Ekaterina Alexandrova and Marta Kostyuk will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on Centre. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.81
Marta Kostyuk -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Marta Kostyuk

This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Marta Kostyuk face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Alexandrova won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Rome back in 2021.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

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Rank
10
High
10
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2021 26-23 10-9 6-5 7-7 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 28, the Russian will start her run in Portoroz after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 0-6 6-4 7-6(5) to Davis in the 2nd round on the 1st of September.

Ekaterina has an overall 26-15 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-5 6-0.

Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 259-168 record. She has a positive 67-58 record on hard.

Previously in Portoroz

Alexandrova has never competed in this tournament before.

Portoroz
Alexandrova's Record

Marta Kostyuk

Marta Kostyuk

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Rank
26
High
16
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-20 19-13 7-4 2-0 0-3 0-0
2024 34-22 24-14 8-5 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 26-22 22-16 2-4 0-0 2-2 0-0
2022 28-20 18-11 3-4 4-3 3-2 0-0
2021 25-17 8-9 10-4 3-1 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 65, Kostyuk will start her run in Portoroz after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Azarenka in the 2nd round on the 1st of September.

The Ukrainian has an overall 23-15 win-loss record in 2022, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kostyuk’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Granby.

In terms of her career, Marta has an overall 153-81 record. She has a positive 68-36 record on hard.

Portoroz
Kostyuk's Record

Tennis Scores in Portoroz

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