Jessica Pegula and Anna Blinkova will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on Arthur Ashe Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.171
Anna Blinkova -> 5.05

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova

This will be the 6^th time that Jessica Pegula and Anna Blinkova clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Pegula won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Austin back in February 2025.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs Anna Blinkova – Austin 28-February-2025

Jessica Pegula

Ranked no. 4, Pegula reached the 2^nd round after beating Mayar Sherif 6-0 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Sherif (6-0 6-4). During the match, Pegula scored 65 points vs Sherif’s 41. Pegula was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pegula scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 61% of her first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (7/22) on the 2nd serve. Jessica broke Sherif 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Pegula has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (342-173). 23-9 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pegula has a compiled 227-99 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Austin where she defeated Mccartney Kessler in the final 7-5 6-2 and in Charleston where she overcame 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.

Jessica has a composed 38-16 win-loss record in 2025, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Anna Blinkova

Ranked no. 80, the Russian reached the 2^nd round after beating Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Starodubtseva (6-3 6-1). During the match Blinkova scored 65 points vs Starodubtseva’s 48. Blinkova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Blinkova blasted 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Anna Blinkova lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Blinkova put 73% of her first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (4/12) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Starodubtseva 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Anna has a compiled 23-22 win-loss record in 2025, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Pegula	Blinkova
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
Pts	65-41	65-48
Total Points	106	113
Winners	27	22
%Winners	42%	34%

Both Pegula and Blinkova played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Blinkova have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). The American scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Blinkova bagged 22 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Pegula	Blinkova
Aces	1	2
Avg per match	1	2
1st in	34/56	32/44
%1st in	61%	73%
1st pts	27/34	22/32
%1st pts	79%	69%
2nd pts	7/22	4/12
%2nd pts	32%	33%

Pegula blasted 1 ace . Blinkova also scored 2 aces . Pegula won 79% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Blinkova won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Pegula	Blinkova
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
% Converted	67%	67%
Conceded	7	2
Saved	5	0
% Saved	71%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Jessica broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jessica lost her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Blinkova broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Anna conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Pegula
	R1 Sherif	Total
Score	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	65-41	65-41
Total points	106	106
Winners	27	27
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	34/56	34/56
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	27/34	27/34
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	7/22	7/22
% 2nd pts	32%	32%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Blinkova
	R1 Starodubtseva	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	65-48	65-48
Total points	113	113
Winners	22	22
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/44	32/44
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	22/32	22/32
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	4/12	4/12
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

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