Iva Jovic and Varvara Gracheva will face off in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iva Jovic who should win in 3 sets.
Iva Jovic -> 1.5
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Iva Jovic vs. Varvara Gracheva
There is no head to head record between Iva Jovic and Varvara Gracheva since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Iva Jovic
26 - 10win/loss
35
33
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-18 | 24-13 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-10 | 20-7 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-2 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, Iva reached the qualifications after beating Ulrikke Eikeri 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Jovic had a good straight sets win against Eikeri (7-5 6-2). During the match, Jovic scored 69 points vs Eikeri’s 49. The American was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Jovic recorded 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Iva Jovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Jovic put 57% of her first serves in, winning 74% (20/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Eikeri 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Jovic has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 75% of her matches (66-22). 10-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Jovic has an overall41-14 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W100 Charlottesville where she defeated Irina Maria Bara in the final 6-0 6-1 and the Ilkley where she defeated Rebecca Marino in the final 6-1 6-3.
Jovic has a compiled 26-9 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Jovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Varvara Gracheva
21 - 21win/loss
80
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-28 | 20-14 | 9-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 106, Gracheva reached the qualifications after beating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gracheva had a good straight sets win against Buzarnescu (6-0 6-2). During the match Gracheva scored 60 points vs Buzarnescu’s 30. Varvara was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Gracheva bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Varvara Gracheva was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of her 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Varvara broke Buzarnescu 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Paris and Eastbourne.
The French player has an overall 20-21 win-loss record in 2025, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Jovic | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 |
| Pts | 69-49 | 60-30 |
| Total Points | 118 | 90 |
| Winners | 20 | 24 |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% |
Both Jovic and Gracheva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Jovic and Gracheva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Jovic played 6 games more than Gracheva. Iva scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Varvara recorded 24 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Jovic | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 30/44 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 9/14 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 64% |
Jovic fired 3 aces . Gracheva recorded 2 aces . Jovic won 74% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 80% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Jovic | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 40% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Jovic broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Iva lost her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. Varvara broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Jovic | |||
| Q1 Eikeri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-49 | 69-49 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 27/47 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gracheva | |||
| Q1 Buzarnescu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 60-30 | 60-30 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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