Ekaterina Alexandrova and Barbora Krejcikova will play each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on MOON. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.74
Barbora Krejcikova -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Barbora Krejcikova

This will be the 6th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Barbora Krejcikova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Krejcikova won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in 2021.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

41 - 20win/loss

Hard
16-12
I Hard
4-0
Clay
13-5
Grass
8-3
Rank
10
High
10
LLWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 47-25 22-16 13-5 4-1 8-3 0-0
2024 26-25 17-13 1-7 3-2 5-3 0-0
2023 33-21 17-13 6-5 0-1 10-2 0-0
2022 35-18 12-10 13-5 4-2 6-1 0-0
2021 26-23 10-9 6-5 7-7 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 11 (career-high), Ekaterina will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match in Seoul where she lost 1-6 7-6(3) 7-5 to Swiatek in the final on the 21st of September.

Alexandrova has an aggregate 41-20 win-loss record in 2025, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Linz where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, Ekaterina has an overall 368-237 record. She has a positive 123-98 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.

Beijing
Alexandrova's Record

Barbora Krejcikova

Barbora Krejcikova

15 - 8win/loss

Hard
10-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-2
Grass
4-2
Rank
65
High
2
LWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-9 11-5 1-2 0-0 4-2 0-0
2024 21-16 7-7 3-5 2-2 9-2 0-0
2023 34-19 22-11 5-5 2-1 5-2 0-0
2022 25-15 12-10 2-3 9-0 2-2 0-0
2021 45-19 27-13 15-3 0-2 3-1 0-0

Ranked no. 34, Barbora got to the 2nd round after defeating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-2 6-2). During the match Krejcikova scored 55 points vs Blinkova’s 36. Barbora was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Krejcikova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Barbora broke Blinkova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

The Czech has a compiled 15-8 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.

Beijing
Krejcikova's Record

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