Elena Rybakina and Linda Noskova will face off in the 3^rd round of the Wuhan Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.52
Linda Noskova -> 2.52

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Linda Noskova

This will be the 3^rd time that Elena Rybakina and Linda Noskova face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rybakina won 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Brisbane back in 2024.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Linda Noskova – Brisbane 06-January-2024

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 9, the Kazakhstani reached the 3^rd round after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-4 6-3). During the match, Rybakina scored 66 points vs Cristian’s 52. Elena was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rybakina managed to score 11 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Elena Rybakina conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 58% of her first serves in, win 91% (30/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Cristian twice after converting 29% of her break points (2/7).

Rybakina has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (372-159). 30-12 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakina has a composed 179-82 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Elena has an overall 47-18 win-loss record in 2025, 30-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Linda Noskova

Ranked no. 17 (career-high), Linda got to the 3^rd round after beating Yulia Putintseva 6-4 4-6 7-6(2) and Naomi Osaka 7-6(2) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Noskova had a good straight sets win against Osaka (7-6² 6-3). During the match Noskova scored 67 points vs Osaka’s 59. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Noskova bagged 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Linda Noskova was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (31/42) of her 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Noskova broke Osaka once after converting 50% of her break points (1/2).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Linda has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

Noskova’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Prague and Beijing.

Linda has a composed 36-23 win-loss record in 2025, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakina	Noskova
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	19	55
Pts	66-52	185-172
Total Points	118	357
Winners	30	75
%Winners	45%	41%

Rybakina played 1 match while Noskova competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Linda Noskova surrendered 1 set while Elena Rybakina hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rybakina has played 3 set(s) less than Noskova (2 vs 5). Therefore, Rybakina played 36 games less than Noskova. Elena scored 30 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech struck 75 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakina	Noskova
Aces	11	7
Avg per match	11	3.5
1st in	33/57	113/195
%1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	30/33	75/113
%1st pts	91%	66%
2nd pts	11/24	45/82
%2nd pts	46%	55%

Rybakina fired 11 aces . Noskova fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Rybakina won 91% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Noskova won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakina	Noskova
Won	2	7
Converted	2/7	7/18
% Converted	29%	39%
Conceded	0	21
Saved	0	15
% Saved	0%	71%
Times Broken	0	6

The Kazakhstani broke her opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Elena had a solid display on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Linda broke her opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Czech conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
	R2 Cristian	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	66-52	66-52
Total points	118	118
Winners	30	30
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	33/57	33/57
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	30/33	30/33
% 1st pts	91%	91%
2nd pts	11/24	11/24
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Noskova
	R1 Putintseva	R2 Osaka	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 7-62	7-62 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	33	22	55
pts	118-113	67-59	185-172
Total points	231	126	357
Winners	44	31	75
%Winners	37%	46%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	7
Double Faults	5	2	7
1st in	71/124	42/71	113/195
% 1st in	57%	59%	58%
1st pts	44/71	31/42	75/113
% 1st pts	62%	74%	66%
2nd pts	26/53	19/29	45/82
% 2nd pts	49%	66%	55%
Breaks
Won	6	1	7
Converted	6/16	1/2	7/18
Converted %	38%	50%	39%
Conceded	17	4	21
Saved	11/17	4/4	15
Saved %	65%	100%	165%
Times Broken	6	0	6

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Gianluca MagerMager (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Oscar OtteOtte (6-7² 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (7-6¹ 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Andrej MartinMartin (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Dustin BrownBrown (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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