Katie Boulter and Kamilla Rakhimova will play each other in the qualifications of the China Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.58
Kamilla Rakhimova -> 2.27

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Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Kamilla Rakhimova

There is no head to head record between Katie Boulter and Kamilla Rakhimova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Katie Boulter

Ranked no. 54, the Brit got to the qualifications after beating Zhuoxuan Bai 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Bai (6-2 6-2). During the match, Boulter scored 66 points vs Bai’s 41. Katie was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Boulter fired 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Katie Boulter lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Boulter put 66% of her first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Bai 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Boulter has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (275-163). 20-10 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Boulter has an overall 141-95 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W60 Canberra where she beat Jodie Anna Burrage in the final 3-6 6-3 6-2 and in Nottingham where she beat Jodie Anna Burrage in the final 6-3 6-3.

Katie has a compiled 36-18 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Kamilla Rakhimova

Ranked no. 77, Rakhimova reached the qualifications after beating Emina Bektas 3-6 6-1 7-6⁵.

In the qualifications against Bektas, Rakhimova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-6⁵). During the match Rakhimova scored 93 points vs Bektas’s 81. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Rakhimova scored 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Kamilla Rakhimova was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (36/44) of her 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Kamilla broke Bektas 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W60+H Irapuato where she overcame Raluca Georgiana Serban in the final 6-0 1-6 6-2.

Kamilla has an overall 28-26 win-loss record in 2023, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Boulter	Rakhimova
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	29
Pts	66-41	93-81
Total Points	107	174
Winners	24	36
%Winners	36%	39%

Both Boulter and Rakhimova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kamilla Rakhimova dropped 1 set while Katie Boulter hasn’t conceded a set so far. Boulter has played 1 set(s) less than Rakhimova (2 vs 3). Therefore, Boulter played 13 games less than Rakhimova. The Brit scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 36 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Boulter	Rakhimova
Aces	4	6
Avg per match	4	6
1st in	40/61	44/81
%1st in	66%	54%
1st pts	24/40	36/44
%1st pts	60%	82%
2nd pts	9/21	21/37
%2nd pts	43%	57%

Boulter bagged 4 aces . Rakhimova made 6 aces . Boulter won 60% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Rakhimova won 82% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Boulter	Rakhimova
Won	7	3
Converted	7/10	3/6
% Converted	70%	50%
Conceded	8	6
Saved	5	4
% Saved	63%	67%
Times Broken	3	2

The Brit broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Boulter dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Rakhimova broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kamilla conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Boulter
	Q1 Bai	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	66-41	66-41
Total points	107	107
Winners	24	24
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	40/61	40/61
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	24/40	24/40
% 1st pts	60%	60%
2nd pts	9/21	9/21
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/10	7/10
Converted %	70%	70%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Rakhimova
	Q1 Bektas	Total
Score	3-6 6-1 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	93-81	93-81
Total points	174	174
Winners	36	36
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	44/81	44/81
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	36/44	36/44
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	21/37	21/37
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

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