Elena Rybakina and Caty McNally will square off in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on LOTUS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.171
Caty McNally -> 5.05

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Caty McNally

This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Caty McNally clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for McNally (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, McNally won 6-4 0-0 ret. in the 1st round in Charleston back in 2021.

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina

45 - 17win/loss

Hard
28-11
I Hard
3-0
Clay
9-3
Grass
5-3
Rank
5
High
3
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 59-19 37-13 9-3 8-0 5-3 0-0
2024 43-11 23-5 12-2 2-2 6-2 0-0
2023 47-15 31-11 11-2 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 40-21 18-12 9-5 5-2 8-2 0-0
2021 33-23 18-14 6-4 2-2 7-3 0-0

Ranked no. 10,she will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals where she beat 6-4 6-1 to Pegula in the Rubber 2 on the 18th of September.

Rybakina has an overall 45-17 win-loss record in 2025, 28-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Strasbourg where she defeated Liudmila Samsonova in the final 6-1 6-7(2) 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 377-160 record. She has a positive 178-82 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

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

Beijing
Rybakina's Record

Caty McNally

Caty McNally

43 - 17win/loss

Hard
18-8
I Hard
0-1
Clay
19-6
Grass
6-2
Rank
81
High
54
LWWLWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-21 21-12 19-6 0-1 6-2 0-0
2024 8-5 2-2 5-0 1-3 0-0 0-0
2023 16-13 5-6 9-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2022 32-23 7-9 1-6 17-5 7-3 0-0
2021 22-20 10-11 4-5 3-1 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 90, McNally reached the 2nd round after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Siegemund (6-4 6-2). During the match McNally scored 64 points vs Siegemund’s 51. Caty was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, McNally was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Caty McNally lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, McNally put 80% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Siegemund 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Her best result of the year was winning the title the Newport where she beat Tatjana Maria in the final 2-6 6-4 6-2 and the W100 Evansville where she overcame Darja Vidmanova in the final 7-5 6-4.

The American has an overall 43-17 win-loss record in 2025, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Beijing
McNally's Record

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