Viktorija Golubic and Lilli Tagger will play each other in the semifinal of the Jiangxi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Viktorija Golubic who should win in 3 sets.
Viktorija Golubic -> 1.46
Lilli Tagger -> 2.7
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Prediction and head to head Viktorija Golubic vs. Lilli Tagger
There is no head to head record between Viktorija Golubic and Lilli Tagger since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Viktorija Golubic
36 - 24win/loss
69
35
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-25 | 24-13 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 15-11 | 2-4 | 7-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 14-9 | 2-5 | 10-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 12-10 | 4-7 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-22 | 15-11 | 9-4 | 12-2 | 9-4 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 53, the Swiss got to the semifinal after defeating Rina Saigo 6-2 6-4, Elena Pridankina 6-0 4-6 7-5 and Yulia Putintseva 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, Viktorija had a good straight sets win against Putintseva (7-5 6-2). During the match, Golubic scored 69 points vs Putintseva’s 51. The Swiss was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Golubic scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Viktorija Golubic lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Golubic put 71% of her first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Putintseva 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Golubic has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (312-218). 24-12 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Golubic has an overall 146-104 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the Suzhou where she beat Katie Volynets in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Golubic has an aggregate 36-24 win-loss record in 2025, 24-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Jiujiang
Lilli Tagger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-9 | 5-4 | 29-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-11 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-6 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 235, Lilli got to the semifinal after beating Chenting Zhu 6-2 6-1, Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4 6-2 and Tamara Korpatsch 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Tagger had a good straight sets win against Korpatsch (6-3 6-4). During the match Tagger scored 82 points vs Korpatsch’s 73. Tagger was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Tagger bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Lilli Tagger lost the serve 3 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Tagger put 76% of her first serves in, winning 59% (32/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Tagger broke Korpatsch 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lilli hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W35 Terrassa where she overcame Lois Boisson in the final 7-6(4) 6-3 and the W75 Bucharest where she overcame Lina Gjorcheska in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4 and the W75 Kursumlijska Banja where she defeated Rada Zolotareva in the final 5-7 6-2 6-2.
Lilli has an overall 33-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Jiujiang
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Golubic | Tagger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 52 |
| Pts | 257-208 | 218-170 |
| Total Points | 465 | 388 |
| Winners | 111 | 83 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Both Golubic and Tagger played 3 matches. At the moment, Viktorija Golubic surrendered 1 set while Lilli Tagger hasn’t conceded a set so far. Golubic has played 1 set more than Tagger (7 vs 6). Therefore, Golubic played 14 games more than Tagger. Viktorija scored 111 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Lilli struck 83 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Golubic | Tagger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 179/256 | 121/173 |
| %1st in | 70% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 111/179 | 83/121 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 39/77 | 23/52 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 44% |
Golubic managed to score 1 ace (0.3 per match). Tagger also scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Golubic won 62% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Tagger won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Golubic | Tagger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 16 |
| Converted | 17/32 | 16/37 |
| % Converted | 53% | 43% |
| Conceded | 37 | 16 |
| Saved | 29 | 11 |
| % Saved | 78% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
Viktorija broke her opponents 17 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Swiss dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded. Lilli broke her opponents 16 times with a 43% conversion rate. Lilli conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.
| Golubic | |||||
| R1 Saigo | R2 Pridankina | 1/4 Putintseva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-0 4-6 7-5 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 20 | 66 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 119-103 | 69-51 | 257-208 | |
| Total points | 123 | 222 | 120 | 465 | |
| Winners | 30 | 52 | 29 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 45/64 | 94/136 | 40/56 | 179/256 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 52/94 | 29/40 | 111/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 55% | 73% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 21/42 | 8/16 | 39/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 50% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 8/16 | 5/8 | 17/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 63% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 29 | 4 | 37 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 24/29 | 2/4 | 29 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 83% | 50% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tagger | |||||
| R1 Zhu | R2 Cocciaretto | 1/4 Korpatsch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 | 19 | 52 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 72-55 | 82-73 | 218-170 | |
| Total points | 106 | 127 | 155 | 388 | |
| Winners | 24 | 27 | 32 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 36/57 | 54/71 | 121/173 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 63% | 76% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 27/36 | 32/54 | 83/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 59% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/21 | 7/17 | 23/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 38% | 41% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/9 | 6/13 | 16/37 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 46% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/3 | 8/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 73% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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