to head Xiyu Wang vs. Danka Kovinic
This will be the 2nd time that Xiyu Wang and Danka Kovinic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wang (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Wang won 6-3 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Tianjin back in 2017.
Xiyu Wang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-10 | 9-5 | 18-4 | 10-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 21-18 | 17-11 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-30 | 18-19 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 17-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 15-10 | 23-11 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Xiyu reached the 1st round after defeating Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-1, Storm Hunter 6-2 7-5 and Polina Kudermetova 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Wang had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-3 6-3). During the match, Wang scored 66 points vs Kudermetova’s 53. Xiyu was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wang bagged 2 aces and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Xiyu Wang lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 69% of her first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points she played.
WTA French Open - Xiyu Wang's projected path
Wang has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (252-174). 11-1 on clay in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Wang has an aggregate 76-45 record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W35 Maanshan where she defeated Kristiana Sidorova in the final 6-4 7-5 and the W50 Maanshan where she defeated Hanyu Guo in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and the W50 Baotou where she overcame Anastasia Zolotareva in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Chinese has a composed 24-2 win-loss record in 2026, 11-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
Danka Kovinic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-16 | 4-8 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-21 | 6-8 | 23-11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 644, the will start her run at the Paris after she played her last match in Rabat where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Ferro in the 1st round on the 18th of May.
The has a composed 0-2 win-loss record in 2026, 0-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Danka has an overall 385-309 record. She has a positive 261-140 record on clay.
Previously at the French Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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WWW Tennis Scores – French Open
- Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Harmony TanTan (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Lulu SunSun (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Xiyu WangWang – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Katarina ZavatskaZavatska – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-74 0-3) – See score progression
- Susan BandecchiBandecchi – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Kaitlin QuevedoQuevedo – Guiomar Zuleta De RealesZuleta De Reales (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Suzan LamensLamens (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Sinja KrausKraus – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Mary StoianaStoiana (6-74 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Mayar SherifSherif – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Leyre Romero GormazRomero Gormaz (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Hanyu GuoGuo – Sofia CostoulasCostoulas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alina KorneevaKorneeva – Julia RieraRiera (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Elena PridankinaPridankina – Himeno SakatsumeSakatsume (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
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