Varvara Gracheva and Katie Volynets will square off in the 1^st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CHAMPIONS’ COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Gracheva who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Varvara Gracheva is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.9
Katie Volynets -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Katie Volynets

This will be the 3^rd time that Varvara Gracheva and Katie Volynets fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Gracheva won 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the 2^nd round in the Paris back in 2024.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 106, Varvara got to the 1^st round after defeating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-0 6-2 and Iva Jovic 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Varvara had a good straight sets win against Jovic (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gracheva scored 75 points vs Jovic’s 62. Gracheva was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gracheva scored 6 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 59% of her first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Jovic 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Varvara started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

Gracheva has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (285-212). 7-7 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Gracheva has a composed 83-83 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Gracheva’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Paris and Eastbourne.

Varvara has an aggregate 21-21 win-loss record in 2025, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Katie Volynets

Ranked no. 108, the American will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-2 2-6 6-2 to Ito in the 1^st round on the 27^th of July.

Volynets has an overall 22-20 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Oeiras.

In terms of her career, Volynets has an overall 222-161 record. She has a positive 122-91 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020 and 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maya JointJoint – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Enrique Lopez-Perez/David MarreroLopez-Perez/David Marrero – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (7-6⁵ 2-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Adam PavlasekPavlasek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alessandro BegaBega (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Steve DarcisDarcis – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mathias BourgueBourgue – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Borna Gojo
  Gojo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tristan LamasineLamasine – Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (6-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo ArguelloArguello – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo GastonGaston – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Peter HellerHeller (7-6³ 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Hugo NysNys (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 5-7 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro CachinCachin – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Venus WilliamsWilliams – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Taylor TownsendTownsend (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Eva LysLys (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Tatjana MariaMaria (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lulu SunSun – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Yafan WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Maddison InglisInglis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Katie VolynetsVolynets (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BondarBondar – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Suzan LamensLamens – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ann LiLi – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Emiliana ArangoArango (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-4) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-0) – H2H and prediction