Yuliia Starodubtseva and Ajla Tomljanovic will clash against each other in the 1st round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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 Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.64
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

There is no head to head record between Yuliia Starodubtseva and Ajla Tomljanovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Yuliia Starodubtseva

19 - 27win/loss

Hard
7-13
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. 86, the Ukrainian will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Blinkova in the 1st round on the 24th of August.

The Ukrainian has a composed 19-27 win-loss record in 2025, 7-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Yuliia has an overall 132-91 record. She has a positive 62-40 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See her history.

Beijing
Starodubtseva's Record

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ajla Tomljanovic

20 - 21win/loss

Hard
7-10
I Hard
0-1
Clay
8-6
Grass
5-4
Rank
83
High
32
LWLWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-26 14-15 8-6 0-1 5-4 0-0
2024 22-20 12-12 2-4 0-1 8-3 0-0
2023 7-3 2-2 5-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 38-27 19-14 7-6 5-4 7-3 0-0
2021 30-24 11-12 10-6 3-3 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 94, the Australian will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Sao Paulo where she lost 6-4 4-2 ret. to Rodriguez in the 1st round on the 8th of September.

Tomljanovic has an aggregate 20-21 win-loss record in 2025, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Austin and Rabat.

In terms of her career, Ajla has an overall 414-327 record. She has a positive 219-178 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See her history.

Beijing
Tomljanovic's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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