Belinda Bencic and Ann Li will play each other in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Court 12. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.33
Ann Li -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Ann Li

There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Ann Li since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Belinda Bencic

Ranked no. 19, Bencic reached the 2^nd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Belinda had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-3 6-3). During the match, Bencic scored 70 points vs Zhang’s 58. Belinda was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bencic blasted 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve once and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 65% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Zhang 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Bencic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (283-150). 20-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has an aggregate 145-80 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she defeated Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.

Bencic has an aggregate 28-13 win-loss record in 2025, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Ann Li

Ranked no. 58, the American reached the 2^nd round after beating Rebecca Sramkova 4-6 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Sramkova, Li recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Li scored 95 points vs Sramkova’s 89. Ann was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Li made 10 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ann Li lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Li put 61% of her first serves in, winning 65% (37/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Ann broke Sramkova 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).

Li’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Singapore and Cleveland.

Ann has an aggregate 24-20 win-loss record in 2025, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2020. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bencic	Li
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	28
Pts	70-58	95-89
Total Points	128	184
Winners	29	37
%Winners	41%	39%

Both Bencic and Li played 1 match. At the moment, Ann Li surrendered 1 set while Belinda Bencic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bencic has played 1 set(s) less than Li (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bencic played 10 games less than Li. Bencic scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 37 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bencic	Li
Aces	5	10
Avg per match	5	10
1st in	43/66	57/94
%1st in	65%	61%
1st pts	29/43	37/57
%1st pts	67%	65%
2nd pts	12/23	17/37
%2nd pts	52%	46%

Bencic struck 5 aces . Li managed to score 10 aces . Bencic won 67% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Li won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bencic	Li
Won	4	6
Converted	4/6	6/16
% Converted	67%	38%
Conceded	9	10
Saved	8	6
% Saved	89%	60%
Times Broken	1	4

Belinda broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Swiss lost her serve once and she saved 89% of the break points that she conceded. Li broke her opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Bencic
	R1 Zhang	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	70-58	70-58
Total points	128	128
Winners	29	29
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	43/66	43/66
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	29/43	29/43
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

Li
	R1 Sramkova	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	95-89	95-89
Total points	184	184
Winners	37	37
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	57/94	57/94
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	37/57	37/57
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	17/37	17/37
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/16	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6/10	6
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

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