Yue Yuan and Clervie Ngounoue will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yue Yuan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yue Yuan is the pick to win this match.
Yue Yuan -> 1.72
Clervie Ngounoue -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Yue Yuan vs. Clervie Ngounoue

There is no head to head record between Yue Yuan and Clervie Ngounoue since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yue Yuan

Ranked no. 93, Yue got to the qualifications after beating Astra Sharma 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Yuan had a good straight sets win against Sharma (6-4 6-2). During the match, Yuan scored 71 points vs Sharma’s 58. Yue was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Yuan scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Yue Yuan lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Yuan put 68% of her first serves in, winning 56% (28/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Yuan broke Sharma 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Yuan has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (274-204). 6-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Yuan has an aggregate 204-145 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W100 Oeiras where she defeated Greetje Minnen in the final 4-6 6-4 6-2.

The Chinese has a composed 14-18 win-loss record in 2025, 6-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Clervie Ngounoue

Ranked no. 221, Ngounoue got to the qualifications after defeating Olivia Gadecki 6-7(2) 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Gadecki, Ngounoue recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-3 6-3). During the match Ngounoue scored 117 points vs Gadecki’s 116. Clervie was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Ngounoue made 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Clervie Ngounoue conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Ngounoue put 62% of her first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (28/45) on the 2nd serve. Clervie broke Gadecki 3 times after converting 21% of her break points (3/14).

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W50 Birmingham where she defeated Viktoria Hruncakova in the final 4-6 6-2 6-3.

Ngounoue has a composed 31-10 win-loss record in 2025, 25-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Ngounoue has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Yuan	Ngounoue
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	31
Pts	71-58	117-116
Total Points	129	233
Winners	28	48
%Winners	39%	41%

Both Yuan and Ngounoue played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Clervie Ngounoue conceded 1 set while Yue Yuan hasn’t lost a set so far. Yuan has played 1 set(s) less than Ngounoue (2 vs 3). Therefore, Yuan played 13 games less than Ngounoue. Yuan scored 28 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Clervie blasted 48 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Yuan	Ngounoue
Aces	1	6
Avg per match	1	6
1st in	50/73	72/117
%1st in	68%	62%
1st pts	28/50	48/72
%1st pts	56%	67%
2nd pts	12/23	28/45
%2nd pts	52%	62%

Yuan bagged 1 ace . Ngounoue also made 6 aces . Yuan won 56% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Ngounoue won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Yuan	Ngounoue
Won	6	3
Converted	6/8	3/14
% Converted	75%	21%
Conceded	9	7
Saved	6	7
% Saved	67%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

The Chinese broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Chinese lost her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.

Yuan
	Q1 Sharma	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	71-58	71-58
Total points	129	129
Winners	28	28
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	50/73	50/73
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	28/50	28/50
% 1st pts	56%	56%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/8
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Ngounoue
	Q1 Gadecki	Total
Score	6-72 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	117-116	117-116
Total points	233	233
Winners	48	48
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	72/117	72/117
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	48/72	48/72
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	28/45	28/45
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/14	3/14
Converted %	21%	21%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	7/7	7
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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