Marie Bouzkova and Viktorija Golubic will square off in the 2^nd round of the Japan Open for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marie Bouzkova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marie Bouzkova is the pick to win this match.
Marie Bouzkova -> 1.45
Viktorija Golubic -> 2.74

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Prediction and head to head Marie Bouzkova vs. Viktorija Golubic

This will be the 6^th time that Marie Bouzkova and Viktorija Golubic square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Bouzkova (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Golubic won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in Jiujiang back in 2024.

Highlights Viktorija Golubic vs Marie Bouzkova – Jiujiang 02-November-2024

Marie Bouzkova

Ranked no. 41, Marie reached the 2^nd round after beating Ena Shibahara 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Marie had a good straight sets win against Shibahara (6-1 6-1). During the match, Bouzkova scored 57 points vs Shibahara’s 29. Marie was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bouzkova fired 3 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Marie Bouzkova was quite effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of her 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Shibahara 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Bouzkova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (331-203). 20-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Bouzkova has a composed 238-124 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Prague where she beat Linda Noskova in the final 2-6 6-1 6-3.

Bouzkova has an overall 31-19 win-loss record in 2025, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

Viktorija Golubic

Ranked no. 60, Golubic reached the 2^nd round after beating Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-3 4-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Golubic defeated Andreescu (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Golubic scored 103 points vs Andreescu’s 95. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Golubic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Viktorija Golubic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Golubic put 66% of her first serves in, winning 61% (42/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Andreescu 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the Suzhou where she overcame Katie Volynets in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4.

The Swiss has an aggregate 31-21 win-loss record in 2025, 19-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bouzkova	Golubic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	14	29
Pts	57-29	103-95
Total Points	86	198
Winners	25	42
%Winners	44%	41%

Both Bouzkova and Golubic played 1 match. At the moment, Viktorija Golubic lost 1 set while Marie Bouzkova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bouzkova has played 1 set(s) less than Golubic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bouzkova played 15 games less than Golubic. Marie scored 25 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Viktorija managed to score 42 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bouzkova	Golubic
Aces	3	1
Avg per match	3	1
1st in	33/45	69/104
%1st in	73%	66%
1st pts	25/33	42/69
%1st pts	76%	61%
2nd pts	7/12	21/35
%2nd pts	58%	60%

Bouzkova made 3 aces . Golubic blasted 1 ace . Bouzkova won 76% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Golubic won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bouzkova	Golubic
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/10
% Converted	63%	50%
Conceded	1	14
Saved	1	11
% Saved	100%	79%
Times Broken	0	3

Bouzkova broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Bouzkova very solid her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Viktorija broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Viktorija conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.

Bouzkova
	R1 Shibahara	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	57-29	57-29
Total points	86	86
Winners	25	25
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	33/45	33/45
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	25/33	25/33
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	7/12	7/12
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Golubic
	R1 Andreescu	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	103-95	103-95
Total points	198	198
Winners	42	42
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	69/104	69/104
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	42/69	42/69
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	21/35	21/35
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	11/14	11
Saved %	79%	79%
Times Broken	3	3

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