Ekaterina Alexandrova and Yanina Wickmayer will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Centre Court. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.32
Yanina Wickmayer -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Yanina Wickmayer

There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Yanina Wickmayer since this will be the first time that they will clash 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. 22, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Mai Hontama 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Hontama (6-3 6-1). During the match, Alexandrova scored 64 points vs Hontama’s 43. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alexandrova blasted 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve twice and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 55% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Hontama 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Alexandrova has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (301-191). 17-12 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alexandrova has a composed90-72 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Hertogenbosch where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(3).

Ekaterina has a composed 33-20 win-loss record in 2023, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

Seoul
Alexandrova's Record

Yanina Wickmayer

Yanina Wickmayer

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Rank
745
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-8 0-1 0-4 1-1 2-2 0-0
2024 1-9 1-7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 51-20 11-7 7-2 19-8 12-2 2-1
2022 26-20 10-8 0-0 10-8 6-4 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 83, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating En Shuo Liang 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, Yanina had a good straight sets win against Shuo Liang (6-3 6-4). During the match Wickmayer scored 75 points vs Shuo Liang’s 67. Wickmayer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Wickmayer struck 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Yanina Wickmayer lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Wickmayer put 64% of her first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. Yanina broke Shuo Liang 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W40 Tallinn where she defeated Lina Gjorcheska in the final 6-1 2-0 ret. and the W100 Trnava where she overcame Greetje Minnen in the final 6-0 6-3 and the W100 Surbiton where she overcame Katie Swan in the final 2-6 6-4 7-6(1).

Wickmayer has a compiled 47-18 win-loss record in 2023, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Seoul

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.

Seoul
Wickmayer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Alexandrova
Y.Wickmayer
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
1h:39
1h:39
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
64
64
Total points​
75
75
64
64
Avg point​
75
75
24
24
Winners
30
30
24
24
Avg Winners​
30
30
38%
38%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
7
7
4
4
Avg Aces
7
7
6
6
Double Faults
3
3
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
3
3
24/35
24/35
1st won total​
30/42
30/42
69%
69%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
13/29
13/29
2nd won total​
8/24
8/24
45%
45%
2nd won %
!
33%
33%
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
BP won
5/13
5/13
6/8
6/8
Avg BP won
5/13
5/13
!
75%
75%
Won
38%
38%
11
11
Conceded
10
10
11
11
Avg Conceded
10
10
2
2
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
9
9
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alexandrova Wickmayer
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 19
Pts 64-43 75-67
Total Points 107 142
Winners 24 30
%Winners 38% 40%

Both Alexandrova and Wickmayer played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alexandrova and Wickmayer have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alexandrova played 3 games less than Wickmayer. Alexandrova scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian recorded 30 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alexandrova Wickmayer
Aces 4 7
Avg per match 4 7
1st in 35/64 42/66
%1st in 55% 64%
1st pts 24/35 30/42
%1st pts 69% 71%
2nd pts 13/29 8/24
%2nd pts 45% 33%

Alexandrova bagged 4 aces . Wickmayer made 7 aces . Alexandrova won 69% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Wickmayer won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alexandrova Wickmayer
Won 6 5
Converted 6/8 5/13
% Converted 75% 38%
Conceded 11 10
Saved 9 8
% Saved 82% 80%
Times Broken 2 2

Alexandrova broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded. Wickmayer broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Alexandrova
R1
Hontama
Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 64-43 64-43
Total points 107 107
Winners 24 24
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 35/64 35/64
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 24/35 24/35
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 13/29 13/29
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 9/11 9
Saved % 82% 82%
Times Broken 2 2
Wickmayer
R1
Shuo
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 75-67 75-67
Total points 142 142
Winners 30 30
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 42/66 42/66
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 30/42 30/42
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 8/24 8/24
% 2nd pts 33% 33%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 8/10 8
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Seoul

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