Flavio Cobolli and Roman Safiullin will fight against each other in the 1st round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.615
Roman Safiullin -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Roman Safiullin
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and Roman Safiullin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cobolli won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2022.
Flavio Cobolli
33 - 20win/loss
7
6
LLLWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-21 | 15-9 | 14-7 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-29 | 9-13 | 15-6 | 6-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-29 | 26-13 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, the Italian will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 6-3 2-6 10-7 to Tien in the round robin on the 26th of September.
Cobolli has a compiled 33-20 win-loss record in 2026, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Acapulco where he beat Frances Tiafoe in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Cobolli has an overall 259-191 record. He has a positive 75-51 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Roman Safiullin
35 - 15win/loss
79
36
WWWLWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-16 | 9-5 | 20-4 | 1-3 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 13-20 | 9-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, the Russian will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in Hangzhou where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Medvedev in the semifinal on the 28th of September.
Safiullin has a composed 35-15 win-loss record in 2026, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Valentin Royer in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Mauthausen Challenger where he defeated Jaime Faria in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(4).
In terms of his career, The Russian has an overall 446-245 record. He has a positive 239-108 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur GeaGea – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-2 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (8-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Andrey RublevRublev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
