Linda Noskova and Viktorija Golubic will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:30 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 Linda Noskova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Linda Noskova is the pick to win this match.
Linda Noskova -> 1.169
Viktorija Golubic -> 5
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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Viktorija Golubic
This will be the 2nd time that Linda Noskova and Viktorija Golubic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Noskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Noskova won 6-1 6-4 in the Rubber 2 in 3 back in April 2026.
Linda Noskova
39 - 14win/loss
6
6
WWWWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-14 | 16-9 | 6-4 | 5-0 | 12-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-26 | 26-17 | 3-5 | 3-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-18 | 19-8 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-20 | 22-10 | 6-5 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-17 | 10-5 | 14-5 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6 (career-high), Linda got to the 3rd round after beating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Linda had a good straight sets win against Gabriela Ruse (6-4 6-1). During the match, Noskova scored 67 points vs Gabriela Ruse’s 50. Linda was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Noskova scored 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Linda Noskova lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Noskova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Gabriela Ruse 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
WTA Beijing - Linda Noskova's projected path
Noskova has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (226-114). 16-9 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Noskova has a composed106-56 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Berlin where she beat Jessica Pegula in the final 6-4 4-6 6-3 and at the Wimbledon where she defeated Karolina Muchova in the final 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Noskova has a compiled 39-14 win-loss record in 2026, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2025. See her history.
Viktorija Golubic
28 - 22win/loss
67
35
WWLLWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 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 reached the 3rd round after defeating Elvina Kalieva 6-3 6-1 and Peyton Stearns 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Golubic defeated Stearns (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Golubic scored 93 points vs Stearns’s 90. Viktorija was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Golubic blasted 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Viktorija Golubic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Golubic put 70% of her first serves in, winning 52% (32/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Golubic broke Stearns 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
WTA Beijing - Viktorija Golubic's projected path
Viktorija’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras.
The Swiss has a compiled 28-22 win-loss record in 2026, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Noskova | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 44 |
| Pts | 67-50 | 164-143 |
| Total Points | 117 | 307 |
| Winners | 28 | 59 |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% |
Noskova played 1 match while Golubic competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Viktorija Golubic surrendered 1 set while Linda Noskova hasn’t lost a set so far. Noskova has played 3 set(s) less than Golubic (2 vs 5). Therefore, Noskova played 27 games less than Golubic. Noskova scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Golubic managed to score 59 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Noskova | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 98/136 |
| %1st in | 61% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 59/98 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 17/38 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 45% |
Noskova scored 2 aces . Golubic blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Noskova won 72% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Golubic won 60% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Noskova | Golubic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 44% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 80% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Noskova broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Viktorija broke her opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Golubic conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded.
| Noskova | |||
| R2 Gabriela Ruse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 67-50 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 39/64 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Golubic | ||||
| R1 Kalieva |
R2 Stearns |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 44 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 93-90 | 164-143 | |
| Total points | 124 | 183 | 307 | |
| Winners | 27 | 32 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/49 | 61/87 | 98/136 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 70% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 32/61 | 59/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 52% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/12 | 14/26 | 17/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 25% | 54% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/12 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 4/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 44% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Ann LiLi – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Paula BadosaBadosa (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Storm HunterHunter (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (7-64 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-0 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Xinyu GaoGao (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Lin ZhuZhu (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Taylah PrestonPreston – Diane ParryParry (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-6 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Sinja KrausKraus – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Clara TausonTauson (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katie BoulterBoulter (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Maddison InglisInglis (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Janice TjenTjen (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Yue YuanYuan (3-6 6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Ann LiLi – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Storm HunterHunter (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (7-6(4) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (7-6(5) 7-5) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-0 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Lin ZhuZhu (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Xinyu GaoGao (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
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- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elise MertensMertens (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daria SnigurSnigur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sinja KrausKraus – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
