Yuliia Starodubtseva and Alana Smith will square off in the qualifications of the Mubadala Citi DC Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuliia Starodubtseva who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuliia Starodubtseva is the pick to win this match.
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 1.24
Alana Smith -> 3.72

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Prediction and head to head Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Alana Smith

There is no head to head record between Yuliia Starodubtseva and Alana Smith since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Ranked no. 72, Yuliia got to the qualifications after defeating Rebecca Marino 6-4 7-5.

In the qualifications, Yuliia had a good straight sets win against Marino (6-4 7-5). During the match, Starodubtseva scored 77 points vs Marino’s 61. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Starodubtseva managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Yuliia Starodubtseva was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of her 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Starodubtseva broke Marino 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Starodubtseva has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of her matches (129-86). 4-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Starodubtseva has an aggregate59-35 record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Ukrainian has a composed 16-22 win-loss record in 2025, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Starodubtseva has never competed in this tournament before.

Alana Smith

Ranked no. 346 (career-high), the American reached the qualifications after defeating Polina Kudermetova 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications against Kudermetova, Smith recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Smith scored 106 points vs Kudermetova’s 94. Alana was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Smith managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Alana Smith lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 58% of her first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).

Alana has a composed 16-18 win-loss record in 2025, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Starodubtseva	Smith
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	29
Pts	77-61	106-94
Total Points	138	200
Winners	24	39
%Winners	31%	37%

Both Starodubtseva and Smith played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alana Smith dropped 1 set while Yuliia Starodubtseva hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Starodubtseva has played 1 set(s) less than Smith (2 vs 3). Therefore, Starodubtseva played 7 games less than Smith. The Ukrainian scored 24 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Alana scored 39 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Starodubtseva	Smith
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	2	3
1st in	34/67	57/98
%1st in	51%	58%
1st pts	24/34	39/57
%1st pts	71%	68%
2nd pts	20/33	22/41
%2nd pts	61%	54%

Starodubtseva made 2 aces . Smith bagged 3 aces . Starodubtseva won 71% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Starodubtseva	Smith
Won	4	5
Converted	4/10	5/16
% Converted	40%	31%
Conceded	4	11
Saved	2	8
% Saved	50%	73%
Times Broken	2	3

Starodubtseva broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Yuliia surrendered her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Smith broke her opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Smith conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded.

Starodubtseva
	Q1 Marino	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	77-61	77-61
Total points	138	138
Winners	24	24
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	34/67	34/67
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	24/34	24/34
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	20/33	20/33
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Smith
	Q1 Kudermetova	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	106-94	106-94
Total points	200	200
Winners	39	39
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	57/98	57/98
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	39/57	39/57
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	22/41	22/41
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/16	5/16
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Washington

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• Vladyslav ManafovManafov – Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Grigoriy LomakinLomakin (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kamilla RakhimovaKamilla – Clervie NgounoueClervie (7-6(7) 6-2) – See score progression

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• Alana SmithSmith – Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-1) – H2H and prediction