Karolina Muchova and Katie Boulter will square off in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Muchova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.096
Katie Boulter -> 6.95
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Katie Boulter
This will be the 3rd time that Karolina Muchova and Katie Boulter fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Muchova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Muchova won 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in at the U.S. Open back in September 2026.
Highlights Karolina Muchova vs Katie Boulter – U.S. Open 02-September-2026
Karolina Muchova
39 - 10win/loss
8
6
WWLWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-10 | 20-5 | 6-3 | 2-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-17 | 23-13 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-7 | 15-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-13 | 28-9 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-12 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8,she will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals where she overcame 6-2 6-3 to Kalinina in the Rubber 1 on the 27th of September.
Karolina has an aggregate 39-10 win-loss record in 2026, 20-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Doha where she beat Victoria Mboko in the final 6-4 7-5 and in Bad Homburg where she defeated Naomi Osaka in the final 6-1 1-0 ret..
Talking about her overall career, Karolina has an overall 291-135 record. She has a positive 155-63 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2024. See her history.
Katie Boulter
22 - 19win/loss
56
23
WLLWLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-19 | 9-9 | 5-6 | 5-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 22-22 | 9-14 | 8-4 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-23 | 24-12 | 3-6 | 3-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 22-12 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 10-4 | 4-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 16-7 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 56, Katie reached the 2nd round after defeating Mai Hontama 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Hontama (6-3 6-4). During the match Boulter scored 71 points vs Hontama’s 60. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Boulter recorded 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Katie Boulter lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Boulter put 67% of her first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Boulter broke Hontama 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Ostrava where she beat Tamara Korpatsch in the final 5-7 6-2 6-1.
Katie has an overall 22-19 win-loss record in 2026, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Lin ZhuZhu – Alycia ParksParks (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Xinran SunSun – Eva LysLys (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (5-7 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Storm HunterHunter – Yu Jun LinJun Lin (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Aoi ItoIto (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Han ShiShi (7-66 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (4-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Yushan ShaoShao (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Sonay KartalKartal – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Yihan QuQu (6-2 6-75 7-5) – See score progression
- Sinja KrausKraus – Maya JointJoint (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Mai HontamaHontama (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maddison InglisInglis – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Katarzyna KawaKawa (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Zhuoxuan BaiBai (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Elvina KalievaKalieva (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva – Darja VidmanovaVidmanova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Talia GibsonGibson (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Lilli TaggerTagger (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Anna BondarBondar (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Yexin MaMa (6-72 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taylah PrestonPreston – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (5-7 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Sonay KartalKartal – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Aoi ItoIto (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Han ShiShi (7-6(6) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Yushan ShaoShao (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Storm HunterHunter – Yu Jun LinJun Lin (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Xinran SunSun – Eva LysLys (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (4-6 7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Yihan QuQu (6-2 6-7(5) 7-5) – See score progression
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Lin ZhuZhu – Alycia ParksParks (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Xinyu GaoGao – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alina CharaevaCharaeva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Storm SandersSanders (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-5) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Elise MertensMertens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Lin ZhuZhu (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Daria SnigurSnigur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yue YuanYuan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katie BoulterBoulter (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Sinja KrausKraus (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
