Lilli Tagger and Robin Montgomery will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 PM on Tony Trabert Stadium 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lilli Tagger who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lilli Tagger is the pick to win this match.
Lilli Tagger -> 1.59
Robin Montgomery -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Lilli Tagger vs. Robin Montgomery
There is no head to head record between Lilli Tagger and Robin Montgomery since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Lilli Tagger
29 - 15win/loss
61
45
LWLLWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-18 | 24-9 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-9 | 5-4 | 29-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-11 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-6 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 46, the Austrian reached the qualifications after beating Lin Zhu 3-6 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications against Zhu, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-1). During the match, Tagger scored 93 points vs Zhu’s 70. Tagger was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tagger struck 12 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Lilli Tagger lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Tagger put 63% of her first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Tagger broke Zhu 6 times after converting 30% of her break points (6/20).
Tagger has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 66% of her matches (88-45). 22-6 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Tagger has an overall34-14 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W100 Fujairah where she defeated Harriet Dart in the final 6-4 6-2 and in Prague where she defeated Daria Snigur in the final 7-6(3) 6-2.
Lilli has an overall 28-15 win-loss record in 2026, 22-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Robin Montgomery
15 - 9win/loss
171
95
WLLWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19-11 | 5-3 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 12-9 | 6-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-23 | 9-9 | 14-10 | 2-1 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 11-11 | 10-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-16 | 23-12 | 4-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 200, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Julia Grabher 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications against Grabher, Robin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Montgomery scored 93 points vs Grabher’s 84. Montgomery was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Montgomery recorded 8 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Robin Montgomery lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Montgomery put 60% of her first serves in, winning 89% (47/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Montgomery broke Grabher twice after converting 50% of her break points (2/4).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Hertogenbosch where she beat Barbora Krejcikova in the final w/o.
The American has an aggregate 15-8 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tagger | Montgomery |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 31 |
| Pts | 93-70 | 93-84 |
| Total Points | 163 | 177 |
| Winners | 33 | 47 |
| %Winners | 35% | 51% |
Both Tagger and Montgomery played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Lilli Tagger surrendered 1 set, while Robin Montgomery surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tagger and Montgomery have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Tagger played 8 games less than Montgomery. The Austrian scored 33 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 47 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tagger | Montgomery |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 8 |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 53/89 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 47/53 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 18/36 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 50% |
Tagger scored 12 aces . Montgomery managed to score 8 aces . Tagger won 72% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Montgomery won 89% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tagger | Montgomery |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 2 |
| Converted | 6/20 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 30% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 71% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Tagger broke her opponent 6 times with a 30% conversion rate. Lilli dropped her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Montgomery broke her opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Montgomery conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Tagger | |||
| Q1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 93-70 | 93-70 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 46/73 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/20 | 6/20 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Montgomery | |||
| Q1 Grabher |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 93-84 | 93-84 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/89 | 53/89 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 47/53 | 47/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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