Katie Volynets and Arantxa Rus will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Katie Volynets who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.5
Arantxa Rus -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Arantxa Rus

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

The last time that they played each other, Volynets won 6-2 6-7(6) 7-6(6) in the 1^st round in Charleston back in 2024.

Highlights Katie Volynets vs Arantxa Rus – Charleston 01-April-2024

Katie Volynets

Ranked no. 66, the American reached the 1^st round after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2-6 6-3 6-4 and Varvara Lepchenko 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, Katie had a good straight sets win against Lepchenko (6-2 6-4). During the match, Volynets scored 69 points vs Lepchenko’s 52. Volynets was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Volynets wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 83% of her first serves in, winning 50% (25/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Lepchenko 8 times after converting 67% of her break points (8/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Katie started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points she played.

Volynets has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (217-153). 10-4 on clay in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Volynets has a compiled74-42 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

Volynets’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Oeiras.

Volynets has an aggregate 17-12 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Arantxa Rus

Ranked no. 103, Arantxa got to the 1^st round after beating Anastasia Abbagnato 6-1 6-4 and Xiyu Wang 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-2 6-2). During the match Rus scored 59 points vs Wang’s 37. Arantxa was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Rus scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 80% of her first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Rus broke Wang 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Arantxa started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 62% of the points she played.

Arantxa’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Koper.

Rus has an aggregate 10-13 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Volynets	Rus
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	45	33
Pts	153-134	118-72
Total Points	287	190
Winners	62	54
%Winners	41%	46%

Both Volynets and Rus played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Katie Volynets dropped 1 set while Arantxa Rus hasn’t conceded a set so far. Volynets has played 1 set more than Rus (5 vs 4). Therefore, Volynets played 12 games more than Rus. The American scored 62 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch struck 54 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Volynets	Rus
Aces	2	1
Avg per match	1	0.5
1st in	115/142	77/97
%1st in	81%	79%
1st pts	62/115	54/77
%1st pts	54%	70%
2nd pts	13/27	9/20
%2nd pts	48%	45%

Volynets recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Rus fired 1 ace (0.5 per match). Volynets won 54% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Rus won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Volynets	Rus
Won	13	11
Converted	13/21	11/18
% Converted	62%	61%
Conceded	18	7
Saved	8	4
% Saved	44%	57%
Times Broken	10	3

Katie broke her opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve 10 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded. Arantxa broke her opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Arantxa conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.

Volynets
	Q1 Sasnovich	Q3 Lepchenko	Total
Score	2-6 6-3 6-4	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	27	18	45
pts	84-82	69-52	153-134
Total points	166	121	287
Winners	37	25	62
%Winners	44%	36%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	65/82	50/60	115/142
% 1st in	79%	83%	81%
1st pts	37/65	25/50	62/115
% 1st pts	57%	50%	54%
2nd pts	9/17	4/10	13/27
% 2nd pts	53%	40%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	8	13
Converted	5/9	8/12	13/21
Converted %	56%	67%	62%
Conceded	6	12	18
Saved	1/6	7/12	8
Saved %	17%	58%	38%
Times Broken	5	5	10

Rus
	Q1 Abbagnato	Q3 Wang	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	16	33
pts	59-35	59-37	118-72
Total points	94	96	190
Winners	28	26	54
%Winners	47%	44%	46%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1
Double Faults	4	3	7
1st in	38/48	39/49	77/97
% 1st in	79%	80%	79%
1st pts	28/38	26/39	54/77
% 1st pts	74%	67%	70%
2nd pts	4/10	5/10	9/20
% 2nd pts	40%	50%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	6	11
Converted	5/8	6/10	11/18
Converted %	63%	60%	61%
Conceded	4	3	7
Saved	3/4	1/3	4
Saved %	75%	33%	54%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Alycia ParksParks (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Suzan LamensLamens – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-1 1-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Mayar SherifSherif (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Ann LiLi (6-3 5-7 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Nuria BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lulu SunSun – Georgia PedonePedone (3-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sonay KartalKartal – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Patrik RiklRikl – Alex SolankiSolanki (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jacob GrillsGrills – Jiri BarnatBarnat (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Colin SinclairSinclair – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tadeas ParoulekParoulek – Zdenek DerkasDerkas (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dan AddedAdded – Michal KonecnyKonecny (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Julian LenzLenz – Krystof ZapskyZapsky (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Evan FurnessFurness – Sekou BangouraBangoura (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dominik RecekRecek – Tobias SimonSimon (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ondrej StylerStyler – Tomas JirousekJirousek (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petr NouzaNouza – Marek GengelGengel (1-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Antonin BolardtBolardt (6-1 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ondrej KrstevKrstev – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas GerchGerch – Jan SilhavySilhavy (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Katie BoulterBoulter (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Eva LysLys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Belinda BencicBencic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Arantxa RusRus (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emiliana ArangoArango – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sara ErraniErrani – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ons JabeurJabeur (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Suzan LamensLamens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (2-0) – H2H and prediction