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.

As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
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

Kaia Kanepi

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Rank
578
High
15
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.

Toronto
Kanepi's Record

Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
16
High
1
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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.

Toronto
Osaka's Record

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