Aryna Sabalenka and Anastasia Potapova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.195
Anastasia Potapova -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Anastasia Potapova
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Anastasia Potapova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Stuttgart back in 2023.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Anastasia Potapova – Stuttgart 22-April-2023
Aryna Sabalenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63-12 | 35-6 | 17-3 | 4-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-14 | 38-7 | 15-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-14 | 35-9 | 14-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-22 | 20-15 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-18 | 24-11 | 13-3 | 1-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Sabalenka will start her run in Rome after she won the title in Madrid after beating 6-3 7-6(3) Gauff in the final.
Aryna has an aggregate 31-5 win-loss record in 2025, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Brisbane where she beat Polina Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2 and in Miami where she overcame Jessica Pegula in the final 7-5 6-2 and in Madrid where she beat Cori Gauff in the final 6-3 7-6(3).
Aryna won her last 6 matches.
Talking about her overall career, The Belarussian has an overall 405-173 record. She has a positive 85-40 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2024. See her history.
Anastasia Potapova
17 - 7win/loss
51
21
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-16 | 10-11 | 6-3 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-22 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-21 | 11-14 | 7-4 | 7-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-24 | 14-14 | 18-7 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-23 | 11-11 | 3-5 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 34, Anastasia got to the 2nd round after beating Dayana Yastremska 2-6 7-6(6) 6-3.
In the 1st round against Yastremska, Anastasia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-66 6-3). During the match Potapova scored 110 points vs Yastremska’s 109. Potapova was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Potapova struck 3 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Anastasia Potapova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Potapova put 52% of her first serves in, winning 56% (31/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (26/51) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Yastremska 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Napoca where she beat Lucia Bronzetti in the final 4-6 6-1 6-2.
Potapova has an aggregate 17-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-62 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Caroline DolehideDolehide (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Lulu SunSun (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (2-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elise MertensMertens – Suzan LamensLamens (3-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan SatralSatral – Tadeas ParoulekParoulek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evan FurnessFurness – Petr NouzaNouza (4-6 7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Julian LenzLenz – Ondrej StylerStyler (6-2 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxime ChazalChazal – Jiri JenicekJenicek (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ondrej KrstevKrstev – Jacob GrillsGrills (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Patrik RiklRikl (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dan AddedAdded – Dominik RecekRecek (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Lucas GerchGerch (6-2 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Sofia KeninKenin (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Eva LysLys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Donna VekicVekic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Magda LinetteLinette (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emiliana ArangoArango – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ons JabeurJabeur (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Madison KeysKeys – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – 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
- Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-7) – H2H and prediction