Paula Badosa and Antonia Ruzic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa -> 1.54
Antonia Ruzic -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Antonia Ruzic

There is no head to head record between Paula Badosa and Antonia Ruzic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Paula Badosa

Paula Badosa

17 - 12win/loss

Hard
12-7
I Hard
0-1
Clay
3-2
Grass
2-2
Rank
25
High
2
LWLLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-13 13-8 3-2 0-1 2-2 0-0
2024 37-19 26-11 6-5 0-1 5-2 0-0
2023 18-9 6-4 11-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 32-22 20-13 8-5 1-2 3-2 0-0
2021 43-17 19-9 17-3 4-3 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 18, Paula will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals where she lost 5-7 6-2 7-5 to Svitolina in the Rubber 2 on the 17th of September.

Badosa has a composed 17-12 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open .

Talking about her overall career, Badosa has an overall 384-212 record. She has a positive 162-87 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

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

Beijing
Badosa's Record

Antonia Ruzic

Antonia Ruzic

39 - 22win/loss

Hard
9-6
I Hard
17-7
Clay
9-6
Grass
4-3
Rank
75
High
69
LLLLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 43-28 13-10 9-6 17-9 4-3 0-0
2024 47-22 23-8 4-6 19-7 1-1 0-0
2023 38-26 8-2 17-14 13-9 0-1 0-0
2022 25-9 8-2 17-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 47-15 28-6 14-6 5-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 80, Ruzic got to the 2nd round after beating Elsa Jacquemot 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, Ruzic had a good straight sets win against Jacquemot (6-3 6-3). During the match Ruzic scored 73 points vs Jacquemot’s 55. Ruzic was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Ruzic managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Antonia Ruzic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of her 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Ruzic broke Jacquemot 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W75 Trnava where she overcame Elena Pridankina in the final 6-2 4-6 6-3 and the W75 Maribor where she overcame Linda Klimovicova in the final 6-1 4-6 6-3.

Antonia has a composed 39-22 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.

Beijing
Ruzic's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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