Holger Rune and Roman Safiullin will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.32
Roman Safiullin -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Roman Safiullin

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

The last time that they played each other, Rune won 6-4 2-6 6-1 in the 1^st round in Rotterdam back in 2024.

Highlights Holger Rune vs Roman Safiullin – Rotterdam 14-February-2024

Holger Rune

Ranked no. 9, Holger will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost 4-6 6-2 6-3 to Popyrin in the 4^th round on the 2^nd of August.

The Dane has a composed 24-15 win-loss record in 2025, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Barcelona where he beat Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(6) 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, The Dane has an overall 275-145 record. He has a positive 62-48 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 80, the Russian reached the 2^nd round after beating Alejandro Tabilo 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Tabilo (6-3 6-3). During the match Safiullin scored 55 points vs Tabilo’s 42. Roman was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Safiullin scored 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Roman Safiullin was quite effective on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Roman broke Tabilo 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 4 Challenger.

Safiullin has a composed 12-17 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Luca NardiNardi – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Brandon HoltHolt (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Juncheng ShangShang (6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Colton SmithSmith (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – David GoffinGoffin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-7¹ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman Wong
  Lam Coleman Wong – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Brandon HoltHolt (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Hugo DellienDellien – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Tommy PaulPaul (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Gabriel DialloDiallo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction