Simona Halep and Magda Linette will play each other in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am 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 Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.37
Magda Linette -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Magda Linette

This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Magda Linette square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Halep won 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2019.

Simona Halep

Ranked no. 13, Halep will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 2-6 6-4 6-4 to Collins in the 2nd round on the 11th of August.

The Romanian has an aggregate 11-6 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Romanian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Stuttgart.

Talking about her overall career, Simona has an overall 537-225 record. She has a positive 237-107 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2015, 2017 and 2018. See her history.

Cincinnati
Halep's Record

Magda Linette

Ranked no. 44, Linette will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Podoroska in the 1st round on the 9th of August.

Magda has an overall 10-12 win-loss record in 2021, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Linette’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Strasbourg.

In terms of her career, Magda has an overall 330-268 record. She has a positive 159-123 record on hard.

Cincinnati
Linette's Record

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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