Paula Badosa and Sinja Kraus will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa -> 1.45
Sinja Kraus -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Sinja Kraus
This will be the 2nd time that Paula Badosa and Sinja Kraus fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Badosa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Badosa won 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in the Austin back in March 2026.
Highlights Paula Badosa vs Sinja Kraus – Austin 12-March-2026
Paula Badosa
28 - 21win/loss
61
2
WLLWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-21 | 13-12 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 18-13 | 13-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 26-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-9 | 6-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 20-13 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 61, Badosa reached the 2nd round after defeating Carol Young Suh Lee 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Badosa had a good straight sets win against Young Suh Lee (6-1 6-4). During the match, Badosa scored 69 points vs Young Suh Lee’s 55. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Badosa scored 6 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Paula Badosa lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 57% of her first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Young Suh Lee 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Badosa has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (324-187). 13-12 on hard in 2026. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Badosa has an overall 141-85 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the Bastad where she overcame Simona Waltert in the final 7-5 7-5.
Paula has a composed 28-21 win-loss record in 2026, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guangzhou
Paula has never competed in this tournament before.
Sinja Kraus
49 - 28win/loss
77
75
WLWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49-28 | 20-13 | 20-8 | 6-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-28 | 3-5 | 41-17 | 7-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| 2024 | 44-25 | 3-2 | 27-12 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 1-8 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 51-33 | 2-9 | 46-20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 77, Kraus got to the 2nd round after defeating Panna Udvardy 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Udvardy (6-4 6-2). During the match Kraus scored 66 points vs Udvardy’s 46. The Austrian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Kraus blasted 4 aces and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sinja Kraus was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of her 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kraus broke Udvardy 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Kitzbuhel where she defeated Julia Grabher in the final 6-3 6-1.
The Austrian has an aggregate 49-28 win-loss record in 2026, 20-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Badosa | Kraus |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 |
| Pts | 69-55 | 66-46 |
| Total Points | 124 | 112 |
| Winners | 32 | 26 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Both Badosa and Kraus played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Badosa and Kraus have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Badosa played 1 game less than Kraus. Paula scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Sinja fired 26 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Badosa | Kraus |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 33/55 |
| %1st in | 57% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 26/33 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/22 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 64% |
Badosa bagged 6 aces . Kraus made 4 aces . Badosa won 74% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kraus won 79% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Badosa | Kraus |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 44% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Badosa broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Badosa lost her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Kraus broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Sinja was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Badosa | |||
| R1 Young Suh Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 69-55 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 43/76 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kraus | |||
| R1 Udvardy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-46 | 66-46 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Guangzhou
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Katie VolynetsVolynets (7-5 1-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Antonia RuzicRuzic (4-6 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaitlin QuevedoQuevedo – Sofia KeninKenin (6-4 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Simona WaltertWaltert (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Han ShiShi – Alevtina IbragimovaIbragimova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva – Teodora KostovicKostovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Carol Young Suh LeeYoung Suh Lee (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Maria Kozyreva/Maia LumsdenKozyreva/Maia Lumsden – Rutuja Bhosale/Peangtarn PlipuechBhosale/Peangtarn Plipuech (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Anna BondarBondar – Daria SnigurSnigur (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sinja KrausKraus – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Harriet DartDart – Tatiana ProzorovaProzorova (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Kaitlin QuevedoQuevedo – Sofia KeninKenin (6-4 6-7(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Simona WaltertWaltert (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Magda LinetteLinette – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Katie VolynetsVolynets (7-5 1-6 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BondarBondar – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Sinja KrausKraus (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
