Ann Li and Ekaterina Alexandrova will play each other in the 1st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.79
Ann Li -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 5th time that Ann Li and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Alexandrova won 6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 in the 1st round in Bad Homburg back in June 2026.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Ann Li – Bad Homburg 23-June-2026
Ann Li
31 - 26win/loss
31
25
LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-26 | 20-17 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-25 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 16-14 | 22-9 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, the American will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in Osaka where she lost 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 to Krueger in the semifinal on the 24th of October.
Li has an overall 31-26 win-loss record in 2026, 20-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Ann has an overall 295-205 record. She has a positive 170-118 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Li has never competed in this tournament before.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
22 - 25win/loss
33
10
LWWLLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-25 | 16-16 | 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. 33, the Russian will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match in Ningbo where she lost 4-6 6-2 6-1 to Annie in the quarter on the 23rd of October.
Ekaterina has a composed 22-25 win-loss record in 2026, 16-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
In terms of her career, Alexandrova has an overall 396-267 record. She has a positive 145-118 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023 and 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
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- 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
