Belinda Bencic and Yuliia Starodubtseva will face off in the 2nd round of the Ningbo Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.164
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva
There is no head to head record between Belinda Bencic and Yuliia Starodubtseva since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Belinda Bencic
32 - 16win/loss
11
4
| 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. 14, the Swiss got to the 2nd round after beating Magda Linette 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Bencic had a good straight sets win against Linette (6-3 6-2). During the match, Bencic scored 76 points vs Linette’s 51. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bencic struck 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Belinda Bencic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 65% of her first serves in, winning 83% (38/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Bencic broke Linette 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Bencic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (287-153). 24-11 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Bencic has an overall 149-83 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Abu Dhabi where she beat Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.
The Swiss has an aggregate 32-16 win-loss record in 2025, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Ningbo
Belinda has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuliia Starodubtseva
22 - 30win/loss
115
63
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-34 | 10-20 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-26 | 26-15 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-17 | 20-5 | 19-10 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, Starodubtseva got to the 2nd round after defeating Priscilla Hon 7-6(0) 6-1, Tamara Korpatsch 6-1 6-3 and Yulia Putintseva 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (6-4 6-2). During the match Starodubtseva scored 59 points vs Putintseva’s 51. Yuliia was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Starodubtseva wasn’t able 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 once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtseva put 63% of her first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Yuliia broke Putintseva 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
The Ukrainian has a composed 22-30 win-loss record in 2025, 10-16 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 | Bencic | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 54 |
| Pts | 76-51 | 202-155 |
| Total Points | 127 | 357 |
| Winners | 38 | 83 |
| %Winners | 50% | 41% |
Bencic played 1 match while Starodubtseva competed in 3 matches. Starodubtseva started her run from the qualifications while Bencic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Bencic has played 4 set(s) less than Starodubtseva (2 vs 6). Therefore, Bencic played 37 games less than Starodubtseva. The Swiss scored 38 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian recorded 83 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bencic | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 46/71 | 133/197 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 83/133 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 34/64 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 53% |
Bencic managed to score 2 aces . Starodubtseva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bencic won 83% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Starodubtseva won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bencic | Starodubtseva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 14 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 60% | 54% |
| Conceded | 8 | 17 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Bencic broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Belinda quite strong on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points. Starodubtseva broke her opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Yuliia conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bencic | |||
| R1 Linette | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 76-51 | 76-51 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/71 | 46/71 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 38/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Starodubtseva | |||||
| Q1 Hon | Q3 Korpatsch | R1 Putintseva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-60 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 18 | 54 | |
| pts | 79-61 | 64-43 | 59-51 | 202-155 | |
| Total points | 140 | 107 | 110 | 357 | |
| Winners | 33 | 26 | 24 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 49/66 | 37/59 | 133/197 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 74% | 63% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 26/49 | 24/37 | 83/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 53% | 65% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 9/17 | 12/22 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 55% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 7/8 | 4/9 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 88% | 44% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/7 | 6/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 57% | 86% | 210% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
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- Matteo ViolaViola – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor GalovicGalovic – Pavel KotovKotov (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas LackoLacko – Alen AvidzbaAvidzba (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alessandro BegaBega – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emilio GomezGomez – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 3-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-64 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Mirza BasicBasic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-3 6-76 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Yue YuanYuan – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (3-2) – H2H and prediction