Ashlyn Krueger and Belinda Bencic will clash against each other in the final of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM 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 Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.41
Ashlyn Krueger -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Ashlyn Krueger vs. Belinda Bencic

There is no head to head record between Ashlyn Krueger and Belinda Bencic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ashlyn Krueger

Ranked no. 51, the American reached the final after beating Mccartney Kessler 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3, Daria Kasatkina 1-6 7-5 6-4, Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 4-6 6-2 and Linda Noskova 7-6(2) 6-4.

In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Noskova (7-6² 6-4). During the match, Krueger scored 79 points vs Noskova’s 72. Krueger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Krueger blasted 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ashlyn Krueger lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 75% of her first serves in, winning 73% (43/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Krueger broke Noskova 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 3 set in this competition to win 52% of the points she played.

Krueger has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of her matches (146-105). 10-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krueger has an aggregate101-72 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Krueger’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.

Krueger has a compiled 10-4 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Abu Dhabi

Belinda Bencic

Ranked no. 157, Bencic reached the final after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2 3-6 6-1

, Veronika Kudermetova 6-0 6-0, Marketa Vondrousova 7-5 6-3 and Elena Rybakina 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the semifinal against Rybakina , Belinda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Bencic scored 87 points vs Rybakina ‘s 81. Belinda was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Bencic managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 65% of her first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Belinda broke Rybakina 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Belinda has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Swiss’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.

Belinda has an aggregate 11-3 win-loss record in 2025, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Abu Dhabi

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krueger	Bencic
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	11	10
Tot Games	113	85
Pts	384-352	296-231
Total Points	736	527
Winners	155	111
%Winners	40%	38%

Both Krueger and Bencic played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ashlyn Krueger conceded 3 sets, while Belinda Bencic lost 2 sets. Krueger has played 1 set more than Bencic (11 vs 10). Therefore, Krueger played 28 games more than Bencic. Krueger scored 155 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss recorded 111 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krueger	Bencic
Aces	22	6
Avg per match	5.5	1.5
1st in	226/367	157/252
%1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	155/226	111/157
%1st pts	69%	71%
2nd pts	62/141	49/95
%2nd pts	44%	52%

Krueger made 22 aces (5.5 per match). Bencic bagged 6 aces (1.5 per match). Krueger won 69% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Bencic won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krueger	Bencic
Won	22	21
Converted	22/49	21/40
% Converted	45%	53%
Conceded	39	22
Saved	21	13
% Saved	54%	59%
Times Broken	18	9

Ashlyn broke her opponents 22 times with a 45% conversion rate. Krueger surrendered her serve 18 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. Belinda broke her opponents 21 times with a 53% conversion rate. Bencic conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.

Krueger
	R1 Kessler	R2 Kasatkina	1/4 Annie	1/2 Noskova	Total
Score	6-3 6-74 6-3	1-6 7-5 6-4	7-5 4-6 6-2	7-62 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	3	2	11
Tot Games	31	29	30	23	113
pts	103-88	101-102	101-90	79-72	384-352
Total points	191	203	191	151	736
Winners	47	28	37	43	155
%Winners	46%	28%	37%	54%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8	6	22
Double Faults	7	9	7	5	28
1st in	65/106	43/92	59/90	59/79	226/367
% 1st in	61%	47%	66%	75%	62%
1st pts	47/65	28/43	37/59	43/59	155/226
% 1st pts	72%	65%	63%	73%	69%
2nd pts	22/41	18/49	13/31	9/20	62/141
% 2nd pts	54%	37%	42%	45%	44%
Breaks
Won	4	7	8	3	22
Converted	4/5	7/19	8/18	3/7	22/49
Converted %	80%	37%	44%	43%	45%
Conceded	5	17	11	6	39
Saved	3/5	9/17	5/11	4/6	21
Saved %	60%	53%	45%	67%	56%
Times Broken	2	8	6	2	18

Bencic
	R1 Sramkova	R2 Kudermetova	1/4 Vondrousova	1/2 Rybakina	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-1	6-0 6-0	7-5 6-3	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	24	12	21	28	85
pts	85-67	54-22	70-61	87-81	296-231
Total points	152	76	131	168	527
Winners	33	15	24	39	111
%Winners	39%	28%	34%	45%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	1	2	6
Double Faults	3	1	4	4	12
1st in	46/76	19/32	40/64	52/80	157/252
% 1st in	61%	59%	63%	65%	62%
1st pts	33/46	15/19	24/40	39/52	111/157
% 1st pts	72%	79%	60%	75%	71%
2nd pts	16/30	10/13	11/24	12/28	49/95
% 2nd pts	53%	77%	46%	43%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	6	6	4	21
Converted	5/9	6/8	6/10	4/13	21/40
Converted %	56%	75%	60%	31%	53%
Conceded	8	0	8	6	22
Saved	6/8	0/0	4/8	3/6	13
Saved %	75%	–	50%	50%	44%
Times Broken	2	0	4	3	9

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