Anastasia Potapova and Yuliia Starodubtseva will play each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 12. 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 Anastasia Potapova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anastasia Potapova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Potapova -> 1.2
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 4.55

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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Potapova vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva

There is no head to head record between Anastasia Potapova and Yuliia Starodubtseva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Anastasia Potapova

Anastasia Potapova

18 - 8win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
7-1
Clay
6-2
Rank
51
High
21
LWWWLWLLWL
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. 37, Potapova got to the 2nd round after beating Linda Noskova 5-7 6-1 7-5

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In the 1st round against Noskova, Potapova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 7-5). During the match, Potapova scored 112 points vs Noskova’s 106. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about the service games, Potapova fired 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Anastasia Potapova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Potapova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 69% (45/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (26/57) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Noskova 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Potapova has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (234-162). 6-2 on clay in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Potapova has an overall 74-40 record in the last years on clay.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Napoca where she defeated Lucia Bronzetti in the final 4-6 6-1 6-2.

Potapova has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Potapova's Record

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Yuliia Starodubtseva

11 - 16win/loss

Hard
3-8
I Hard
0-1
Clay
8-7
Rank
116
High
63
LWWLLLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-35 12-21 9-8 0-1 3-5 0-0
2024 40-26 26-15 9-9 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 46-17 20-5 19-10 7-2 0-0 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 81, Yuliia reached the 2nd round after beating Hanne Vandewinkel 6-3 6-1, Tamara Zidansek 3-6 6-2 6-3, Sara Bejlek 6-0 6-4 and Tamara Korpatsch 2-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 1st round against Korpatsch, Yuliia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Starodubtseva scored 86 points vs Korpatsch’s 80. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Starodubtseva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yuliia Starodubtseva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtseva put 64% of her first serves in, winning 59% (34/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Korpatsch 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

The Ukrainian has a composed 11-16 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

French Open
Starodubtseva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Potapova
Y.Starodubtsewa
2h:11
2h:11
Time on court​
!
7h:17
7h:17
!
2h:11
2h:11
Last match​
!
2h:08
2h:08
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
31
31
Games Played​
83
83
3
3
Set played​​
10
10
112
112
Total points​
282
282
112
112
Avg point​
70.5
70.5
45
45
Winners
110
110
45
45
Avg Winners​
27.5
27.5
40%
40%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
3
3
3
3
Avg Aces
0.8
0.8
6
6
Double Faults
9
9
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
45/65
45/65
1st won total​
110/197
110/197
69%
69%
1st won %
56%
56%
26/57
26/57
2nd won total​
51/92
51/92
46%
46%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
BP won
17/28
17/28
6/13
6/13
Avg BP won
4.3/7
4.3/7
46%
46%
Won
!
61%
61%
18
18
Conceded
33
33
18
18
Avg Conceded
8.3
8.3
4
4
Broken
13
13
4
4
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
14
14
Saved
20
20

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Potapova Starodubtseva
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 8
Tot Games 31 67
Pts 112-106 242-211
Total Points 218 453
Winners 45 98
%Winners 40% 40%

Potapova played 1 match while Starodubtseva competed in 3 matches. Starodubtseva started her run from the qualifications while Potapova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Anastasia Potapova dropped 1 set, while Yuliia Starodubtseva surrendered 2 sets. Potapova has played 5 set(s) less than Starodubtseva (3 vs 8). Therefore, Potapova played 36 games less than Starodubtseva. Potapova scored 45 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian recorded 98 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Potapova Starodubtseva
Aces 3 3
Avg per match 3 1
1st in 65/122 162/245
%1st in 53% 66%
1st pts 45/65 98/162
%1st pts 69% 60%
2nd pts 26/57 46/83
%2nd pts 46% 55%

Potapova struck 3 aces . Starodubtseva fired 3 aces (1 per match). Potapova won 69% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Starodubtseva won 60% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Potapova Starodubtseva
Won 6 15
Converted 6/13 15/25
% Converted 46% 60%
Conceded 18 26
Saved 14 19
% Saved 78% 73%
Times Broken 4 7

Anastasia broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Anastasia conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. Starodubtseva broke her opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Yuliia conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.

Potapova
R1
Noskova
Total
Score 5-7 6-1 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 112-106 112-106
Total points 218 218
Winners 45 45
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 65/122 65/122
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 45/65 45/65
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 26/57 26/57
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/13 6/13
Converted % 46% 46%
Conceded 18 18
Saved 14/18 14
Saved % 78% 78%
Times Broken 4 4
Starodubtseva
Q1
Vandewinkel
Q2
Zidansek
Q3
Bejlek
R1
Korpatsch
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-0 6-4 2-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 10
Tot Games 16 26 16 25 83
pts 63-46 93-85 86-80 242-211
Total points 109 178 0 166 453
Winners 21 43 34 98
%Winners 33% 46% 0% 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 0 1 3
Double Faults 5 2 0 7
1st in 34/57 70/98 / 58/90 162/245
% 1st in 60% 71% 0% 64% 66%
1st pts 21/34 43/70 / 34/58 98/162
% 1st pts 62% 61% 0% 59% 60%
2nd pts 14/23 17/28 / 15/32 46/83
% 2nd pts 61% 61% 0% 47% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 4 6 15
Converted 5/8 4/8 / 6/9 15/25
Converted % 63% 50% 0% 67% 60%
Conceded 8 10 8 26
Saved 7/8 8/10 0/ 4/8 19
Saved % 88% 80% 50% 218%
Times Broken 1 2 4 7

Tennis Scores – French Open

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