Linda Noskova and Clara Tauson will play each other in the quarter of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER 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 Linda Noskova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Linda Noskova is the pick to win this match.
Linda Noskova -> 1.81
Clara Tauson -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Clara Tauson

This will be the 2^nd time that Linda Noskova and Clara Tauson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tauson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Tauson won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.

Highlights Clara Tauson vs Linda Noskova – Australian Open 12-January-2025

Linda Noskova

Ranked no. 35, the Czech reached the quarter after beating Yulia Putintseva 6-2 7-6(5), Diana Shnaider 7-6(8) 4-6 6-3 and Jessica Pegula 6-3 7-6(8).

In the 3^rd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Pegula (6-3 7-6⁸). During the match, Noskova scored 77 points vs Pegula’s 68. Noskova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Noskova managed to score 8 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Linda Noskova was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of her 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Linda was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Pegula 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Noskova has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of her matches (156-79). 9-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Noskova has a composed73-35 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Czech’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.

The Czech has an aggregate 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Noskova has never competed in this tournament before.

Clara Tauson

Ranked no. 38, Tauson reached the quarter after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 7-6(7) 6-0, Elina Svitolina 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4) and Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-2.

In the 3^rd round, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Sabalenka (6-3 6-2). During the match Tauson scored 67 points vs Sabalenka’s 50. Clara was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Tauson made 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Clara Tauson lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tauson put 50% of her first serves in, winning 79% (19/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Clara broke Sabalenka 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tauson has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Auckland where she defeated Naomi Osaka in the final 4-6 ret..

Clara has a compiled 13-3 win-loss record in 2025, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Noskova	Tauson
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	75	71
Pts	241-220	254-215
Total Points	461	469
Winners	103	98
%Winners	43%	39%

Both Noskova and Tauson played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Linda Noskova conceded 1 set, while Clara Tauson surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Noskova and Tauson have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Noskova played 4 games more than Tauson. The Czech scored 103 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Clara fired 98 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Noskova	Tauson
Aces	31	25
Avg per match	10.3	8.3
1st in	135/238	130/229
%1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	103/135	98/130
%1st pts	76%	75%
2nd pts	51/103	49/99
%2nd pts	50%	49%

Noskova recorded 31 aces (10.3 per match). Tauson struck 25 aces (8.3 per match). Noskova won 76% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Noskova	Tauson
Won	11	12
Converted	11/20	12/28
% Converted	55%	43%
Conceded	15	23
Saved	8	16
% Saved	53%	70%
Times Broken	7	7

The Czech broke her opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Linda conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. The Dane broke her opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Clara conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

Noskova
	R1 Putintseva	R2 Shnaider	R3 Pegula	Total
Score	6-2 7-65	7-68 4-6 6-3	6-3 7-68
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	21	32	22	75
pts	66-59	98-93	77-68	241-220
Total points	125	191	145	461
Winners	30	40	33	103
%Winners	45%	41%	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	16	8	31
Double Faults	4	9	5	18
1st in	39/68	53/94	43/76	135/238
% 1st in	57%	56%	57%	57%
1st pts	30/39	40/53	33/43	103/135
% 1st pts	77%	75%	77%	76%
2nd pts	17/29	16/41	18/33	51/103
% 2nd pts	59%	39%	55%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	5	3	11
Converted	3/6	5/11	3/3	11/20
Converted %	50%	45%	100%	55%
Conceded	7	5	3	15
Saved	6/7	0/5	2/3	8
Saved %	86%	0%	67%	51%
Times Broken	1	5	1	7

Tauson
	R1 Sramkova	R2 Svitolina	R3 Sabalenka	Total
Score	7-67 6-0	7-65 3-6 7-64	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	19	35	17	71
pts	73-50	114-115	67-50	254-215
Total points	123	229	117	469
Winners	26	53	19	98
%Winners	36%	46%	28%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	9	7	25
Double Faults	1	2	1	4
1st in	29/55	77/126	24/48	130/229
% 1st in	53%	61%	50%	57%
1st pts	26/29	53/77	19/24	98/130
% 1st pts	90%	69%	79%	75%
2nd pts	16/26	23/49	10/24	49/99
% 2nd pts	62%	47%	42%	49%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6	12
Converted	3/6	3/6	6/16	12/28
Converted %	50%	50%	38%	43%
Conceded	0	20	3	23
Saved	0/0	15/20	1/3	16
Saved %	–	75%	33%	36%
Times Broken	0	5	2	7

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Pierre FaivreFaivre (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Ljubomir CelebicCelebic (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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