Katie Volynets and Varvara Lepchenko will play each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 14. 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 Katie Volynets who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.196
Varvara Lepchenko -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Varvara Lepchenko

This will be the 3^rd time that Katie Volynets and Varvara Lepchenko square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Volynets won 6-1 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Malo back in May 2025.

Katie Volynets

Ranked no. 66, Volynets got to the qualifications after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Sasnovich, Katie recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Volynets scored 84 points vs Sasnovich’s 82. Volynets was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Volynets bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Katie Volynets lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 79% of her first serves in, winning 57% (37/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Volynets broke Sasnovich 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Volynets has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (216-153). 9-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Volynets has an overall73-42 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Oeiras.

Katie has a composed 16-12 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Rome

Varvara Lepchenko

Ranked no. 119, Varvara reached the qualifications after beating Erika Andreeva 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Varvara had a good straight sets win against Andreeva (6-2 6-3). During the match Lepchenko scored 66 points vs Andreeva’s 45. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Lepchenko recorded 3 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Varvara Lepchenko lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lepchenko put 62% of her first serves in, winning 61% (22/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Andreeva 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Lepchenko’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras.

Varvara has an aggregate 14-12 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2014. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Volynets	Lepchenko
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	17
Pts	84-82	66-45
Total Points	166	111
Winners	37	22
%Winners	44%	33%

Both Volynets and Lepchenko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Katie Volynets dropped 1 set while Varvara Lepchenko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Volynets has played 1 set more than Lepchenko (3 vs 2). Therefore, Volynets played 10 games more than Lepchenko. Katie scored 37 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 22 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Volynets	Lepchenko
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	2	3
1st in	65/82	36/58
%1st in	79%	62%
1st pts	37/65	22/36
%1st pts	57%	61%
2nd pts	9/17	15/22
%2nd pts	53%	68%

Volynets scored 2 aces . Lepchenko made 3 aces . Volynets won 57% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Lepchenko won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Volynets	Lepchenko
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/12
% Converted	56%	42%
Conceded	6	4
Saved	1	2
% Saved	17%	50%
Times Broken	5	2

Katie broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Lepchenko conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Volynets
	Q1 Sasnovich	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	84-82	84-82
Total points	166	166
Winners	37	37
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	65/82	65/82
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	37/65	37/65
% 1st pts	57%	57%
2nd pts	9/17	9/17
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	1/6	1
Saved %	17%	17%
Times Broken	5	5

Lepchenko
	Q1 Andreeva	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	66-45	66-45
Total points	111	111
Winners	22	22
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	36/58	36/58
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	22/36	22/36
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	15/22	15/22
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Rome

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