Marie Bouzkova and Anastasia Zakharova will play each other in the 2nd round of the Ningbo Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marie Bouzkova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marie Bouzkova is the pick to win this match.
Marie Bouzkova -> 1.26
Anastasia Zakharova -> 3.8
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Prediction and head to head Marie Bouzkova vs. Anastasia Zakharova
There is no head to head record between Marie Bouzkova and Anastasia Zakharova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marie Bouzkova
35 - 22win/loss
26
21
WLWLWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-22 | 15-15 | 9-4 | 2-1 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-21 | 20-12 | 9-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-22 | 17-16 | 7-3 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-24 | 19-16 | 5-5 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-14 | 33-10 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Marie had a good straight sets win against Rakhimova (6-4 6-4). During the match, Bouzkova scored 77 points vs Rakhimova’s 58. Bouzkova was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bouzkova scored 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Marie Bouzkova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bouzkova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. Bouzkova broke Rakhimova 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Bouzkova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (323-211). 15-15 on hard in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Bouzkova has a compiled 219-136 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Bogota where she overcame Panna Udvardy in the final 6-7(7) 6-2 6-2 and in Nottingham where she overcame Emma Navarro in the final 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2.
Bouzkova has an aggregate 35-22 win-loss record in 2026, 15-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Ningbo
Marie has never competed in this tournament before.
Anastasia Zakharova
35 - 30win/loss
111
65
LWLLWLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-30 | 27-19 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-33 | 19-21 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-22 | 26-10 | 3-6 | 8-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-24 | 41-17 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-22 | 26-8 | 3-10 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 111, Anastasia got to the 2nd round after beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-1 7-5 and Polina Kudermetova 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Anastasia had a good straight sets win against Starodubtseva (6-1 7-5). During the match Zakharova scored 68 points vs Starodubtseva’s 46. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Zakharova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Anastasia Zakharova lost the serve once. Furthermore, Zakharova put 81% of her first serves in, winning 74% (37/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (4/12) on the 2nd serve. Zakharova broke Starodubtseva 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
WTA Ningbo - Anastasia Zakharova's projected path
The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W100 Landisville.
The Russian has a composed 35-30 win-loss record in 2026, 27-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bouzkova | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 |
| Pts | 77-58 | 68-46 |
| Total Points | 135 | 114 |
| Winners | 24 | 37 |
| %Winners | 31% | 54% |
Both Bouzkova and Zakharova played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bouzkova and Zakharova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bouzkova played 1 game more than Zakharova. Bouzkova scored 24 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Anastasia blasted 37 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bouzkova | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 50/62 |
| %1st in | 62% | 81% |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 37/50 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 4/12 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 33% |
Bouzkova made 5 aces . Zakharova struck 1 ace . Bouzkova won 60% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zakharova won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bouzkova | Zakharova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 67% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Marie broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Marie lost her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Anastasia conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bouzkova | |||
| R1 Rakhimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 77-58 | 77-58 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 40/65 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Zakharova | |||
| Q1 Starodubtseva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-46 | 68-46 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/62 | 50/62 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Ningbo
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Alycia ParksParks (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ellen Perez/Demi SchuursPerez/Demi Schuurs – Yihan Qu/Yushan ShaoQu/Yushan Shao (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandra EalaEala – Diane ParryParry (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elise MertensMertens (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Maria Kozyreva/Maia LumsdenKozyreva/Maia Lumsden – Tereza Mihalikova/Olivia NichollsMihalikova/Olivia Nicholls (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Han ShiShi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Hanyu Guo/Kristina MladenovicGuo/Kristina Mladenovic – Shuko Aoyama/En Shuo LiangAoyama/En Shuo Liang (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Cristina BucsaBucsa (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Alycia ParksParks (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
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