Ekaterina Alexandrova and Mai Hontama will face off in the 1st round of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on Centre Court. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.197
Mai Hontama -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Mai Hontama
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Mai Hontama since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| 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. 20, Alexandrova will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 7-5 6-3 to Gauff in the 1st round on the 2nd of October.
The Russian has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2023, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(3).
Talking about her overall career, Alexandrova has an overall 300-191 record. She has a positive 89-72 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2022. See her history.
Mai Hontama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-33 | 17-20 | 7-6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-34 | 28-27 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-28 | 38-18 | 6-5 | 9-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 25-15 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 32-12 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123 (career-high), the Japanese will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in Tokyo where she lost 6-4 7-5 to Swiatek in the 2nd round on the 27th of September.
Mai has an overall 42-21 win-loss record in 2023, 29-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W40 Maribor where she defeated Clara Tauson in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In terms of her career, The Japanese has an overall 220-135 record. She has a positive 164-95 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
Mai has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Sachia VickeryVickery – Ksenia ZaytsevaZaytseva (7-610 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Arianne HartonoHartono – Irina KhromachevaKhromacheva (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- En Shuo LiangShuo Liang – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Yeon Woo KuWoo Ku – Ya-Hsuan LeeLee (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Yeon Woo KuWoo Ku – Ya-Hsuan LeeLee (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Yeon Woo KuWoo Ku (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Na-Lae HanHan – Arantxa RusRus (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Mai HontamaHontama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- En Shuo LiangShuo Liang – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann – Irina KhromachevaKhromacheva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Kaja JuvanJuvan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arianne HartonoHartono – Yue YuanYuan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Eva LysLys – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kayla DayDay – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Su Jeong JangJeong Jang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laura PigossiPigossi – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sachia VickeryVickery – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dayeon BackBack – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
