Sofia Kenin and Varvara Gracheva will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:30 pm on COURT 10. 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 Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.39
Varvara Gracheva -> 3

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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Varvara Gracheva

This will be the 2^nd time that Sofia Kenin and Varvara Gracheva clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kenin won 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in at the French Open back in May 2025.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs Varvara Gracheva – French Open 27-May-2025

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 29, Kenin will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Mboko in the 2^nd round on the 29^th of July.

Sofia has a composed 25-18 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kenin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Charleston.

Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 298-209 record. She has a positive 179-122 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 103, Varvara reached the 2^nd round after beating Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-0 6-2, Iva Jovic 6-3 6-4 and Katie Volynets 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The French player defeated Volynets (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Gracheva scored 95 points vs Volynets’s 83. Varvara was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Gracheva blasted 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Varvara Gracheva lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gracheva put 52% of her first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. Varvara broke Volynets 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

The French player best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Paris and Eastbourne.

Gracheva has an overall 22-21 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023 and 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yue YuanYuan – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-4 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aoi ItoIto – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-1 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (4-6 6-0 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maya JointJoint – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Madison KeysKeys – Eva LysLys (1-6 6-3 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Lulu SunSun (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (4-6 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Mathias BourgueBourgue (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro SousaSousa – Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot (6-1 6-7⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Pedro CachinCachin (7-6¹ 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Steve DarcisDarcis (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (7-6³ 0-6 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Constant LestienneLestienne (7-6⁵ 1-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo ArguelloArguello – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo GastonGaston – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-6 6-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Yue YuanYuan – (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Belinda BencicBencic (4-6) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Cori GauffGauff (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Taylor TownsendTownsend (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marta KostyukKostyuk (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction