Ekaterina Alexandrova and Petra Martic will play each other in the quarter of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.48
Petra Martic -> 2.65

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Petra Martic

This will be the 3rd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Petra Martic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Martic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Martic won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Birmingham back in 2019.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

3 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
2-0
Rank
10
High
10
LLWLWWWLWW
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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
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Ranked no. 30, Alexandrova got to the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (6-3 6-2). During the match, Alexandrova scored 67 points vs Sasnovich’s 47. Alexandrova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alexandrova blasted 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterina broke Sasnovich 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Alexandrova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (295-199). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a compiled 83-33 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Alexandrova has a compiled 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Linz

Linz
Alexandrova's Record

Petra Martic

Petra Martic

6 - 4win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
4-1
Rank
212
High
14
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-14 6-7 2-5 4-1 3-1 0-0
2024 18-24 9-10 7-9 0-2 2-3 0-0
2023 24-22 8-13 6-4 5-2 5-3 0-0
2022 33-21 11-10 18-6 1-2 3-3 0-0
2021 15-21 7-12 6-5 0-1 2-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 125, Martic got to the quarter after beating Liel Marlies Rothensteiner 6-4 6-1, Zeynep Sonmez 6-4 6-3, Eva Lys 6-4 5-7 6-3 and Elina Avanesyan 6-4 4-6 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Petra defeated Avanesyan (6-4 4-6 7-5). During the match Martic scored 124 points vs Avanesyan’s 116. Petra was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Martic scored 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Petra Martic lost the serve 6 times and she saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Martic put 62% of her first serves in, winning 62% (51/82) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (21/50) on the 2nd serve. Petra broke Avanesyan 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Petra started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Martic has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Linz

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2023. See her history.

Linz
Martic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Alexandrova
P.Martic
1h:19
1h:19
Time on court​
!
7h:40
7h:40
1h:19
1h:19
Last match​
!
2h:49
2h:49
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
17
17
Games Played​
99
99
2
2
Set played​​
10
10
67
67
Total points​
358
358
67
67
Avg point​
89.5
89.5
29
29
Winners
142
142
29
29
Avg Winners​
35.5
35.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
27
27
6
6
Avg Aces
6.8
6.8
4
4
Double Faults
10
10
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
29/37
29/37
1st won total​
142/213
142/213
!
78%
78%
1st won %
67%
67%
9/23
9/23
2nd won total​
59/122
59/122
!
39%
39%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
22/48
22/48
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
5.5/12
5.5/12
44%
44%
Won
46%
46%
4
4
Conceded
37
37
4
4
Avg Conceded
9.3
9.3
1
1
Broken
13
13
1
1
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
3
3
Saved
24
24
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alexandrova Martic
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 2 10
Tot Games 17 99
Pts 67-47 358-308
Total Points 114 666
Winners 29 142
%Winners 43% 40%

Alexandrova played 1 match while Martic competed in 4 matches. Martic started her run from the qualifications while Alexandrova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Petra Martic dropped 2 sets while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Alexandrova has played 8 set(s) less than Martic (2 vs 10). Therefore, Alexandrova played 82 games less than Martic. The Russian scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian bagged 142 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alexandrova Martic
Aces 6 27
Avg per match 6 6.8
1st in 37/60 213/335
%1st in 62% 64%
1st pts 29/37 142/213
%1st pts 78% 67%
2nd pts 9/23 59/122
%2nd pts 39% 48%

Alexandrova managed to score 6 aces . Martic blasted 27 aces (6.8 per match). Alexandrova won 78% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Martic won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alexandrova Martic
Won 4 22
Converted 4/9 22/48
% Converted 44% 46%
Conceded 4 37
Saved 3 24
% Saved 75% 65%
Times Broken 1 13

The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexandrova surrendered her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Martic broke her opponents 22 times with a 46% conversion rate. Petra conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Alexandrova
R2
Sasnovich		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 67-47 67-47
Total points 114 114
Winners 29 29
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 37/60 37/60
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 29/37 29/37
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 9/23 9/23
% 2nd pts 39% 39%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Martic
Q1
Marlies		 Q3
Sonmez		 R1
Lys		 R2
Avanesyan		 Total
Score 6-4 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 3 3 10
Tot Games 17 19 31 32 99
pts 57-34 60-52 117-106 124-116 358-308
Total points 91 112 223 240 666
Winners 22 27 42 51 142
%Winners 39% 45% 36% 41% 40%
SERVE
Aces 4 9 8 6 27
Double Faults 0 1 5 4 10
1st in 29/46 36/56 66/101 82/132 213/335
% 1st in 63% 64% 65% 62% 64%
1st pts 22/29 27/36 42/66 51/82 142/213
% 1st pts 76% 75% 64% 62% 67%
2nd pts 10/17 10/20 18/35 21/50 59/122
% 2nd pts 59% 50% 51% 42% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 4 6 7 22
Converted 5/5 4/10 6/18 7/15 22/48
Converted % 100% 40% 33% 47% 46%
Conceded 1 4 11 21 37
Saved 0/1 2/4 7/11 15/21 24
Saved % 0% 50% 64% 71% 185%
Times Broken 1 2 4 6 13

Tennis Scores in Linz

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