Naomi Osaka and Maria Timofeeva will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on Court 2. 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 Naomi Osaka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.125
Maria Timofeeva -> 5.95
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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Maria Timofeeva
There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Maria Timofeeva since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Naomi Osaka
28 - 11win/loss
17
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LWWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-12 | 15-7 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 35-15 | 24-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-18 | 13-10 | 5-5 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-9 | 13-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, Naomi will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Rybakina in the 4th round on the 7th of September.
Naomi has a composed 28-11 win-loss record in 2026, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Naomi’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Bad Homburg.
Talking about her overall career, The Japanese has an overall 323-171 record. She has a positive 219-104 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
Maria Timofeeva
38 - 17win/loss
68
68
LWWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-18 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 44-29 | 16-8 | 20-13 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-21 | 14-10 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-19 | 15-6 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-21 | 21-11 | 7-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68 (career-high), Maria reached the 2nd round after beating Darja Vidmanova 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Maria had a good straight sets win against Vidmanova (6-3 6-3). During the match Timofeeva scored 60 points vs Vidmanova’s 43. Timofeeva was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Timofeeva managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maria Timofeeva lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Timofeeva put 71% of her first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Timofeeva broke Vidmanova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Chiasso where she defeated Lisa Pigato in the final 6-2 6-3 and the Istanbul where she overcame Donna Vekic in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Makarska where she overcame Darja Semenistaja in the final 6-2 6-3 and the Porto where she beat Reese Brantmeier in the final 7-6(8) 6-2.
The Uzbek has an aggregate 38-17 win-loss record in 2026, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Sonay KartalKartal – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (6-2 6-3) – 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
- Lin ZhuZhu – Alycia ParksParks (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Yihan QuQu (6-2 6-75 7-5) – 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
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Lanlana TararudeeTararudee (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Storm HunterHunter – Yu Jun LinJun Lin (6-2 6-1) – 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
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Talia GibsonGibson (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Lilli TaggerTagger (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Mai HontamaHontama (6-3 6-4) – 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
- 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
- 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
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Anna BondarBondar (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (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
- 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
