Anna Blinkova and Varvara Gracheva will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 9:00 pm on Match Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Blinkova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anna Blinkova is the pick to win this match.
Anna Blinkova -> 1.52
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Varvara Gracheva

This will be the 5th time that Anna Blinkova and Varvara Gracheva clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Blinkova and Gracheva (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Blinkova won 6-1 6-1 in the qualifications in Hobart back in January 2023.

Anna Blinkova

Anna Blinkova

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Rank
62
High
34
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-27 15-15 7-6 3-2 4-4 0-0
2024 25-30 14-15 2-8 7-3 2-4 0-0
2023 33-28 15-15 10-7 3-3 5-3 0-0
2022 46-29 7-8 16-10 21-7 1-3 1-1
2021 15-24 5-11 6-6 2-4 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 67, Anna will start her run in Linz after she played her last match in Lyon where she lost 6-7(3) 6-4 4-0 ret. to Andreeva in the 1st round on the 31st of January.

The Russian has an overall 6-4 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Anna’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Hobart.

Talking about her overall career, Blinkova has an overall 248-170 record. She has a positive 81-40 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Linz

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.

Linz
Blinkova's Record

Varvara Gracheva

Varvara Gracheva

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Rank
77
High
39
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-28 20-14 9-8 1-3 4-3 0-0
2024 29-28 13-15 15-10 0-1 1-2 0-0
2023 36-30 23-18 7-6 3-3 3-3 0-0
2022 29-32 7-11 12-14 10-7 0-0 0-0
2021 27-31 11-10 7-10 9-9 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 84, Gracheva reached the 1st round after beating Sinja Kraus 6-2 6-4.

The Russian has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Linz

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See her history.

Linz
Gracheva's Record

Tennis Scores in Linz

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