Jelena Ostapenko and Xiyu Wang will play each other in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 4:00 pm on Court 11. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.4
Xiyu Wang -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Xiyu Wang

This will be the 3rd time that Jelena Ostapenko and Xiyu Wang clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Ostapenko won 5-7 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2024.

Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs Xiyu Wang – Dubai 19-February-2024

Jelena Ostapenko

Jelena Ostapenko

17 - 16win/loss

Hard
7-10
I Hard
0-0
Clay
9-4
Grass
1-2
Rank
23
High
5
LLLLWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-20 8-14 9-4 0-0 1-2 0-0
2024 31-19 14-10 8-6 4-0 5-3 0-0
2023 37-22 21-15 7-4 1-1 8-2 0-0
2022 33-19 19-10 3-3 3-3 8-3 0-0
2021 32-19 12-9 5-4 7-4 8-2 0-0

Ranked no. 27, the Latvian will start her run at the U.S. Open after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 1-6 6-3 6-4 to Bronzetti in the 3rd round on the 12th of August.

Jelena has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2025, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Stuttgart where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 6-4 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, Jelena has an overall 408-255 record. She has a positive 144-121 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.

U.S. Open
Ostapenko's Record

Xiyu Wang

Xiyu Wang

18 - 12win/loss

Hard
14-5
I Hard
0-1
Clay
3-5
Grass
1-1
Rank
176
High
49
LLWLLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-18 17-11 3-5 0-1 1-1 0-0
2024 28-30 18-19 9-8 1-1 0-2 0-0
2023 27-25 17-17 5-4 0-0 5-4 0-0
2022 41-25 15-10 23-11 3-3 0-1 0-0
2021 21-19 8-7 9-7 0-1 4-3 0-1

Ranked no. 138, Wang got to the 1st round after defeating Carson Branstine 3-6 6-3 6-3, Petra Martic 7-5 6-4 and Alina Charaeva 6-4 4-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Xiyu defeated Charaeva (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Wang scored 88 points vs Charaeva’s 76. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Wang bagged 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Xiyu Wang was quite effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Chinese broke Charaeva 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Wang started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Lexington where she beat Janice Tjen in the final 3-6 6-2 6-4.

Wang has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2025, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See her history.

U.S. Open
Wang's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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