Elena Rybakina and Linda Noskova will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.33
Linda Noskova -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Linda Noskova
This will be the 4th time that Elena Rybakina and Linda Noskova fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rybakina won 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Wuhan back in October 2025.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Linda Noskova – Wuhan 09-October-2025
Elena Rybakina
54 - 19win/loss
5
3
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59-19 | 37-13 | 9-3 | 8-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-11 | 23-5 | 12-2 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-15 | 31-11 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 18-12 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 18-14 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, Rybakina got to the semifinal after beating Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-3 and Victoria Mboko 6-3 7-6(4).
In the quarter, Rybakina had a good straight sets win against Mboko (6-3 7-64). During the match, Rybakina scored 73 points vs Mboko’s 57. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rybakina struck 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Elena Rybakina was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of her 1st serve and 78% (21/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elena broke Mboko once after converting 33% of her break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Rybakina has a terrific record in the last 10 years having won 70% of her matches (379-160). 37-13 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Rybakina has a compiled 186-83 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Strasbourg where she overcame Liudmila Samsonova in the final 6-1 6-7(2) 6-1 and in Ningbo where she beat Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 54-19 win-loss record in 2025, 37-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Linda Noskova
38 - 25win/loss
13
13
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-26 | 26-17 | 3-5 | 3-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-18 | 19-8 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-20 | 22-10 | 6-5 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-17 | 10-5 | 14-5 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-11 | 13-7 | 10-4 | 15-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17 (career-high), Noskova reached the semifinal after defeating Mccartney Kessler 5-7 6-3 6-4
and Anna Kalinskaya 6-0 1-0 ret..In the quarter against Kalinskaya, Linda had a free pass after Kalinskaya retired on a 6-0 1-0 . scoreline.
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Prague and Beijing.
Noskova has an overall 38-25 win-loss record in 2025, 26-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rybakina | Noskova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 38 |
| Pts | 138-109 | 135-111 |
| Total Points | 247 | 246 |
| Winners | 55 | 61 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Both Rybakina and Noskova played 2 matches. At the moment, Linda Noskova dropped 1 set while Elena Rybakina hasn’t lost a set so far. Rybakina has played 2 set(s) less than Noskova (4 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Rybakina played 3 games more than Noskova. The Kazakhstani scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech fired 61 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rybakina | Noskova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 72/134 | 83/130 |
| %1st in | 54% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 55/72 | 61/83 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 40/62 | 22/47 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 47% |
Rybakina made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Noskova made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Rybakina won 76% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Noskova won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rybakina | Noskova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 57% | 54% |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 |
| Saved | 6 | 12 |
| % Saved | 86% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Kazakhstani broke her opponents 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Rybakina dropped her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. Noskova broke her opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Noskova conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Rybakina | ||||
| R2 Annie | 1/4 Mboko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
| pts | 65-52 | 73-57 | 138-109 | |
| Total points | 117 | 130 | 247 | |
| Winners | 25 | 30 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/69 | 38/65 | 72/134 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 58% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 30/38 | 55/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 21/27 | 40/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 78% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/3 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 33% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Noskova | ||||
| R2 Kessler | 1/4 Kalinskaya | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | 6-0 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 7 | 38 | |
| pts | 99-95 | 36-16 | 135-111 | |
| Total points | 194 | 52 | 246 | |
| Winners | 46 | 15 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/99 | 20/31 | 83/130 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 46/63 | 15/20 | 61/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 7/11 | 22/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 64% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/4 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 75% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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