Yuliia Starodubtseva and Ann Li will face off in the 1st round of the Tennis in the Land for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Yuliia Starodubtseva who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuliia Starodubtseva is the pick to win this match.
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 1.9
Ann Li -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Ann Li

This will be the 3rd time that Yuliia Starodubtseva and Ann Li clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Starodubtseva and Li (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Li won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in the W100 Charleston back in 2023.

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Yuliia Starodubtseva

19 - 26win/loss

Hard
7-12
I Hard
0-1
Clay
9-8
Grass
3-5
Rank
115
High
63
LLLLWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-34 10-20 9-8 0-1 3-5 0-0
2024 40-26 26-15 9-9 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 46-17 20-5 19-10 7-2 0-0 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 63 (career-high), Yuliia will start her run in Cleveland after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 7-5 1-6 6-4 to Jeanjean in the 1st round on the 8th of August.

Starodubtseva has an overall 19-25 win-loss record in 2025, 7-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Ukrainian has an overall 132-89 record. She has a positive 62-38 record on hard.

Previously in Cleveland

The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.

Cleveland
Starodubtseva's Record

Ann Li

Ann Li

20 - 19win/loss

Hard
7-9
I Hard
4-1
Clay
7-6
Grass
2-3
Rank
38
High
33
LWWWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-25 20-15 7-6 4-1 2-3 0-0
2024 42-27 16-14 22-9 4-3 0-1 0-0
2023 36-28 16-13 15-9 4-4 1-2 0-0
2022 16-20 7-10 2-3 4-3 3-4 0-0
2021 25-14 19-8 1-1 4-2 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 64, Ann will start her run in Cleveland after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 6-4 7-5 to Tomova in the 1st round on the 8th of August.

Li has a compiled 19-19 win-loss record in 2025, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of her career, Ann has an overall 250-173 record. She has a positive 136-95 record on hard.

Cleveland
Li's Record

Tennis Scores in Cleveland

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