Nikola Bartunkova and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will square off in the 1st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Court 2. 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 Nikola Bartunkova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikola Bartunkova is the pick to win this match.
Nikola Bartunkova -> 1.47
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Bartunkova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
There is no head to head record between Nikola Bartunkova and Aliaksandra Sasnovich since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nikola Bartunkova
39 - 22win/loss
29
29
LWLWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-22 | 24-12 | 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. 29 (career-high), the Czech will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 7-6(5) 6-3 to Paolini in the 2nd round on the 14th of October.
Bartunkova has a composed 39-22 win-loss record in 2026, 24-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Birmingham.
Talking about her overall career, The Czech has an overall 183-85 record. She has a positive 46-22 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See her history.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
36 - 25win/loss
112
29
WWLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-25 | 25-15 | 8-6 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-26 | 8-13 | 11-7 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-23 | 10-12 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-26 | 16-17 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-21 | 18-10 | 12-7 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, the Belarussian reached the 1st round after beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-4 7-5 and Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Aliaksandra had a good straight sets win against Rakhimova (6-4 6-4). During the match Sasnovich scored 80 points vs Rakhimova’s 66. Aliaksandra was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Sasnovich recorded 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 61% of her first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Aliaksandra broke Rakhimova 4 times after converting 29% of her break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sasnovich started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
WTA Tokyo - Aliaksandra Sasnovich's projected path
Sasnovich has an overall 36-25 win-loss record in 2026, 25-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Himeno SakatsumeSakatsume (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Elise MertensMertens (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ann LiLi – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
