Karolina Muchova and Nikola Bartunkova will fight against each other in the quarter of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.3
Nikola Bartunkova -> 3.48
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Nikola Bartunkova
There is no head to head record between Karolina Muchova and Nikola Bartunkova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Karolina Muchova
42 - 10win/loss
8
6
WWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42-10 | 23-5 | 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, Karolina got to the quarter after defeating Katie Boulter 7-6(3) 6-1, Liudmila Samsonova 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Naomi Osaka 7-5 1-6 7-6(7).
In the 4th round, Karolina defeated Osaka (7-5 1-6 7-67).During the match, Muchova scored less points (9) than Osaka. In fact, the world no. 8 won 108 points vs Osaka’s. That means that Muchova was more focused during the important points. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muchova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Karolina Muchova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Muchova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Muchova broke Osaka 4 times after converting 22% of her break points (4/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karolina has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points she played.
WTA Beijing - Karolina Muchova's projected path
Muchova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (255-117). 23-5 on hard in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muchova has a composed 141-56 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Doha where she defeated Victoria Mboko in the final 6-4 7-5 and in Bad Homburg where she overcame Naomi Osaka in the final 6-1 1-0 ret..
The Czech has an aggregate 42-10 win-loss record in 2026, 23-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2024. See her history.
Nikola Bartunkova
37 - 20win/loss
34
34
WWWLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-20 | 22-10 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 54-19 | 8-5 | 26-8 | 20-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-10 | 0-1 | 21-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-15 | 14-4 | 13-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 34 (career-high), Nikola reached the quarter after beating Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-2, Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-3 and Sinja Kraus 6-0 4-6 6-3.
In the 4th round, The Czech defeated Kraus (6-0 4-6 6-3). During the match Bartunkova scored 85 points vs Kraus’s 61. Bartunkova was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Bartunkova managed to score 10 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nikola Bartunkova was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of her 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Bartunkova broke Kraus 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nikola has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
WTA Beijing - Nikola Bartunkova's projected path
The Czech’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Birmingham.
Bartunkova has an overall 37-20 win-loss record in 2026, 22-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Nikola has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muchova | Bartunkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 80 | 60 |
| Pts | 272-243 | 220-162 |
| Total Points | 515 | 382 |
| Winners | 107 | 75 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Both Muchova and Bartunkova played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karolina Muchova lost 2 sets, while Nikola Bartunkova lost 1 set. Muchova has played 1 set more than Bartunkova (8 vs 7). Therefore, Muchova played 20 games more than Bartunkova. Muchova scored 107 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Bartunkova blasted 75 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muchova | Bartunkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 146/241 | 90/172 |
| %1st in | 61% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 107/146 | 75/90 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 51/95 | 52/82 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 63% |
Muchova made 23 aces (7.7 per match). Bartunkova struck 18 aces (6 per match). Muchova won 73% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bartunkova won 83% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muchova | Bartunkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/31 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 35% | 46% |
| Conceded | 18 | 8 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 56% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
Muchova broke her opponents 11 times with a 35% conversion rate. Muchova conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Bartunkova conceded her serve once and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muchova | |||||
| R2 Boulter |
R3 Samsonova |
R4 Osaka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 1-6 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 32 | 80 | |
| pts | 68-44 | 96-82 | 108-117 | 272-243 | |
| Total points | 112 | 178 | 225 | 515 | |
| Winners | 22 | 42 | 43 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 14 | 4 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/52 | 57/83 | 62/106 | 146/241 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 69% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 42/57 | 43/62 | 107/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 74% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 15/26 | 19/44 | 51/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 58% | 43% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/9 | 4/18 | 11/31 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 44% | 22% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/7 | 5/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 50% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Bartunkova | |||||
| R2 Frech |
R3 Sabalenka |
R4 Kraus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-0 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 25 | 60 | |
| pts | 60-39 | 75-62 | 85-61 | 220-162 | |
| Total points | 99 | 137 | 146 | 382 | |
| Winners | 21 | 24 | 30 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 32% | 35% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 29/61 | 35/69 | 90/172 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 48% | 51% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 24/29 | 30/35 | 75/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 83% | 86% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 18/32 | 22/34 | 52/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 56% | 65% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/8 | 4/8 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/5 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 67% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
WWWWWWWWWW
WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Cori GauffGauff – Xinran SunSun (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Sonay KartalKartal (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Donna VekicVekic (4-6 7-60 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 7-5) – 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
- Ann LiLi – Belinda BencicBencic (6-4 6-3) – 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
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Taylah PrestonPreston (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Sara BejlekBejlek (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ann LiLi – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
