Yulia Putintseva and Paula Badosa Gibert will play each other in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 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 Paula Badosa Gibert who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa Gibert is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa Gibert -> 1.5
Yulia Putintseva -> 2.6

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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Paula Badosa Gibert

This will be the 5th time that Yulia Putintseva and Paula Badosa Gibert clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Badosa (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Badosa won 4-6 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in May 2024.

Yulia Putintseva

Yulia Putintseva

33 - 17win/loss

Hard
16-10
I Hard
0-2
Clay
9-4
Grass
8-1
Rank
29
High
27
LWWLWWLLLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-22 22-15 9-4 0-2 8-1 0-0
2023 34-27 19-17 13-8 2-0 0-2 0-0
2022 26-21 9-11 15-7 1-1 1-2 0-0
2021 32-24 14-12 12-8 5-2 1-2 0-0
2020 21-11 16-7 4-2 1-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 33, Putintseva got to the 3rd round after beating Harriet Dart 4-6 6-0 6-1 and Cori Gauff 6-4 2-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani defeated Gauff (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match, Putintseva scored 87 points vs Gauff’s 81. Putintseva was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Putintseva scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Yulia Putintseva lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Putintseva put 59% of her first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Yulia broke Gauff 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Putintseva has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Putintseva has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (297-237). 16-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Putintseva has an overall 156-142 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Birmingham where she overcame Ajla Tomljanovic in the final 6-1 7-6(8).

Putintseva has an overall 33-16 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Cincinnati
Putintseva's Record

Paula Badosa Gibert

Paula Badosa Gibert

25 - 14win/loss

Hard
14-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
6-5
Grass
5-2
Rank
11
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-18 26-11 6-5 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 18-9 6-4 11-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 32-22 20-13 8-5 1-2 3-2 0-0
2021 43-17 19-9 17-3 4-3 3-2 0-0
2020 14-9 7-6 6-2 1-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 37, Paula reached the 3rd round after beating Peyton Stearns 6-2 7-5 and Anna Kalinskaya 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Badosa had a good straight sets win against Kalinskaya (6-3 6-2). During the match Badosa scored 59 points vs Kalinskaya’s 44. Paula was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Badosa struck 5 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Paula Badosa Gibert lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 58% of her first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Paula broke Kalinskaya 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Washington where she beat Marie Bouzkova in the final 6-1 4-6 6-4.

Badosa has an aggregate 24-14 win-loss record in 2024, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.

Cincinnati
Badosa's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Y.Putintseva
P.Badosa
3h:41
3h:41
Time on court​
2h:33
2h:33
1h:54
1h:54
Last match​
1h:04
1h:04
2
2
Match played
2
2
51
51
Games Played​
37
37
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
179
179
Total points​
132
132
89.5
89.5
Avg point​
66
66
62
62
Winners
55
55
31
31
Avg Winners​
27.5
27.5
35%
35%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
14
14
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
10
10
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
5
5
62/97
62/97
1st won total​
55/64
55/64
64%
64%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
35/69
35/69
2nd won total​
22/53
22/53
51%
51%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
12/17
12/17
BP won
9/19
9/19
6/8.5
6/8.5
Avg BP won
4.5/9.5
4.5/9.5
!
71%
71%
Won
47%
47%
18
18
Conceded
9
9
9
9
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
8
8
Broken
3
3
4
4
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
10
10
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Putintseva Badosa
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 51 37
Pts 179-144 132-98
Total Points 323 230
Winners 62 55
%Winners 35% 42%

Both Putintseva and Badosa played 2 matches. At the moment, Yulia Putintseva surrendered 2 sets while Paula Badosa Gibert hasn’t lost a set so far. Putintseva has played 2 sets more than Badosa (6 vs 4). Therefore, Putintseva played 14 games more than Badosa. Putintseva scored 62 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Paula fired 55 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Putintseva Badosa
Aces 1 14
Avg per match 0.5 7
1st in 97/166 64/117
%1st in 58% 55%
1st pts 62/97 55/64
%1st pts 64% 86%
2nd pts 35/69 22/53
%2nd pts 51% 42%

Putintseva blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Badosa also scored 14 aces (7 per match). Putintseva won 64% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Badosa won 86% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Putintseva Badosa
Won 12 9
Converted 12/17 9/19
% Converted 71% 47%
Conceded 18 9
Saved 10 6
% Saved 56% 67%
Times Broken 8 3

Yulia broke her opponents 12 times with a 71% conversion rate. Yulia surrendered her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Paula broke her opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Putintseva
R1
Dart		 R2
Gauff		 Total
Score 4-6 6-0 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 23 28 51
pts 92-63 87-81 179-144
Total points 155 168 323
Winners 33 29 62
%Winners 36% 33% 35%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1
Double Faults 3 0 3
1st in 51/88 46/78 97/166
% 1st in 58% 59% 58%
1st pts 33/51 29/46 62/97
% 1st pts 65% 63% 64%
2nd pts 18/37 17/32 35/69
% 2nd pts 49% 53% 51%
Breaks
Won 7 5 12
Converted 7/9 5/8 12/17
Converted % 78% 63% 71%
Conceded 6 12 18
Saved 3/6 7/12 10
Saved % 50% 58% 54%
Times Broken 3 5 8
Badosa
R1
Stearns 		R2
Kalinskaya		 Total
Score 6-2 7-5 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 17 37
pts 73-54 59-44 132-98
Total points 127 103 230
Winners 26 29 55
%Winners 36% 49% 42%
SERVE
Aces 9 5 14
Double Faults 3 7 10
1st in 30/58 34/59 64/117
% 1st in 52% 58% 55%
1st pts 26/30 29/34 55/64
% 1st pts 87% 85% 86%
2nd pts 12/28 10/25 22/53
% 2nd pts 43% 40% 42%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/13 4/6 9/19
Converted % 38% 67% 47%
Conceded 4 5 9
Saved 2/4 4/5 6
Saved % 50% 80% 65%
Times Broken 2 1 3

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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