Paula Badosa and Katarzyna Kawa will fight against each other in the 1st round of the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Paula Badosa who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa -> 1.22
Katarzyna Kawa -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Katarzyna Kawa
This will be the 2nd time that Paula Badosa and Katarzyna Kawa clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Badosa (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Badosa won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Hertogenbosch back in 2019.
Paula Badosa
20 - 16win/loss
57
2
LWWWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-19 | 11-10 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 18-13 | 13-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 26-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-9 | 6-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 20-13 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 93, Paula will start her run in Hamburg after she played her last match in Iasi where she lost 6-4 4-0 ret. to Sherif in the final on the 20th of July.
The Spaniard has an overall 20-16 win-loss record in 2026, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the Bastad where she beat Simona Waltert in the final 7-5 7-5.
Talking about her overall career, Badosa has an overall 405-229 record. She has a positive 176-93 record on clay.
Previously in Hamburg
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Katarzyna Kawa
22 - 16win/loss
131
112
LLLLLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-22 | 1-5 | 20-14 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-29 | 7-12 | 21-12 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-25 | 3-9 | 17-11 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-29 | 3-5 | 29-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 7-10 | 4-6 | 9-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, the Pole will start her run in Hamburg after she played her last match in Iasi where she lost 1-6 7-5 6-2 to Udvardy in the 2nd round on the 16th of July.
Katarzyna has a compiled 22-16 win-loss record in 2026, 20-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Huzhou where she overcame Veronika Erjavec in the final 6-0 6-4 and the Modena where she beat Lucia Bronzetti in the final 6-1 4-6 7-6(6).
In terms of her career, The Pole has an overall 370-288 record. She has a positive 210-135 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Leyre Romero GormazRomero Gormaz – Veronika ErjavecErjavec (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Elena PridankinaPridankina (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sinja KrausKraus – Darja SemenistajaSemenistaja (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Noma Akugue NohaAkugue Noha – Valentina SteinerSteiner (6-3 2-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Julia StusekStusek – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anna BondarBondar – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Kaitlin QuevedoQuevedo (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar – Marcus Daniell/Philipp OswaldDaniell/Philipp Oswald (6-2 4-6 10-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arantxa RusRus – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Simona WaltertWaltert – Mayar SherifSherif (1-5) – H2H and prediction
- Katarzyna KawaKawa – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BondarBondar – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Sinja KrausKraus (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
