Anna Blinkova and Mananchaya Sawangkaew will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mananchaya Sawangkaew who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mananchaya Sawangkaew is the pick to win this match.
Mananchaya Sawangkaew -> 1.88
Anna Blinkova -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Mananchaya Sawangkaew
There is no head to head record between Anna Blinkova and Mananchaya Sawangkaew since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Anna Blinkova
20 - 24win/loss
89
34
LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-31 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-27 | 15-15 | 7-6 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 7-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 108, Anna got to the 1st round after defeating Dominika Salkova 6-3 6-4 and Eva Lys 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications against Lys, Blinkova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Blinkova scored 88 points vs Lys’s 73. Anna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blinkova fired 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 59% of her first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Anna broke Lys 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
WTA Cincinnati - Anna Blinkova's projected path
Blinkova has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (296-253). 5-10 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blinkova has an aggregate 115-116 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Anna has an aggregate 19-24 win-loss record in 2026, 5-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2025. See her history.
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
42 - 17win/loss
90
88
WLLLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46-21 | 33-16 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 20-17 | 15-14 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-28 | 45-22 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 3-2 |
| 2023 | 44-19 | 44-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-9 | 25-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, the Thai got to the 1st round after beating Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-3 6-3 and Lanlana Tararudee 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Thai had a good straight sets win against Tararudee (6-4 6-3). During the match Sawangkaew scored 68 points vs Tararudee’s 57. Sawangkaew was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Sawangkaew scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Mananchaya Sawangkaew lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sawangkaew put 58% of her first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Mananchaya broke Tararudee 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mananchaya started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
WTA Cincinnati - Mananchaya Sawangkaew's projected path
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W75 Nonthaburi where she beat Lisa Pigato in the final 6-1 6-4 and the Mumbai where she beat Lilli Tagger in the final 6-4 6-3 and the W100 Gifu where she overcame Emerson Jones in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.
The Thai has a compiled 42-16 win-loss record in 2026, 29-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
The Thai has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blinkova | Sawangkaew |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 37 |
| Pts | 153-124 | 140-118 |
| Total Points | 277 | 258 |
| Winners | 51 | 58 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Both Blinkova and Sawangkaew played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Anna Blinkova lost 1 set while Mananchaya Sawangkaew hasn’t dropped a set so far. Blinkova has played 1 set more than Sawangkaew (5 vs 4). Therefore, Blinkova played 7 games more than Sawangkaew. Anna scored 51 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Sawangkaew managed to score 58 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blinkova | Sawangkaew |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 80/145 | 76/130 |
| %1st in | 55% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 51/80 | 58/76 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 27/65 | 23/54 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 43% |
Blinkova fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Sawangkaew blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Blinkova won 64% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Sawangkaew won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blinkova | Sawangkaew |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 8 |
| Converted | 14/21 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 23 | 12 |
| Saved | 15 | 10 |
| % Saved | 65% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 |
Blinkova broke her opponents 14 times with a 67% conversion rate. Blinkova surrendered her serve 8 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. The Thai broke her opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Mananchaya conceded her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.
| Blinkova | ||||
| Q1 Salkova |
Q3 Lys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 88-73 | 153-124 | |
| Total points | 116 | 161 | 277 | |
| Winners | 19 | 32 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 28/57 | 52/88 | 80/145 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 59% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/28 | 32/52 | 51/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 62% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 15/36 | 27/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 8/13 | 14/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 62% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 16 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 11/16 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 69% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Sawangkaew | ||||
| Q1 Jimenez |
Q3 Tararudee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 68-57 | 140-118 | |
| Total points | 133 | 125 | 258 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 34/59 | 76/130 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 27/34 | 58/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 11/25 | 23/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 44% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/9 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 44% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 6/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 86% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Sofia KeninKenin – Eva LysLys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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