Alevtina Ibragimova and Yeon Woo Ku will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Alevtina Ibragimova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alevtina Ibragimova is the pick to win this match.
Alevtina Ibragimova -> 1.7
Yeon Woo Ku -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Alevtina Ibragimova vs. Yeon Woo Ku
There is no head to head record between Alevtina Ibragimova and Yeon Woo Ku since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alevtina Ibragimova
34 - 20win/loss
166
166
WWLWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-20 | 4-5 | 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), Alevtina reached the 1st round after beating Rina Saigo 6-3 6-2 and Sara Saito 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ibragimova had a good straight sets win against Saito (7-5 6-2). During the match, Ibragimova scored 84 points vs Saito’s 74. Ibragimova was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ibragimova fired 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Alevtina Ibragimova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ibragimova put 70% of her first serves in, winning 53% (33/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Saito 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.
WTA Seoul - Alevtina Ibragimova's projected path
Ibragimova has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 62% of her matches (151-94). 4-5 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ibragimova has a compiled33-21 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Blois and the Antalya.
The Russian has an overall 34-20 win-loss record in 2026, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Yeon Woo Ku
18 - 19win/loss
180
171
LLWLWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18-19 | 18-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 63-22 | 61-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-27 | 35-23 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-24 | 21-20 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-17 | 14-12 | 2-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 180, Woo will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in the W50 Leiria where she lost 6-4 4-6 6-3 to Rouvroy in the 1st round on the 2nd of September.
The Korean has a compiled 18-19 win-loss record in 2026, 18-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the Novo where she overcame Francisca Jorge in the final 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In terms of her career, Woo has an overall 235-133 record. She has a positive 189-105 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2025. See her history.
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