Karolina Muchova and Ekaterina Alexandrova will face off in the semifinal of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karolina Muchova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Muchova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Muchova -> 1.35
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Muchova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
This will be the 5th time that Karolina Muchova and Ekaterina Alexandrova play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Alexandrova won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Stuttgart back in 2021.
Karolina Muchova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-7 | 15-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-13 | 28-9 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-12 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-9 | 10-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, Muchova reached the semifinal after defeating Unknown Player bye, Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2 6-3 and Anastasia Potapova 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Muchova defeated Potapova (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Muchova scored 90 points vs Potapova’s 86. Muchova was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muchova scored 9 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Karolina Muchova was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (48/68) of her 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Potapova twice after converting 25% of her break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Muchova has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.
Muchova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 68% of her matches (231-111). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muchova has an aggregate 27-13 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Karolina’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Australia.
Muchova has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Karolina has never competed in this tournament before.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-5 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 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. 30, Ekaterina got to the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 6-2 and Petra Martic 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter against Martic, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Alexandrova scored 94 points vs Martic’s 73. Alexandrova was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Alexandrova blasted 9 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve once and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 72% of her first serves in, winning 77% (47/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Martic 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
The Russian has an overall 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Linz
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2018 and 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muchova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 42 |
| Pts | 152-131 | 161-120 |
| Total Points | 283 | 281 |
| Winners | 72 | 76 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Both Muchova and Alexandrova played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karolina Muchova surrendered 1 set, while Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Muchova and Alexandrova have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Muchova played 2 games more than Alexandrova. Karolina scored 72 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Ekaterina managed to score 76 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muchova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 101/153 | 98/145 |
| %1st in | 66% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 72/101 | 76/98 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 30/52 | 19/47 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 40% |
Muchova bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Alexandrova made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Muchova won 71% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Alexandrova won 78% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muchova | Alexandrova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 38% | 53% |
| Conceded | 16 | 18 |
| Saved | 14 | 16 |
| % Saved | 88% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Karolina broke her opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Muchova dropped her serve twice and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded. Ekaterina broke her opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve twice and she saved 89% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muchova | ||||
| R2 Sorribes Tormo |
1/4 Potapova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 44 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 90-86 | 152-131 | |
| Total points | 107 | 176 | 283 | |
| Winners | 24 | 48 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 68/102 | 101/153 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 48/68 | 72/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 19/34 | 30/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/8 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 11/12 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 92% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R2 Sasnovich |
1/4 Martic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 | 42 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 94-73 | 161-120 | |
| Total points | 114 | 167 | 281 | |
| Winners | 29 | 47 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 61/85 | 98/145 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 47/61 | 76/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 10/24 | 19/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/6 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 | 18 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 13/14 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 93% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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