Arantxa Rus and Xiyu Wang will face off in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Xiyu Wang who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Xiyu Wang is the pick to win this match.
Xiyu Wang -> 1.615
Arantxa Rus -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Xiyu Wang

This will be the 6th time that Arantxa Rus and Xiyu Wang clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Wang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Wang won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Guangzhou back in 2024.

Arantxa Rus

Arantxa Rus

9 - 13win/loss

Hard
1-5
I Hard
0-2
Clay
8-6
Rank
99
High
41
LWLWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-16 1-5 11-9 0-2 0-0 0-0
2024 37-33 14-14 19-13 2-1 2-5 0-0
2023 57-22 10-10 43-8 3-3 1-1 0-0
2022 46-33 9-10 29-17 7-4 1-2 0-0
2021 39-23 5-9 33-11 1-1 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 103, Arantxa reached the qualifications after defeating Anastasia Abbagnato 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications, Arantxa had a good straight sets win against Abbagnato (6-1 6-4). During the match, Rus scored 59 points vs Abbagnato’s 35. Rus was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rus couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 4 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 79% of her first serves in, winning 74% (28/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. Rus broke Abbagnato 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Rus has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (422-244). 8-6 on clay in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Rus has a composed 249-109 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Dutch’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Koper.

Rus has an overall 9-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Rome
Rus's Record

Xiyu Wang

Xiyu Wang

4 - 5win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-1
Clay
1-1
Rank
132
High
49
WWLLWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-7 3-3 3-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 28-30 18-19 9-8 1-1 0-2 0-0
2023 27-25 17-17 5-4 0-0 5-4 0-0
2022 41-25 15-10 23-11 3-3 0-1 0-0
2021 21-19 8-7 9-7 0-1 4-3 0-1

Ranked no. 135, the Chinese reached the qualifications after beating Bernarda Pera 6-3 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Chinese defeated Pera (6-3 3-6 6-3).During the match Wang scored less points (1) than Pera. In fact, the world no. 103 won 89 points vs Pera’s. That means that Wang was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Wang scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Xiyu Wang lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 69% of her first serves in, winning 54% (33/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Xiyu broke Pera 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Xiyu has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

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

Rome
Wang's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Rus
X.Wang
1h:13
1h:13
Time on court​
!
2h:17
2h:17
1h:13
1h:13
Last match​
!
2h:17
2h:17
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
27
27
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
59
59
Total points​
89
89
59
59
Avg point​
89
89
28
28
Winners
33
33
28
28
Avg Winners​
33
33
47%
47%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
4
4
Avg Double Faults
4
4
28/38
28/38
1st won total​
33/61
33/61
!
74%
74%
1st won %
54%
54%
4/10
4/10
2nd won total​
17/28
17/28
40%
40%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
6/8
6/8
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
6/8
6/8
!
63%
63%
Won
!
75%
75%
4
4
Conceded
9
9
4
4
Avg Conceded
9
9
1
1
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
4
4
3
3
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rus Wang
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 17 27
Pts 59-35 89-90
Total Points 94 179
Winners 28 33
%Winners 47% 37%

Both Rus and Wang played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Xiyu Wang surrendered 1 set while Arantxa Rus hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rus has played 1 set(s) less than Wang (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rus played 10 games less than Wang. Arantxa scored 28 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese managed to score 33 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rus Wang
Aces 0 1
Avg per match 0 1
1st in 38/48 61/89
%1st in 79% 69%
1st pts 28/38 33/61
%1st pts 74% 54%
2nd pts 4/10 17/28
%2nd pts 40% 61%

Rus didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Wang recorded 1 ace . Rus won 74% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 54% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rus Wang
Won 5 6
Converted 5/8 6/8
% Converted 63% 75%
Conceded 4 9
Saved 3 5
% Saved 75% 56%
Times Broken 1 4

The Dutch broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Rus lost her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Xiyu broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.

Rus
Q1
Abbagnato
Total
Score 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 59-35 59-35
Total points 94 94
Winners 28 28
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 38/48 38/48
% 1st in 79% 79%
1st pts 28/38 28/38
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 4/10 4/10
% 2nd pts 40% 40%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Wang
Q1
Pera
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 89-90 89-90
Total points 179 179
Winners 33 33
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 61/89 61/89
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 33/61 33/61
% 1st pts 54% 54%
2nd pts 17/28 17/28
% 2nd pts 61% 61%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 5/9 5
Saved % 56% 56%
Times Broken 4 4

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