Kaia Kanepi and Naomi Osaka will square off in the 1st round of the National Bank Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 3 sets.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.57
Kaia Kanepi -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Naomi Osaka
This will be the 2nd time that Kaia Kanepi and Naomi Osaka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kanepi won 6-3 2-6 7-5 in the 3rd round in New York back in 2017.
Kaia Kanepi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-22 | 6-10 | 11-9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-19 | 15-11 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 16-8 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-5 | 1-3 | 6-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, the Estonian will start her run in Montreal after she played her last match in Washington where she lost 4-6 6-3 6-3 to Samsonova in the final on the 7th of August.
The Estonian has a compiled 24-12 win-loss record in 2022, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Kaia’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Washington.
Talking about her overall career, Kaia has an overall 477-277 record. She has a positive 178-126 record on hard.
Previously in Montreal
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2010. See her history.
Naomi Osaka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35-15 | 24-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-18 | 13-10 | 5-5 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-9 | 13-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-6 | 16-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39, Osaka will start her run in Toronto after she played her last match in San Jose where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Gauff in the 2nd round on the 4th of August.
Naomi has an overall 13-6 win-loss record in 2022, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Naomi’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Miami.
In terms of her career, Naomi has an overall 237-124 record. She has a positive 168-76 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Toronto
- Alison RiskeRiske – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-2 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Katherine SebovSebov (3-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (7-5 6-73 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simona HalepHalep – Donna VekicVekic (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sloane StephensStephens – Sofia KeninKenin (6-2 6-75 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Storm SandersSanders (6-4 6-72 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alize CornetCornet – Caroline GarciaGarcia (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Asia MuhammadMuhammad – Madison KeysKeys (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 2-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kris KrawcewiczKrawcewicz – Jonathan GrayGray (5-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Abdullah Shannan AlharrasiShannan Alharrasi (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Marek SemjanSemjan (6-4 4-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christophe NickelsNickels – Omar AlawadhiAlawadhi (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gianluca BergomiBergomi – Jumpei YamasakiYamasaki (5-5 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Marco Di MaroDi Maro (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Milos SekulicSekulic (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mubarak Shannan ZayidShannan Zayid – Yusuf QaedQaed (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lenny HampelHampel – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine BellierBellier – Michal DembekDembek (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Sem VerbeekVerbeek (6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Carol ZhaoZhao (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BondarBondar – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Claire LiuLiu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison BrengleBrengle – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Cristina BucsaBucsa (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Asia MuhammadMuhammad (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Alison RiskeRiske (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-3) – H2H and prediction