Alevtina Ibragimova and Sara Saito will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alevtina Ibragimova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alevtina Ibragimova is the pick to win this match.
Alevtina Ibragimova -> 1.31
Sara Saito -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Alevtina Ibragimova vs. Sara Saito
There is no head to head record between Alevtina Ibragimova and Sara Saito since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alevtina Ibragimova
33 - 20win/loss
166
166
WLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-20 | 3-5 | 24-13 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 37-29 | 14-7 | 19-18 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-27 | 2-3 | 26-16 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-17 | 13-6 | 16-6 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 166 (career-high), the Russian got to the qualifications after beating Rina Saigo 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Alevtina had a good straight sets win against Saigo (6-3 6-2). During the match, Ibragimova scored 71 points vs Saigo’s 57. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ibragimova scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Alevtina Ibragimova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ibragimova put 74% of her first serves in, winning 59% (23/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Ibragimova broke Saigo 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Ibragimova has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 61% of her matches (150-94). 3-5 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Ibragimova has an overall32-21 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Alevtina’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Blois and the Antalya.
The Russian has an aggregate 33-20 win-loss record in 2026, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Sara Saito
22 - 23win/loss
247
150
WLLLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-23 | 18-16 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2025 | 31-26 | 11-10 | 7-11 | 5-1 | 0-3 | 8-1 |
| 2024 | 40-23 | 26-17 | 13-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-14 | 13-10 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 13-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 247, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating En Shuo Liang 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the qualifications, Sara had a good straight sets win against Shuo Liang (7-64 6-1). During the match Saito scored 69 points vs Shuo Liang’s 62. Sara was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Saito wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Sara Saito lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Saito put 59% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Shuo Liang 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Sara’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Granby.
Saito has a compiled 22-23 win-loss record in 2026, 18-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ibragimova | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 |
| Pts | 71-57 | 69-62 |
| Total Points | 128 | 131 |
| Winners | 23 | 29 |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% |
Both Ibragimova and Saito played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ibragimova and Saito have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ibragimova played 3 games less than Saito. Ibragimova scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Sara made 29 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ibragimova | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 39/53 | 43/73 |
| %1st in | 74% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 23/39 | 29/43 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 11/30 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 37% |
Ibragimova blasted 1 ace . Saito didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ibragimova won 59% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Saito won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ibragimova | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 54% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 56% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Ibragimova broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Alevtina surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Ibragimova | |||
| Q1 Saigo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 71-57 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Saito | |||
| Q1 Shuo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-62 | 69-62 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/73 | 43/73 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 11/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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