Katie Volynets and Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 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 Katie Volynets who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Katie Volynets is the pick to win this match.
Katie Volynets -> 1.21
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah

There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Katie Volynets

Katie Volynets

38 - 26win/loss

Hard
24-15
I Hard
0-0
Clay
13-8
Grass
1-3
Rank
89
High
56
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-27 25-16 13-8 0-0 1-3 0-0
2024 46-24 23-16 18-6 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 30-27 22-14 8-7 0-1 0-5 0-0
2022 36-26 19-15 13-7 0-0 4-4 0-0
2021 29-25 12-12 12-8 1-2 4-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 98, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Dominika Salkova 6-2 7-5, Lanlana Tararudee 6-2 4-6 6-4 and Katarzyna Kawa 4-6 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round against Kawa, Katie recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Volynets scored 97 points vs Kawa’s 81. Volynets was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Volynets was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 76% of her first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Katie broke Kawa 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Volynets has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (238-167). 24-15 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Volynets has a composed138-97 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Katie’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Oeiras and the Suzhou.

Katie has an overall 38-26 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guangzhou

Volynets has never competed in this tournament before.

Guangzhou
Volynets's Record

Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah

Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah

36 - 22win/loss

Hard
11-8
I Hard
8-3
Clay
17-11
Rank
126
High
122
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-24 11-10 17-11 8-3 0-0 0-0
2024 39-80 3-4 30-69 6-7 0-0 0-0
2023 28-16 2-2 26-13 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 16-6 0-0 16-5 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 2-3 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 129, Tiantsoa got to the 2nd round after defeating Astra Sharma 6-5 ret., Lulu Sun 6-2 6-2 and Polina Kudermetova 1-6 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round against Kudermetova, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Rakotomanga scored 68 points vs Kudermetova’s 53. Tiantsoa was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Rakotomanga managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah was very efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Rakotomanga broke Kudermetova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Sao Paulo where she defeated Janice Tjen in the final 6-3 6-4.

Tiantsoa has a compiled 36-22 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Guangzhou
Rakotomanga's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Volynets
T.Rakotomanga Rajaonah
!
6h:27
6h:27
Time on court​
2h:57
2h:57
!
2h:02
2h:02
Last match​
1h:15
1h:15
3
3
Match played
3
3
74
74
Games Played​
49
49
8
8
Set played​​
7
7
291
291
Total points​
134
134
97
97
Avg point​
44.7
44.7
138
138
Winners
60
60
46
46
Avg Winners​
20
20
47%
47%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
6
6
0.7
0.7
Avg Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
10
10
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
138/219
138/219
1st won total​
60/91
60/91
63%
63%
1st won %
66%
66%
29/54
29/54
2nd won total​
25/52
25/52
54%
54%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
15/36
15/36
BP won
6/9
6/9
5/12
5/12
Avg BP won
2/3
2/3
42%
42%
Won
!
67%
67%
40
40
Conceded
14
14
13.3
13.3
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
7
7
Broken
8
8
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
33
33
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Volynets Rakotomanga
Match played 3 2
Tot Set 8 5
Tot Games 74 33
Pts 291-244 102-85
Total Points 535 187
Winners 138 48
%Winners 47% 47%

Volynets played 3 matches while Rakotomanga competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Katie Volynets conceded 2 sets, while Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah surrendered 1 set. Volynets has played 3 sets more than Rakotomanga (8 vs 5). Therefore, Volynets played 41 games more than Rakotomanga. The American scored 138 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Tiantsoa managed to score 48 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Volynets Rakotomanga
Aces 2 6
Avg per match 0.7 3
1st in 219/273 67/100
%1st in 80% 67%
1st pts 138/219 48/67
%1st pts 63% 72%
2nd pts 29/54 18/33
%2nd pts 54% 55%

Volynets recorded 2 aces (0.7 per match). Rakotomanga managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Volynets won 63% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Rakotomanga won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Volynets Rakotomanga
Won 15 6
Converted 15/36 6/9
% Converted 42% 67%
Conceded 40 9
Saved 33 5
% Saved 83% 56%
Times Broken 7 4

Volynets broke her opponents 15 times with a 42% conversion rate. Volynets dropped her serve 7 times and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Rakotomanga conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.

Volynets
Q1
Salkova		 Q3
Tararudee		 R1
Kawa		 Total
Score 6-2 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 20 28 26 74
pts 84-68 110-95 97-81 291-244
Total points 152 205 178 535
Winners 43 55 40 138
%Winners 51% 50% 41% 47%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 0 2
Double Faults 0 0 0 0
1st in 64/75 93/116 62/82 219/273
% 1st in 85% 80% 76% 80%
1st pts 43/64 55/93 40/62 138/219
% 1st pts 67% 59% 65% 63%
2nd pts 5/11 14/23 10/20 29/54
% 2nd pts 45% 61% 50% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 5 6 15
Converted 4/13 5/8 6/15 15/36
Converted % 31% 63% 40% 42%
Conceded 17 16 7 40
Saved 16/17 13/16 4/7 33
Saved % 94% 81% 57% 77%
Times Broken 1 3 3 7
Rakotomanga
Q1
Sharma		 Q3
Sun		 R1
Kudermetova 		Total
Score 6-5 ret. 6-2 6-2 1-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 1 2 3 6
Tot Games 11 16 22 49
pts 34-32 – 68-53 102-85
Total points 66 0 121 187
Winners 16 32 48
%Winners 47% 0% 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 4 0 2 6
Double Faults 2 4 6
1st in 22/40 / 45/60 67/100
% 1st in 55% 0% 75% 67%
1st pts 16/22 / 32/45 48/67
% 1st pts 73% 0% 71% 72%
2nd pts 10/18 / 8/15 18/33
% 2nd pts 56% 0% 53% 55%
Breaks
Won 1 5 6
Converted 1/3 / 5/6 6/9
Converted % 33% 0% 83% 67%
Conceded 1 8 9
Saved 0/1 0/ 5/8 5
Saved % 0% – 63% 21%
Times Broken 1 3 4

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

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