Nikola Bartunkova and Mayar Sherif will square off in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 PM on Court 10. 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 Nikola Bartunkova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikola Bartunkova is the pick to win this match.
Nikola Bartunkova -> 1.169
Mayar Sherif -> 5
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Bartunkova vs. Mayar Sherif
There is no head to head record between Nikola Bartunkova and Mayar Sherif since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nikola Bartunkova
32 - 19win/loss
34
34
LWWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-20 | 19-10 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 54-19 | 8-5 | 26-8 | 20-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-10 | 0-1 | 21-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-15 | 14-4 | 13-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 34 (career-high), Nikola will start her run at the U.S. Open after she played her last match in Monterrey where she lost 1-6 6-4 6-2 to Mertens in the semifinal on the 28th of August.
Nikola has a composed 32-19 win-loss record in 2026, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Bartunkova’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Birmingham.
Talking about her overall career, Nikola has an overall 176-82 record. She has a positive 39-19 record on hard.
Previously at the U.S. Open
Nikola has never competed in this tournament before.
Mayar Sherif
33 - 17win/loss
48
31
LLLWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-18 | 1-4 | 32-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-26 | 1-6 | 35-16 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-23 | 0-6 | 36-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-25 | 4-12 | 24-10 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 1-12 | 26-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, the Egyptian will start her run at the New York after she played her last match in Monterrey where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Oliynykova in the 1st round on the 23rd of August.
Mayar has an overall 33-17 win-loss record in 2026, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the Brescia where she overcame Xiyu Wang in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Contrexeville where she overcame Jeline Vandromme in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5 and in Iasi where she defeated Paula Badosa in the final 6-4 4-0 ret..
In terms of her career, Sherif has an overall 346-190 record. She has a negative 73-81 record on hard.
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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