Anna Blinkova and Lilli Tagger will play each other in the final of the Jiangxi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:30 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 Anna Blinkova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anna Blinkova is the pick to win this match.
Anna Blinkova -> 1.71
Lilli Tagger -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Lilli Tagger
There is no head to head record between Anna Blinkova and Lilli Tagger since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Anna Blinkova
28 - 27win/loss
62
34
WWWWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-27 | 15-15 | 7-6 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 7-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 95, Anna reached the final after defeating Chloe Paquet 6-4 6-4, Anna Bondar 7-6(3) 7-5, Alycia Parks 7-5 7-5 and Dominika Salkova 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Salkova (6-4 6-4). During the match, Blinkova scored 78 points vs Salkova’s 70. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blinkova scored just 1 ace during the match and she committed only 6 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 59% of her first serves in, winning 61% (22/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Salkova 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 52% of the points she played.
Blinkova has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (317-245). 14-15 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Blinkova has a compiled 118-108 match record in the last years on hard.
Anna’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Jiujiang.
The Russian has a compiled 28-27 win-loss record in 2025, 14-15 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, Tagger got to the final after beating Chenting Zhu 6-2 6-1, Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4 6-2, Tamara Korpatsch 6-3 6-4 and Viktorija Golubic 6-1 4-6 7-5.
In the semifinal, The Austrian defeated Golubic (6-1 4-6 7-5). During the match Tagger scored 94 points vs Golubic’s 76. Tagger was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Tagger blasted 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Lilli Tagger lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Tagger put 66% of her first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Tagger broke Golubic 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W35 Terrassa where she defeated Lois Boisson in the final 7-6(4) 6-3 and the W75 Bucharest where she defeated Lina Gjorcheska in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4 and the W75 Kursumlijska Banja where she overcame Rada Zolotareva in the final 5-7 6-2 6-2.
Lilli has an overall 34-8 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blinkova | Tagger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 89 | 81 |
| Pts | 307-279 | 312-246 |
| Total Points | 586 | 558 |
| Winners | 103 | 122 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Both Blinkova and Tagger played 4 matches. At the moment, Lilli Tagger surrendered 1 set while Anna Blinkova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blinkova has played 1 set(s) less than Tagger (8 vs 9). However, it’s interesting to notice that Blinkova played 8 games more than Tagger. Anna scored 103 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Lilli blasted 122 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blinkova | Tagger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 160/261 | 180/262 |
| %1st in | 61% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 103/160 | 122/180 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 45/101 | 40/82 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 49% |
Blinkova managed to score 5 aces (1.3 per match). Tagger recorded 13 aces (3.3 per match). Blinkova won 64% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Tagger won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blinkova | Tagger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 22 | 22 |
| Converted | 22/42 | 22/45 |
| % Converted | 52% | 49% |
| Conceded | 29 | 28 |
| Saved | 14 | 19 |
| % Saved | 48% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 15 | 9 |
Anna broke her opponents 22 times with a 52% conversion rate. Blinkova lost her serve 15 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded. Tagger broke her opponents 22 times with a 49% conversion rate. Tagger conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.
| Blinkova | ||||||
| R1 Paquet |
R2 Bondar |
1/4 Parks |
1/2 Salkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-63 7-5 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 89 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 81-75 | 82-79 | 78-70 | 307-279 | |
| Total points | 121 | 156 | 161 | 148 | 586 | |
| Winners | 26 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 30% | 28% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 52/77 | 39/68 | 36/61 | 160/261 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 68% | 57% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 30/52 | 25/39 | 22/36 | 103/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 58% | 64% | 61% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 12/25 | 9/29 | 11/25 | 45/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 48% | 31% | 44% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/9 | 7/13 | 6/15 | 22/42 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 54% | 40% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 6/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 29% | 29% | 60% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Tagger | ||||||||
| R1 Zhu |
R1 Zhu |
R2 Cocciaretto |
R2 Cocciaretto |
1/4 Korpatsch |
1/2 Golubic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 114 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 64-42 | 72-55 | 72-55 | 82-73 | 94-76 | 448-343 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | 127 | 127 | 155 | 170 | 791 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 39 | 173 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 38% | 38% | 39% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 31/45 | 36/57 | 36/57 | 54/71 | 59/89 | 247/364 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 63% | 63% | 76% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | 27/36 | 27/36 | 32/54 | 39/59 | 173/247 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | 75% | 75% | 59% | 66% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | 8/21 | 8/21 | 7/17 | 17/30 | 56/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | 38% | 38% | 41% | 57% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 6/13 | 6/8 | 32/69 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 56% | 56% | 46% | 75% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 33 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 8/11 | 8/12 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 33% | 33% | 73% | 67% | 102% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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