Barbora Krejcikova and Mccartney Kessler will play each other in the 3^rd round of the China Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on MOON. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Barbora Krejcikova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Barbora Krejcikova is the pick to win this match.
Barbora Krejcikova -> 1.5
Mccartney Kessler -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Mccartney Kessler

There is no head to head record between Barbora Krejcikova and Mccartney Kessler since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Barbora Krejcikova

Ranked no. 34, Krejcikova got to the 3^rd round after beating Anna Blinkova 6-2 6-2 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (7-5 6-2). During the match, Krejcikova scored 69 points vs Alexandrova’s 50. Barbora was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Krejcikova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Barbora Krejcikova was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Krejcikova broke Alexandrova 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Krejcikova hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points she played.

Krejcikova has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (265-157). 11-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Krejcikova has an aggregate 117-79 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Krejcikova has an overall 16-8 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Mccartney Kessler

Ranked no. 39, Mccartney reached the 3^rd round after beating Han Shi 6-2 7-6(5) and Elise Mertens 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Mccartney had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-2 6-4). During the match Kessler scored 61 points vs Mertens’s 47. Mccartney was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Kessler struck 3 aces and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kessler put 61% of her first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Mertens 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kessler hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Hobart where she defeated Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0 and in Nottingham where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-4 7-5.

The American has an aggregate 33-20 win-loss record in 2025, 23-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Krejcikova	Kessler
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	36	39
Pts	124-86	146-120
Total Points	210	266
Winners	48	51
%Winners	39%	35%

Both Krejcikova and Kessler played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krejcikova and Kessler have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Krejcikova played 3 games less than Kessler. The Czech scored 48 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Mccartney fired 51 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Krejcikova	Kessler
Aces	5	3
Avg per match	2.5	1.5
1st in	66/108	79/131
%1st in	61%	60%
1st pts	48/66	51/79
%1st pts	73%	65%
2nd pts	25/42	26/52
%2nd pts	60%	50%

Krejcikova managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kessler struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Krejcikova won 73% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kessler won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Krejcikova	Kessler
Won	9	10
Converted	9/14	10/19
% Converted	64%	53%
Conceded	8	7
Saved	6	2
% Saved	75%	29%
Times Broken	2	5

Barbora broke her opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Barbora surrendered her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Kessler conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded.

Krejcikova
	R1 Blinkova	R2 Alexandrova	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	20	36
pts	55-36	69-50	124-86
Total points	91	119	210
Winners	18	30	48
%Winners	33%	43%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	5
Double Faults	3	3	6
1st in	26/46	40/62	66/108
% 1st in	57%	65%	61%
1st pts	18/26	30/40	48/66
% 1st pts	69%	75%	73%
2nd pts	12/20	13/22	25/42
% 2nd pts	60%	59%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/6	4/8	9/14
Converted %	83%	50%	64%
Conceded	2	6	8
Saved	1/2	5/6	6
Saved %	50%	83%	67%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Kessler
	R1 Shi	R2 Mertens	Total
Score	6-2 7-65	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	18	39
pts	85-73	61-47	146-120
Total points	158	108	266
Winners	31	20	51
%Winners	36%	33%	35%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	48/80	31/51	79/131
% 1st in	60%	61%	60%
1st pts	31/48	20/31	51/79
% 1st pts	65%	65%	65%
2nd pts	14/32	12/20	26/52
% 2nd pts	44%	60%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/8	10/19
Converted %	45%	63%	53%
Conceded	5	2	7
Saved	2/5	0/2	2
Saved %	40%	0%	20%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez (7-5 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo DellienDellien – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-7⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcelo ArevaloArevalo – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Pedro SousaSousa (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy RobredoRobredo – Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-3 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

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