Clara Tauson and Belinda Bencic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. 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.
As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.58
Clara Tauson -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Clara Tauson vs. Belinda Bencic
This will be the 2nd time that Clara Tauson and Belinda Bencic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tauson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tauson won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Doha back in 2022.
Highlights Clara Tauson vs Belinda Bencic – Doha 20-February-2022
Clara Tauson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-8 | 14-5 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-28 | 19-16 | 14-5 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 6-7 | 13-5 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 26-18 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-15 | 13-4 | 4-5 | 21-4 | 0-2 | 4-0 |
Ranked no. 23, Tauson will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 2-6 7-6(8) 6-3 to Potapova in the 1st round on the 14th of April.
Tauson has a composed 17-7 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Auckland where she overcame Naomi Osaka in the final 4-6 ret..
Talking about her overall career, The Dane has an overall 251-113 record. She has a positive 66-30 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.
Belinda Bencic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-8 | 18-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 42, Bencic reached the 2nd round after beating Zeynep Sonmez 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Sonmez (6-0 6-2). During the match Bencic scored 55 points vs Sonmez’s 29. Belinda was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Bencic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. Bencic broke Sonmez 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she beat Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.
Bencic has a compiled 19-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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