Jessica Pegula and Magda Linette will square off in the 3^rd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CHAMPIONS’ COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.26
Magda Linette -> 3.85

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Magda Linette

This will be the 4^th time that Jessica Pegula and Magda Linette play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Pegula won 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Indian Wells back in March 2025.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs Magda Linette – Indian Wells 07-March-2025

Jessica Pegula

Ranked no. 4, Jessica reached the 3^rd round after beating Kimberly Birrell 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Jessica had a good straight sets win against Birrell (6-4 6-3). During the match, Pegula scored 66 points vs Birrell’s 43. Jessica was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pegula managed to score 5 aces and she was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jessica Pegula was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The American broke Birrell 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).

Pegula has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (341-172). 22-8 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pegula has an overall 226-98 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Austin where she beat Mccartney Kessler in the final 7-5 6-2 and in Charleston where she beat Sofia Kenin in the final 6-3 7-5 and in Bad Homburg where she beat Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 7-5.

The American has a compiled 37-15 win-loss record in 2025, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Magda Linette

Ranked no. 40, Linette got to the 3^rd round after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 7-6(4) 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Sramkova (7-6⁴ 6-0). During the match Linette scored 68 points vs Sramkova’s 57. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Linette struck 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Magda Linette was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (28/37) of her 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Linette broke Sramkova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Linette’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Nottingham.

Magda has an aggregate 20-19 win-loss record in 2025, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pegula	Linette
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
Pts	66-43	68-57
Total Points	109	125
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	41%

Both Pegula and Linette played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Linette have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). Jessica scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Magda blasted 28 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pegula	Linette
Aces	5	7
Avg per match	5	7
1st in	35/52	37/70
%1st in	67%	53%
1st pts	28/35	28/37
%1st pts	80%	76%
2nd pts	10/17	17/33
%2nd pts	59%	52%

Pegula made 5 aces . Linette fired 7 aces . Pegula won 80% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Linette won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pegula	Linette
Won	3	4
Converted	3/9	4/6
% Converted	33%	67%
Conceded	1	6
Saved	0	5
% Saved	0%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Pegula broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Pegula surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Magda broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Pole conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded.

Pegula
	R2 Birrell	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	66-43	66-43
Total points	109	109
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	35/52	35/52
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	28/35	28/35
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Linette
	R2 Sramkova	Total
Score	7-64 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	68-57	68-57
Total points	125	125
Winners	28	28
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	37/70	37/70
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	28/37	28/37
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	17/33	17/33
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Iva JovicJovic (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ella SeidelSeidel – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-4 2-6 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Ashlyn KruegerKrueger (7-6² 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cori GauffGauff – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Yue YuanYuan (6-7² 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elise MertensMertens (4-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marta KostyukKostyuk (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maya JointJoint (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Madison KeysKeys – Aoi ItoIto (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Taylor TownsendTownsend (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Facundo ArguelloArguello (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Maxime JanvierJanvier (2-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Pedro SousaSousa (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexey VatutinVatutin (5-7 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Clara TausonTauson – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Madison KeysKeys (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Cori GauffGauff (0-2) – H2H and prediction