Yafan Wang and Katie Volynets will square off in the 1^st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.62
Yafan Wang -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Yafan Wang vs. Katie Volynets

This will be the 2^nd time that Yafan Wang and Katie Volynets fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wang (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Wang won 1-6 6-3 7-6(4) in the quarter in Hua Hin back in February 2024.

Highlights Yafan Wang vs Katie Volynets – Hua Hin 02-February-2024

Yafan Wang

Ranked no. 69, the Chinese will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Miami where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Stearns in the 1^st round on the 19^th of March.

Yafan has an overall 11-8 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on clay.

The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Hua Hin and the Charleston.

Talking about her overall career, The Chinese has an overall 316-196 record. She has a positive 38-32 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018, 2019 and 2021. See her history.

Katie Volynets

Ranked no. 109, the American got to the 1^st round after defeating Jennifer Ruggeri 6-2 7-6⁵ and Yuliia Starodubtseva 4-6 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications against Starodubtseva, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Volynets scored 94 points vs Starodubtseva’s 86. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Volynets scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 74% of her first serves in, winning 64% (41/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Katie broke Starodubtseva 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Volynets started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Volynets’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra and the Mumbai.

Katie has a composed 24-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Clara BurelBurel (7-6² 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernarda PeraPera – Caroline DolehideDolehide (7-6⁶ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brenda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Taylor TownsendTownsend (3-6 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-2 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sofia KeninKenin – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Donna VekicVekic (6-2 3-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Nuria BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Magda LinetteLinette – Lin ZhuZhu (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Diane ParryParry (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mayar SherifSherif – Petra MarticMartic (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (7-6⁵ 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-7³ 6-0 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Angelique KerberKerber – Lauren DavisDavis (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ana BogdanBogdan – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shelby RogersRogers – Lisa PigatoPigato (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-6² 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Arantxa RusRus (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Xinyu WangWang – Yue YuanYuan (4-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Vittoria PaganettiPaganetti (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joris De LooreDe Loore – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Christopher Eubanks
  Eubanks – Alexander WardWard (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-6⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Dennis NovikovNovikov (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Liam BroadyBroady – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Kevin KingKing (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Max PurcellPurcell (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Michael MmohMmoh – Evan KingKing (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Martin RedlickiRedlicki – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-6³ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jc AragoneAragone – Luke SavilleSaville (7-5 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-5 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Brandon HoltHolt (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcos GironGiron – Tommy PaulPaul (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Federica Di SarraDi Sarra – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Xiyu WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sara ErraniErrani – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daria GavrilovaGavrilova – Clara TausonTauson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yafan WangWang – Katie VolynetsVolynets (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Bernarda PeraPera (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Sloane StephensStephens (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Angelique KerberKerber (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-4) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Madison KeysKeys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ana BogdanBogdan – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Tatjana MariaMaria (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shelby RogersRogers – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Magda LinetteLinette (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mayar SherifSherif – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Sofia KeninKenin (2-5) – H2H and prediction