Belinda Bencic and Magda Linette will play each other in the 1st round of the Ningbo Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.34
Magda Linette -> 3.24

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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Magda Linette

This will be the 2nd time that Belinda Bencic and Magda Linette face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Bencic won 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.

Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic

32 - 16win/loss

Hard
24-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-3
Grass
5-2
Rank
11
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-17 31-12 3-3 0-0 5-2 0-0
2024 8-2 0-0 0-0 8-2 0-0 0-0
2023 31-13 24-10 4-2 0-0 3-1 0-0
2022 42-18 13-9 13-4 10-2 6-3 0-0
2021 37-20 22-9 5-5 5-3 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 15, the Swiss will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 7-6(2) 6-4 to Swiatek in the 3rd round on the 9th of October.

Belinda has a composed 31-16 win-loss record in 2025, 23-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she overcame Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, Belinda has an overall 427-217 record. She has a positive 211-110 record on hard.

Previously in Ningbo

Belinda has never competed in this tournament before.

Ningbo
Bencic's Record

Magda Linette

Magda Linette

21 - 25win/loss

Hard
14-17
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-4
Grass
3-4
Rank
55
High
19
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-25 14-17 4-4 0-0 3-4 0-0
2024 31-27 11-16 16-7 1-1 3-3 0-0
2023 27-29 19-15 4-7 0-4 4-3 0-0
2022 40-29 23-16 10-7 3-2 4-4 0-0
2021 18-18 8-9 5-6 3-1 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 40, Magda will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Ruzic in the 1st round on the 6th of October.

Magda has a compiled 21-24 win-loss record in 2025, 14-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Magda’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Nottingham.

In terms of her career, The Pole has an overall 457-383 record. She has a positive 231-191 record on hard.

Previously in Ningbo

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

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Ningbo
Linette's Record

Tennis Scores in Ningbo

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