Linda Noskova and Katie Boulter will square off in the 1^st round of the Japan Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on CENTER. 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 Linda Noskova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Linda Noskova is the pick to win this match.
Linda Noskova -> 1.36
Katie Boulter -> 3.125

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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Katie Boulter

There is no head to head record between Linda Noskova and Katie Boulter since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Linda Noskova

Ranked no. 17 (career-high), the Czech will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Rybakina in the 3^rd round on the 9^th of October.

Linda has an overall 36-24 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Linda’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Prague and Beijing.

Talking about her overall career, Linda has an overall 183-98 record. She has a positive 88-45 record on hard.

Previously in Osaka

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Katie Boulter

Ranked no. 61, the Brit will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 3-6 6-4 6-1 to Tomova in the qualifications on the 4^th of October.

Katie has a composed 19-19 win-loss record in 2025, 6-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title the Paris where she defeated Chloe Paquet in the final 3-6 6-2 6-3.

In terms of her career, The Brit has an overall 345-217 record. She has a positive 177-124 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Osaka

• Simone Bolelli/Guillermo DuranBolelli/Guillermo Duran – Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mats MoraingMoraing – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tobias Kamke
  Kamke – Niklas GuttauGuttau (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Maximilian MartererMarterer (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Julian LenzLenz (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (6-4 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Steven DiezDiez – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-6³ 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Peter HellerHeller (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Attila BalazsBalazs – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro CachinCachin – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dalma GalfiGalfi – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Joanna GarlandGarland (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Suzan LamensLamens – Emiliana ArangoArango (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nao HibinoHibino – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction