Elena Rybakina and Ajla Tomljanovic will square off in the quarter of the Ningbo Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.134
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 5.8

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

This will be the 3^rd time that Elena Rybakina and Ajla Tomljanovic clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in at the Wimbledon back in 2022.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Ajla Tomljanovic – Wimbledon 06-July-2022

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 9, Elena reached the quarter after defeating Dayana Yastremska 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Rybakina defeated Yastremska (6-4 6-7⁶ 6-3). During the match, Rybakina scored 117 points vs Yastremska’s 102. Rybakina was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rybakina recorded 10 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Elena Rybakina was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (39/51) of her 1st serve and 56% (27/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Elena broke Yastremska 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Rybakina has an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (374-160). 32-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakina has a composed 181-83 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Strasbourg where she overcame Liudmila Samsonova in the final 6-1 6-7(2) 6-1.

The Kazakhstani has an overall 49-19 win-loss record in 2025, 32-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ranked no. 104, the Australian got to the quarter after defeating Maya Joint 4-6 6-2 6-4, Antonia Ruzic 6-2 6-0, Clara Tauson 1-6 7-6(4) 6-3 and Zeynep Sonmez 7-6(6) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Sonmez (7-6⁶ 6-3). During the match Tomljanovic scored 81 points vs Sonmez’s 68. Ajla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Tomljanovic made 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Ajla broke Sonmez 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Austin and Rabat.

Ajla has a compiled 25-23 win-loss record in 2025, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakina	Tomljanovic
Match played	1	4
Tot Set	3	10
Tot Games	32	93
Pts	117-102	330-291
Total Points	219	621
Winners	39	126
%Winners	33%	38%

Rybakina played 1 match while Tomljanovic competed in 4 matches. Tomljanovic started her run from the qualifications while Rybakina had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Rybakina lost 1 set, while Ajla Tomljanovic surrendered 2 sets. Rybakina has played 7 set(s) less than Tomljanovic (3 vs 10). Therefore, Rybakina played 61 games less than Tomljanovic. The Kazakhstani scored 39 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 126 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakina	Tomljanovic
Aces	10	9
Avg per match	10	2.3
1st in	51/99	192/310
%1st in	52%	62%
1st pts	39/51	126/192
%1st pts	76%	66%
2nd pts	27/48	50/118
%2nd pts	56%	42%

Rybakina made 10 aces . Tomljanovic bagged 9 aces (2.3 per match). Rybakina won 76% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakina	Tomljanovic
Won	5	23
Converted	5/12	23/42
% Converted	42%	55%
Conceded	6	34
Saved	3	19
% Saved	50%	56%
Times Broken	3	15

Elena broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Elena dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 23 times with a 55% conversion rate. Ajla conceded her serve 15 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
	R2 Yastremska	Total
Score	6-4 6-76 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	117-102	117-102
Total points	219	219
Winners	39	39
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	51/99	51/99
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	39/51	39/51
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	27/48	27/48
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	3/6	3
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

Tomljanovic
	Q1 Joint	Q3 Ruzic	R1 Tauson	R2 Sonmez	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-4	6-2 6-0	1-6 7-64 6-3	7-66 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	3	2	10
Tot Games	28	14	29	22	93
pts	103-96	61-34	85-93	81-68	330-291
Total points	199	95	178	149	621
Winners	29	26	41	30	126
%Winners	28%	43%	48%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3	3	9
Double Faults	16	6	4	3	29
1st in	47/92	36/53	60/84	49/81	192/310
% 1st in	51%	68%	71%	60%	62%
1st pts	29/47	26/36	41/60	30/49	126/192
% 1st pts	62%	72%	68%	61%	66%
2nd pts	19/45	9/17	6/24	16/32	50/118
% 2nd pts	42%	53%	25%	50%	42%
Breaks
Won	8	5	5	5	23
Converted	8/18	5/7	5/9	5/8	23/42
Converted %	44%	71%	56%	63%	55%
Conceded	9	3	9	13	34
Saved	3/9	3/3	4/9	9/13	19
Saved %	33%	100%	44%	69%	246%
Times Broken	6	0	5	4	15

Tennis Scores in Ningbo

• Ulrikke Eikeri/Qianhui TangEikeri/Qianhui Tang – Lyudmyla Kichenok/Ellen PerezKichenok/Ellen Perez (3-6 6-3 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mats MoraingMoraing – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lukas LackoLacko – Viktor GalovicGalovic (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-5 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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