Marta Kostyuk and Anna Blinkova will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.44
Anna Blinkova -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Anna Blinkova
There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Anna Blinkova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marta Kostyuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-8 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-22 | 24-14 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 22-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 18-11 | 3-4 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-17 | 8-9 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, the Ukrainian reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Kimberly Birrell 7-5 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Kostyuk defeated Birrell (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match, Kostyuk and Birrell scored the same amount of points (92). However, the world no. 29 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kostyuk made 3 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 52% of her first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (20/47) on the 2nd serve. Marta broke Birrell 7 times after converting 78% of her break points (7/9).
Kostyuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (227-137). 9-7 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kostyuk has a composed 124-75 record in the last years on hard.
Kostyuk has an overall 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Anna Blinkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-8 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 7-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Blinkova reached the 3rd round after defeating Kamilla Rakhimova 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Diana Shnaider 6-4 7-6(0).
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Shnaider (6-4 7-60). During the match Blinkova scored 76 points vs Shnaider’s 57. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Blinkova bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Blinkova broke Shnaider 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blinkova has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Blinkova has a composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kostyuk | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 50 |
| Pts | 92-92 | 163-138 |
| Total Points | 184 | 301 |
| Winners | 34 | 60 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Kostyuk played 1 match while Blinkova competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marta Kostyuk dropped 1 set, while Anna Blinkova surrendered 1 set. Kostyuk has played 2 set(s) less than Blinkova (3 vs 5). Therefore, Kostyuk played 19 games less than Blinkova. Marta scored 34 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Blinkova recorded 60 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kostyuk | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 50/97 | 91/158 |
| %1st in | 52% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 60/91 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 20/47 | 34/67 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 51% |
Kostyuk fired 3 aces . Blinkova managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Kostyuk won 68% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kostyuk | Blinkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/9 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 78% | 63% |
| Conceded | 13 | 20 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 62% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
Marta broke her opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. The Ukrainian lost her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kostyuk | |||
| R2 Birrell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 92-92 | 92-92 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 50/97 | 50/97 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/47 | 20/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 78% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Blinkova | ||||
| R1 Rakhimova |
R2 Shnaider |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 | 50 | |
| pts | 87-81 | 76-57 | 163-138 | |
| Total points | 168 | 133 | 301 | |
| Winners | 34 | 26 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 55/95 | 36/63 | 91/158 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 26/36 | 60/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 72% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 12/27 | 34/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/7 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 71% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 7 | 20 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 3/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 77% | 43% | 120% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
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