Ajla Tomljanovic and Caty McNally will square off in the 2^nd round of the Guangzhou Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.9
Caty McNally -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Caty McNally

This will be the 2^nd time that Ajla Tomljanovic and Caty McNally fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for McNally (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, McNally won 6-4 ret. in the 1^st round in Indian Wells back in March 2025.

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ranked no. 89, Tomljanovic reached the 2^nd round after beating Alycia Parks 7-5 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Ajla had a good straight sets win against Parks (7-5 7-5). During the match, Tomljanovic scored 89 points vs Parks’s 77. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tomljanovic struck 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 77% of her first serves in, winning 64% (42/66) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Tomljanovic broke Parks 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Tomljanovic has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (224-185). 13-13 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomljanovic has a compiled 128-105 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Ajla has a composed 26-24 win-loss record in 2025, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guangzhou

Ajla has never competed in this tournament before.

Caty McNally

Ranked no. 90, McNally reached the 2^nd round after defeating Kaja Juvan 6-3 1-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Caty defeated Juvan (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match McNally scored 83 points vs Juvan’s 75. McNally was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.

About the serving games, McNally made 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Caty McNally lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, McNally put 88% of her first serves in, winning 69% (49/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 20% (2/10) on the 2nd serve. Caty broke Juvan 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Newport where she overcame Tatjana Maria in the final 2-6 6-4 6-2 and the W100 Evansville where she defeated Darja Vidmanova in the final 7-5 6-4.

Caty has a composed 45-20 win-loss record in 2025, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomljanovic	McNally
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	24	25
Pts	89-77	83-75
Total Points	166	158
Winners	42	49
%Winners	47%	59%

Both Tomljanovic and McNally played 1 match. At the moment, Caty McNally surrendered 1 set while Ajla Tomljanovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tomljanovic has played 1 set(s) less than McNally (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tomljanovic played 1 game less than McNally. Tomljanovic scored 42 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Caty recorded 49 winners (59%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomljanovic	McNally
Aces	7	2
Avg per match	7	2
1st in	66/86	71/81
%1st in	77%	88%
1st pts	42/66	49/71
%1st pts	64%	69%
2nd pts	8/20	2/10
%2nd pts	40%	20%

Tomljanovic bagged 7 aces . McNally recorded 2 aces . Tomljanovic won 64% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, McNally won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 20% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomljanovic	McNally
Won	5	3
Converted	5/6	3/5
% Converted	83%	60%
Conceded	9	7
Saved	6	4
% Saved	67%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Ajla broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. McNally broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded.

Tomljanovic
	R1 Parks	Total
Score	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	24	24
pts	89-77	89-77
Total points	166	166
Winners	42	42
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	66/86	66/86
% 1st in	77%	77%
1st pts	42/66	42/66
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	8/20	8/20
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

McNally
	R1 Juvan	Total
Score	6-3 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	83-75	83-75
Total points	158	158
Winners	49	49
%Winners	59%	59%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	71/81	71/81
% 1st in	88%	88%
1st pts	49/71	49/71
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	2/10	2/10
% 2nd pts	20%	20%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guilherme ClezarClezar – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi – Filip HoranskyHoransky (3-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-1 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-1 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (1-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 6-7⁵ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Aldin SetkicSetkic (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-7⁹ 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro SousaSousa – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emilio GomezGomez – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico CoriaCoria – Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lulu SunSun – Yafan WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Claire LiuLiu – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Veronika ErjavecErjavec (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xiyu WangWang – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Ann LiLi (2-1) – H2H and prediction