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

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. 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.

Seoul
Alexandrova's Record

Mai Hontama

Mai Hontama

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Rank
241
High
105
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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.

Seoul
Hontama's Record

Tennis Scores in Seoul

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