Nao Hibino and Kristina Mladenovic will square off in the 1st round of the Singapore Tennis Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nao Hibino who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nao Hibino is the pick to win this match.
Nao Hibino -> 1.155
Kristina Mladenovic -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Kristina Mladenovic
This will be the 7th time that Nao Hibino and Kristina Mladenovic fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Mladenovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Hibino won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.
Nao Hibino
28 - 22win/loss
157
56
LWWWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-23 | 20-16 | 1-2 | 5-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-26 | 15-13 | 10-11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-32 | 21-21 | 2-7 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 199, the Japanese reached the 1st round after defeating Kai Ning Chanya Ng 6-0 6-1 and Aoi Ito 6-2 2-6 7-6(2).
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Ito (6-2 2-6 7-62). During the match, Hibino scored 94 points vs Ito’s 84. Nao was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hibino struck 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 7 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 62% of her first serves in, winning 57% (30/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Ito 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points she played.
WTA Singapore - Nao Hibino's projected path
Hibino has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of her matches (274-256). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hibino has a compiled 18-11 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Brisbane.
The Japanese has a composed 28-22 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Singapore
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2025. See her history.
Kristina Mladenovic
2 - 10win/loss
825
10
LLLLLLLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2-12 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-33 | 12-9 | 11-18 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 19-15 | 1-12 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-10 | 10-14 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 824, Kristina will start her run in Singapore after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-2 1-6 6-1 to Kalieva in the qualifications on the 25th of August.
Mladenovic has an aggregate 2-10 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Mladenovic has an overall 464-442 record. She has a positive 103-66 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Singapore
Mladenovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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WW Tennis Scores in Singapore
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Anastasia KulikovaKulikova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Nao HibinoHibino – Aoi ItoIto (6-2 2-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Joanna GarlandGarland – Viktoria MorvayovaMorvayova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Joanna GarlandGarland – Viktoria MorvayovaMorvayova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nao HibinoHibino – Aoi ItoIto (6-2 2-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Anastasia KulikovaKulikova (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-4) – H2H and prediction
- Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vivian WolffWolff – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Storm SandersSanders – Joanna GarlandGarland (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Nao HibinoHibino (4-2) – H2H and prediction
