Yulia Putintseva and Yuliia Starodubtseva will play each other in the 1^st round of the Ningbo Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yulia Putintseva who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yulia Putintseva is the pick to win this match.
Yulia Putintseva -> 1.43
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Yulia Putintseva vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva

There is no head to head record between Yulia Putintseva and Yuliia Starodubtseva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yulia Putintseva

Ranked no. 63, the Kazakhstani got to the 1^st round after beating Katarzyna Kawa 6-0 6-3 and Talia Gibson 1-6 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications against Gibson, Yulia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Putintseva and Gibson scored the same amount of points (78). However, the world no. 63 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Yulia was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Putintseva fired 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Yulia Putintseva lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Putintseva put 66% of her first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Gibson 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Putintseva has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (286-235). 14-14 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Putintseva has an overall 153-140 match record in the last years on hard.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

The Kazakhstani has an overall 22-24 win-loss record in 2025, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Ranked no. 131, Yuliia got to the 1^st round after defeating Priscilla Hon 7-6(0) 6-1 and Tamara Korpatsch 6-1 6-3.

In the qualifications, Yuliia had a good straight sets win against Korpatsch (6-1 6-3). During the match Starodubtseva scored 64 points vs Korpatsch’s 43. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Starodubtseva was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yuliia Starodubtseva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtseva put 74% of her first serves in, winning 53% (26/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Starodubtseva broke Korpatsch 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Starodubtseva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.

Starodubtseva has an overall 21-30 win-loss record in 2025, 9-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Putintseva	Starodubtseva
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	39	36
Pts	132-111	143-104
Total Points	243	247
Winners	59	59
%Winners	45%	41%

Both Putintseva and Starodubtseva played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yulia Putintseva dropped 1 set while Yuliia Starodubtseva hasn’t lost a set so far. Putintseva has played 1 set more than Starodubtseva (5 vs 4). Therefore, Putintseva played 3 games more than Starodubtseva. Yulia scored 59 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian managed to score 59 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Putintseva	Starodubtseva
Aces	4	0
Avg per match	2	0
1st in	86/125	96/138
%1st in	69%	70%
1st pts	59/86	59/96
%1st pts	69%	61%
2nd pts	18/39	22/42
%2nd pts	46%	52%

Putintseva bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Starodubtseva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Putintseva won 69% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Starodubtseva won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Putintseva	Starodubtseva
Won	9	10
Converted	9/16	10/17
% Converted	56%	59%
Conceded	8	10
Saved	5	6
% Saved	63%	60%
Times Broken	3	4

The Kazakhstani broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Yulia lost her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Yuliia broke her opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Putintseva
	Q1 Kawa	Q3 Gibson	Total
Score	6-0 6-3	1-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	15	24	39
pts	54-33	78-78	132-111
Total points	87	156	243
Winners	23	36	59
%Winners	43%	46%	45%
SERVE
Aces	0	4	4
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	31/42	55/83	86/125
% 1st in	74%	66%	69%
1st pts	23/31	36/55	59/86
% 1st pts	74%	65%	69%
2nd pts	5/11	13/28	18/39
% 2nd pts	45%	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/10	3/6	9/16
Converted %	60%	50%	56%
Conceded	2	6	8
Saved	1/2	4/6	5
Saved %	50%	67%	59%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Starodubtseva
	Q1 Hon	Q3 Korpatsch	Total
Score	7-60 6-1	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	16	36
pts	79-61	64-43	143-104
Total points	140	107	247
Winners	33	26	59
%Winners	42%	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	47/72	49/66	96/138
% 1st in	65%	74%	70%
1st pts	33/47	26/49	59/96
% 1st pts	70%	53%	61%
2nd pts	13/25	9/17	22/42
% 2nd pts	52%	53%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	7	10
Converted	3/9	7/8	10/17
Converted %	33%	88%	59%
Conceded	3	7	10
Saved	2/3	4/7	6
Saved %	67%	57%	62%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Tennis Scores in Ningbo

• Pavel KotovKotov – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nikola CacicCacic – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Samuele RamazzottiRamazzotti – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (7-5 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alessandro BegaBega – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (2-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Aldin SetkicSetkic (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Gleb SakharovSakharov (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Kaichi UchidaUchida (2-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo ViolaViola – Emiliano MaggioliMaggioli (6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-1 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alen AvidzbaAvidzba – Luca VanniVanni (7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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