Maria Timofeeva and Teodora Kostovic will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on Center Court. 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 Maria Timofeeva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Timofeeva is the pick to win this match.
Maria Timofeeva -> 1.66
Teodora Kostovic -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Maria Timofeeva vs. Teodora Kostovic
There is no head to head record between Maria Timofeeva and Teodora Kostovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Maria Timofeeva
38 - 18win/loss
70
63
LWWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-18 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 44-29 | 16-8 | 20-13 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-21 | 14-10 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-19 | 15-6 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-21 | 21-11 | 7-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 70, Timofeeva will start her run in Guangzhou after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-3 3-6 6-3 to Osaka in the 2nd round on the 2nd of October.
Maria has a composed 38-18 win-loss record in 2026, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W75 Chiasso where she overcame Lisa Pigato in the final 6-2 6-3 and the Istanbul where she beat Donna Vekic in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Makarska where she overcame Darja Semenistaja in the final 6-2 6-3 and the Porto where she overcame Reese Brantmeier in the final 7-6(8) 6-2.
Talking about her overall career, The Uzbek has an overall 242-140 record. She has a positive 132-66 record on hard.
Previously in Guangzhou
Maria has never competed in this tournament before.
Teodora Kostovic
41 - 26win/loss
144
139
WWLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41-26 | 13-9 | 21-14 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 42-20 | 2-2 | 36-12 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 144, Kostovic reached the 1st round after defeating Yihan Qu 6-3 0-6 6-3 and Anastasia Zakharova 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kostovic had a good straight sets win against Zakharova (6-3 6-2). During the match Kostovic scored 71 points vs Zakharova’s 55. Kostovic was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Kostovic bagged 5 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Teodora Kostovic lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kostovic put 62% of her first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (8/23) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Zakharova 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
WTA Guangzhou - Teodora Kostovic's projected path
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W100 Amstetten where she overcame Vivian Wolff in the final 6-4 6-0.
Kostovic has a compiled 41-26 win-loss record in 2026, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Guangzhou
- Carol Young Suh LeeYoung Suh Lee – Elena PridankinaPridankina (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Emerson JonesJones (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alevtina IbragimovaIbragimova – Polina IatcenkoIatcenko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tatiana ProzorovaProzorova – Joanna GarlandGarland (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Teodora KostovicKostovic – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Emerson JonesJones (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alevtina IbragimovaIbragimova – Polina IatcenkoIatcenko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Teodora KostovicKostovic – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Tatiana ProzorovaProzorova – Joanna GarlandGarland (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Carol Young Suh LeeYoung Suh Lee – Elena PridankinaPridankina (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Anna BondarBondar (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Simona WaltertWaltert – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Katie VolynetsVolynets (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Sinja KrausKraus (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
