Katarzyna Kawa and Valeria Savinykh will face off in the qualifications of the China Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 5. 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 Katarzyna Kawa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Katarzyna Kawa is the pick to win this match.
Katarzyna Kawa -> 1.39
Valeria Savinykh -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Katarzyna Kawa vs. Valeria Savinykh
This will be the 5th time that Katarzyna Kawa and Valeria Savinykh face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Savinykh (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Savinykh won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in the W40 Ricany back in 2023.
Katarzyna Kawa
24 - 22win/loss
133
112
WLLLLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-22 | 2-5 | 20-14 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-29 | 7-12 | 21-12 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-25 | 3-9 | 17-11 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-29 | 3-5 | 29-17 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 7-10 | 4-6 | 9-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, Kawa reached the qualifications after defeating Rinko Matsuda 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Pole defeated Matsuda (7-66 2-6 6-3).During the match, Kawa scored less points (4) than Matsuda. In fact, the world no. 133 won 107 points vs Matsuda’s. That means that Kawa was more focused during the important points. Katarzyna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kawa made 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Katarzyna Kawa lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kawa put 48% of her first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (24/58) on the 2nd serve. Katarzyna broke Matsuda 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Kawa has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (267-216). 2-5 on hard in 2026. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kawa has a composed 59-75 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the Huzhou where she defeated Veronika Erjavec in the final 6-0 6-4 and the Modena where she defeated Lucia Bronzetti in the final 6-1 4-6 7-6(6).
The Pole has a composed 24-22 win-loss record in 2026, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2025. See her history.
Valeria Savinykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-16 | 13-13 | 0-0 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-21 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 51-27 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 24-16 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 652, Savinykh reached the qualifications after defeating Irene Burillo 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Burillo Escorihuela (6-4 6-4). During the match Savinykh scored 72 points vs Burillo Escorihuela’s 56. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Savinykh wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valeria Savinykh lost the serve 6 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Savinykh put 76% of her first serves in, winning 47% (21/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Savinykh broke Burillo Escorihuela 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).
Valeria has a compiled 24-16 win-loss record in 2026, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Savinykh has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kawa | Savinykh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 20 |
| Pts | 107-111 | 72-56 |
| Total Points | 218 | 128 |
| Winners | 37 | 21 |
| %Winners | 35% | 29% |
Both Kawa and Savinykh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Katarzyna Kawa conceded 1 set while Valeria Savinykh hasn’t lost a set so far. Kawa has played 1 set more than Savinykh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kawa played 10 games more than Savinykh. Katarzyna scored 37 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 21 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kawa | Savinykh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 53/111 | 45/59 |
| %1st in | 48% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 21/45 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 47% |
| 2nd pts | 24/58 | 7/14 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 50% |
Kawa blasted 5 aces . Savinykh didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kawa won 70% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Savinykh won 47% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kawa | Savinykh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 38% | 62% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 55% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Katarzyna broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Katarzyna conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. Valeria broke her opponent 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kawa | |||
| Q1 Matsuda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 107-111 | 107-111 | |
| Total points | 218 | 218 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/111 | 53/111 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/58 | 24/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Savinykh | |||
| Q1 Burillo Escorihuela |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/59 | 45/59 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 21/45 | 21/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 47% | 47% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 62% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/9 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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