Viktorija Golubic and Elvina Kalieva will face off in the 1st round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Viktorija Golubic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Viktorija Golubic is the pick to win this match.
Viktorija Golubic -> 1.6
Elvina Kalieva -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Viktorija Golubic vs. Elvina Kalieva
There is no head to head record between Viktorija Golubic and Elvina Kalieva since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Viktorija Golubic
26 - 22win/loss
67
35
LLWLWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-22 | 5-9 | 8-5 | 6-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-25 | 24-13 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 15-11 | 2-4 | 7-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 14-9 | 2-5 | 10-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 12-10 | 4-7 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, the Swiss will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 7-5 6-4 to Parry in the 1st round on the 31st of August.
Golubic has a compiled 26-22 win-loss record in 2026, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Golubic’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras.
Talking about her overall career, Golubic has an overall 533-351 record. She has a positive 183-125 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
Elvina Kalieva
36 - 25win/loss
117
113
LWLLLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-25 | 22-13 | 10-8 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-34 | 19-16 | 11-10 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 5-2 |
| 2024 | 31-36 | 11-16 | 15-15 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 10-14 | 29-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-27 | 16-17 | 13-7 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Kalieva reached the 1st round after defeating Ellen Perez 6-2 6-4 and Han Shi 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Elvina had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-2 6-4). During the match Kalieva scored 65 points vs Perez’s 50. The American was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kalieva managed to score 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elvina Kalieva lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kalieva put 69% of her first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Kalieva broke Perez 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
WTA Beijing - Elvina Kalieva's projected path
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W100 San Diego where she overcame Elizabeth Mandlik in the final 3-6 6-3 6-1.
Elvina has an aggregate 36-25 win-loss record in 2026, 22-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Katarzyna KawaKawa – Valeria SavinykhSavinykh (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Maddison InglisInglis – Darya AstakhovaAstakhova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Han ShiShi – Elvina KalievaKalieva (6-75 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Elsa JacquemotJacquemot – Vivian WolffWolff (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Yexin MaMa (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Robin MontgomeryMontgomery – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Storm HunterHunter – Ksenia ZaytsevaZaytseva (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera – Xiaodi YouYou (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mai HontamaHontama – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhuoxuan BaiBai – Jiayi WangWang (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Dragos DimaDima – Edris FetisleamFetisleam (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Vlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea – Valentin VantaVanta (7-5 2-6 10-8) – See score progression
- Han ShiShi – Elvina KalievaKalieva (6-7(5) 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera – Xiaodi YouYou (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Maddison InglisInglis – Darya AstakhovaAstakhova (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Storm HunterHunter – Ksenia ZaytsevaZaytseva (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Mai HontamaHontama – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Robin MontgomeryMontgomery – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Alina CharaevaCharaeva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Eva LysLys – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – Lin ZhuZhu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Xinyu GaoGao – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Elvina KalievaKalieva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Katarzyna KawaKawa (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mayar SherifSherif – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mai HontamaHontama – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maddison InglisInglis – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elsa JacquemotJacquemot – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BondarBondar – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (1-0) – H2H and prediction
