Daria Kasatkina and Ekaterina Alexandrova will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Western & Southern Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 10. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daria Kasatkina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daria Kasatkina is the pick to win this match.
Daria Kasatkina -> 1.74
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

This will be the 5^th time that Daria Kasatkina and Ekaterina Alexandrova square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Alexandrova won 6-1 7-6(1) in the 2^nd round in Ostrava back in 2022.

Daria Kasatkina

Ranked no. 12, Kasatkina will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Toronto where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Anisimova in the 2^nd round on the 8^th of August.

The Russian has a composed 28-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Eastbourne where she defeated Leylah Annie Fernandez in the final 6-3 6-4.

Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 373-210 record. She has a positive 160-116 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2023. See her history.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ranked no. 28, Alexandrova will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Paris where she lost 7-5 6-7(0) 6-2 to Yuan in the 1^st round on the 28^th of July.

The Russian has a compiled 18-18 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ekaterina’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Linz.

In terms of her career, The Russian has an overall 319-210 record. She has a positive 99-80 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019, 2020 and 2022. See her history

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Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Ryan NijboerNijboer – Paul BarrettoBarretto (6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin DhoeDhoe – Sidane PontjodikromoPontjodikromo (6-2 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Franco Emanuel EgeaEmanuel Egea – Petr HajekHajek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Bobbie De GoeijenDe Goeijen (7-5 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bart StevensStevens – Amadatus AdmiraalAdmiraal (7-6³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stephan GerritsenGerritsen – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-3 0-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Clement GeensGeens – Michiel De KromDe Krom (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marc GinerGiner – Kenneth RaismaRaisma (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stephan FransenFransen – Dax DondersDonders (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – George BotezanBotezan (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guy Den HeijerDen Heijer – Maxime PauwelsPauwels (7-5 4-6 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marvin MoellerMoeller – Jaume Pla MalfeitoPla Malfeito (6-1 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elise MertensMertens – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Clara BurelBurel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction