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.
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
| 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
Yanina Wickmayer
| 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Sachia VickeryVickery (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Eva LysLys – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Emina BektasBektas – Laura PigossiPigossi (6-75 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Dayeon BackBack – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kayla DayDay (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann – Irina KhromachevaKhromacheva (5-7 6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Luksika Kumkhum/Peangtarn PlipuechKumkhum/Peangtarn Plipuech – Beatrice Gumulya/Jessy RompiesGumulya/Jessy Rompies (7-5 1-6 10-4) – See score progression
- Arantxa RusRus – Na-Lae HanHan (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – En Shuo LiangShuo Liang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Alycia ParksParks (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Eri Hozumi/Makoto NinomiyaHozumi/Makoto Ninomiya – Quinn Gleason/Laura PigossiGleason/Laura Pigossi (3-6 6-4 10-3) – See score progression
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Mai HontamaHontama (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Arianne HartonoHartono (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Claire LiuLiu – Yeon Woo KuWoo Ku (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Eva LysLys – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kayla DayDay (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Sofia KeninKenin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Emina BektasBektas – Laura PigossiPigossi (6-7(5) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Sachia VickeryVickery (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dayeon BackBack – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-6 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Arantxa RusRus (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eva LysLys – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Dayeon BackBack (0-0) – H2H and prediction