Ekaterina Alexandrova and Magda Linette will face off in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.45
Magda Linette -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Magda Linette

This will be the 6th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Magda Linette clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Linette (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Linette won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Strasbourg back in 2024.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

9 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-6
I Hard
4-0
Rank
20
High
15
LLLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-6 5-6 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. 20, the Russian will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 7-5 6-2 to Kudermetova in the 2nd round on the 8th of March.

Alexandrova has an aggregate 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Linz where she overcame Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, Alexandrova has an overall 336-223 record. She has a positive 112-92 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See her history.

Miami
Alexandrova's Record

Magda Linette

Magda Linette

8 - 8win/loss

Hard
8-8
I Hard
0-0
Rank
34
High
19
WLWLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-8 8-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 31-27 11-16 16-7 1-1 3-3 0-0
2023 27-29 19-15 4-7 0-4 4-3 0-0
2022 40-29 23-16 10-7 3-2 4-4 0-0
2021 18-18 8-9 5-6 3-1 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 34, the Pole reached the 2nd round after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6(3) 6-2.

In the 1st round, Magda had a good straight sets win against Pavlyuchenkova (7-63 6-2). During the match Linette scored 81 points vs Pavlyuchenkova’s 69. Magda was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Linette scored 10 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Magda Linette was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (36/45) of her 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Pole broke Pavlyuchenkova 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Magda has an overall 8-8 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See her history.

Miami
Linette's Record

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