Linda Noskova and Ekaterina Alexandrova will square off in the 4th round of the China Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on Court 1. 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 -> 1.22
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 3rd time that Linda Noskova and Ekaterina Alexandrova fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Noskova won 6-1 6-1 in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in April 2026.
Highlights Linda Noskova vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – Stuttgart 16-April-2026
Linda Noskova
40 - 14win/loss
6
6
WWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-14 | 17-9 | 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), Noskova reached the 4th round after defeating Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-4 6-1 and Viktorija Golubic 6-2 6-1.
In the 3rd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Golubic (6-2 6-1). During the match, Noskova scored 56 points vs Golubic’s 31. Linda was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Noskova recorded 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Linda Noskova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Noskova put 77% of her first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Noskova broke Golubic 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Noskova hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 60% of the points she played.
WTA Beijing - Linda Noskova's projected path
Noskova has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 67% of her matches (227-114). 17-9 on hard in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Noskova has an aggregate107-56 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Berlin where she overcame 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 40-14 win-loss record in 2026, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2025. See her history.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
19 - 22win/loss
28
10
WWLWWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19-22 | 13-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 47-25 | 22-16 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, Ekaterina reached the 4th round after defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-4 and Diana Shnaider 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 3rd round against Shnaider, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Alexandrova scored 88 points vs Shnaider’s 83. Alexandrova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova scored 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 56% of her first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterina broke Shnaider 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ekaterina has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
WTA Beijing - Ekaterina Alexandrova's projected path
Alexandrova’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
Alexandrova has a compiled 19-22 win-loss record in 2026, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Noskova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 45 |
| Pts | 123-81 | 155-131 |
| Total Points | 204 | 286 |
| Winners | 59 | 55 |
| %Winners | 48% | 35% |
Both Noskova and Alexandrova played 2 matches. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded 1 set while Linda Noskova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Noskova has played 1 set(s) less than Alexandrova (4 vs 5). Therefore, Noskova played 13 games less than Alexandrova. Noskova scored 59 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Alexandrova struck 55 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Noskova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 75/111 | 81/159 |
| %1st in | 68% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 59/75 | 55/81 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 39/78 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 50% |
Noskova made 10 aces (5 per match). Alexandrova bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Noskova won 79% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Noskova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 17 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 88% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Czech broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Linda lost her serve once and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Noskova | ||||
| R2 Gabriela Ruse |
R3 Golubic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 56-31 | 123-81 | |
| Total points | 117 | 87 | 204 | |
| Winners | 28 | 31 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 55% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 36/47 | 75/111 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 77% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 31/36 | 59/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 86% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 5/11 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 45% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/5 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 80% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R2 Sasnovich |
R3 Shnaider |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 | 45 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 88-83 | 155-131 | |
| Total points | 115 | 171 | 286 | |
| Winners | 19 | 36 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 41% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 28/65 | 53/94 | 81/159 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 56% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 19/28 | 36/53 | 55/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 21/41 | 39/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/8 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Donna VekicVekic (4-6 7-60 6-2) – See score progression
- Iva JovicJovic – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-63 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Sonay KartalKartal (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ann LiLi – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sinja KrausKraus – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Sara BejlekBejlek (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Taylah PrestonPreston (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Sonay KartalKartal (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-6(3) 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Ann LiLi – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Iva JovicJovic – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Donna VekicVekic (4-6 7-6(0) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elise MertensMertens (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daria SnigurSnigur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Naomi OsakaOsaka (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Sinja KrausKraus – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
