Clara Tauson and Peyton Stearns will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 PM on P&G. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clara Tauson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Clara Tauson is the pick to win this match.
Clara Tauson -> 1.5
Peyton Stearns -> 2.58
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Prediction and head to head Clara Tauson vs. Peyton Stearns
This will be the 3rd time that Clara Tauson and Peyton Stearns clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Tauson and Stearns (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Tauson won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2026.
Highlights Clara Tauson vs Peyton Stearns – Dubai 17-February-2026
Clara Tauson
14 - 18win/loss
36
12
LLWWLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16-21 | 14-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-22 | 23-13 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-28 | 19-16 | 14-5 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 6-7 | 13-5 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 26-18 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 42, the Dane will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Bartunkova in the 2nd round on the 4th of August.
Clara has an overall 13-18 win-loss record in 2026, 11-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The Dane has an overall 283-146 record. She has a positive 116-69 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2025. See her history.
Peyton Stearns
21 - 19win/loss
60
28
WWLLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-20 | 16-12 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 19-21 | 9-14 | 8-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-23 | 13-15 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-23 | 19-13 | 19-7 | 6-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-15 | 29-12 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 53, Peyton got to the 2nd round after defeating Harriet Dart 6-1 7-6(6).
In the 1st round, Stearns had a good straight sets win against Dart (6-1 7-66). During the match Stearns scored 71 points vs Dart’s 54. Peyton was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Stearns made 9 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Peyton Stearns lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Stearns put 59% of her first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Peyton broke Dart 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Austin where she beat Taylor Townsend in the final 7-6(8) 7-5.
Peyton has a composed 21-18 win-loss record in 2026, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Alina CharaevaCharaeva (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Maya JointJoint (0-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sofia KeninKenin – Eva LysLys (1-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Emiliana ArangoArango – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Anna BondarBondar (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Xiyu WangWang – Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva (6-0 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Sloane StephensStephens – Sinja KrausKraus (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-65 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Talia GibsonGibson – Lilli TaggerTagger (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova – Elvina KalievaKalieva (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Xinyu WangWang – Hanne VandewinkelVandewinkel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Alycia ParksParks (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tereza ValentovaValentova – Mary StoianaStoiana (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Harriet DartDart (6-1 7-66) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Antonia RuzicRuzic (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Katie VolynetsVolynets (7-5 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (2-6 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Simona WaltertWaltert – Petra MarcinkoMarcinko (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Magda LinetteLinette (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Diane ParryParry – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Lois BoissonBoisson – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-2 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Darja VidmanovaVidmanova (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip KolasinskiKolasinski – Pawel JuszczakJuszczak (6-2 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yue YuanYuan – Kayla DayDay (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Kayla DayDay (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Donna VekicVekic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Madison KeysKeys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Xiyu WangWang (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Sofia KeninKenin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Simona WaltertWaltert – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Emiliana ArangoArango (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Diane ParryParry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
