Marketa Vondrousova and Belinda Bencic will face off in the quarter of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.71
Marketa Vondrousova -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Marketa Vondrousova vs. Belinda Bencic
This will be the 4th time that Marketa Vondrousova and Belinda Bencic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Bencic won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in 2021.
Marketa Vondrousova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-10 | 10-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-11 | 5-4 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-18 | 19-12 | 9-3 | 4-2 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 11-3 | 2-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-19 | 21-10 | 4-4 | 8-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 37, Vondrousova reached the quarter after defeating Emma Raducanu 6-3 6-4 and Yulia Putintseva 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Marketa had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-2 6-3). During the match, Vondrousova scored 62 points vs Putintseva’s 47. Marketa was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vondrousova recorded 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Marketa Vondrousova lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Vondrousova put 43% of her first serves in, winning 74% (20/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Putintseva 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marketa hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Vondrousova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (253-114). 3-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vondrousova has an aggregate 98-56 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Vondrousova has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Belinda Bencic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-17 | 31-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-13 | 24-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-18 | 13-9 | 13-4 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-20 | 22-9 | 5-5 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, the Swiss reached the quarter after beating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2 3-6 6-1 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-0 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Bencic had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-0 6-0). During the match Bencic scored 54 points vs Kudermetova’s 22. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.
About the serving games, Bencic blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Belinda Bencic was very effective on serve to win 79% (15/19) of her 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Belinda broke Kudermetova 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bencic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 61% of the points she played.
The Swiss has a compiled 9-3 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vondrousova | Bencic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 |
| Pts | 131-110 | 139-89 |
| Total Points | 241 | 228 |
| Winners | 49 | 48 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Vondrousova and Bencic played 2 matches. At the moment, Belinda Bencic conceded 1 set while Marketa Vondrousova hasn’t lost a set so far. Vondrousova has played 1 set(s) less than Bencic (4 vs 5). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (36). Vondrousova scored 49 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss made 48 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vondrousova | Bencic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 70/134 | 65/108 |
| %1st in | 52% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 49/70 | 48/65 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 29/64 | 26/43 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 60% |
Vondrousova fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bencic managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Vondrousova won 70% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Bencic won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vondrousova | Bencic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 11/17 |
| % Converted | 53% | 65% |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 71% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Vondrousova broke her opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Czech lost her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Bencic broke her opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Belinda conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Vondrousova | ||||
| R1 Raducanu | R2 Putintseva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 69-63 | 62-47 | 131-110 | |
| Total points | 132 | 109 | 241 | |
| Winners | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 32% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 43/71 | 27/63 | 70/134 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 43% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 20/27 | 49/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 18/36 | 29/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 50% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/7 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 71% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bencic | ||||
| R1 Sramkova | R2 Kudermetova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 12 | 36 | |
| pts | 85-67 | 54-22 | 139-89 | |
| Total points | 152 | 76 | 228 | |
| Winners | 33 | 15 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 28% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 19/32 | 65/108 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 15/19 | 48/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 79% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 10/13 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 77% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/8 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 75% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Marco BortolottiBortolotti – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-3 1-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Lukas KleinKlein (3-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Peter TorebkoTorebko (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrik RiklRikl – Evan FurnessFurness (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Magda LinetteLinette (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ons JabeurJabeur (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – (1-1) – H2H and prediction