Jessica Pegula and Rebeka Masarova will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on BNP PARIBAS ARENA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.164
Rebeka Masarova -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Rebeka Masarova
There is no head to head record between Jessica Pegula and Rebeka Masarova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jessica Pegula
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50-13 | 34-8 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-23 | 35-12 | 11-5 | 3-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Pegula reached the 3rd round after defeating Zeynep Sonmez 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Sonmez (6-4 6-0). During the match, Pegula scored 64 points vs Sonmez’s 42. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pegula bagged 3 aces and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Jessica Pegula was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of her 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pegula broke Sonmez 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
WTA Rome - Jessica Pegula's projected path
Pegula has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of her matches (362-161). 7-1 on clay in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pegula has a compiled 73-38 record in the last years on clay.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Dubai where she beat Elina Svitolina in the final 6-2 6-4 and in Charleston where she defeated Yuliia Starodubtseva in the final 6-2 6-2.
Jessica has an aggregate 26-5 win-loss record in 2026, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Rebeka Masarova
15 - 10win/loss
173
62
WWLWLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-21 | 7-9 | 11-8 | 1-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-24 | 13-10 | 13-5 | 0-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-29 | 11-14 | 12-11 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-23 | 16-11 | 10-5 | 9-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 8-8 | 21-15 | 5-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, the Swiss got to the 3rd round after beating Moyuka Uchijima 6-3 6-2, Jil Teichmann 1-6 6-1 6-1, Oksana Selekhmeteva 7-5 5-7 6-1 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Annie Fernandez, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Masarova scored 92 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 91. Rebeka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Masarova scored 4 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Rebeka Masarova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Masarova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 83% (43/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (12/38) on the 2nd serve. Masarova broke Annie Fernandez 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rebeka started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
WTA Rome - Rebeka Masarova's projected path
The Swiss has a compiled 15-10 win-loss record in 2026, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Masarova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 99 |
| Pts | 64-42 | 324-278 |
| Total Points | 106 | 602 |
| Winners | 22 | 147 |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% |
Pegula played 1 match while Masarova competed in 4 matches. Masarova started her run from the qualifications while Pegula had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rebeka Masarova conceded 3 sets while Jessica Pegula hasn’t lost a set so far. Pegula has played 9 set(s) less than Masarova (2 vs 11). Therefore, Pegula played 83 games less than Masarova. The American scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Rebeka made 147 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Masarova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 187/290 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 147/187 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 40/103 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 39% |
Pegula fired 3 aces . Masarova recorded 16 aces (4 per match). Pegula won 76% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Masarova won 79% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pegula | Masarova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 19 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 19/32 |
| % Converted | 57% | 59% |
| Conceded | 1 | 22 |
| Saved | 1 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 10 |
Pegula broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Pegula pretty effective on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Rebeka broke her opponents 19 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||
| R2 Sonmez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 64-42 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 29/48 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Masarova | ||||||
| Q1 Uchijima |
Q3 Belen Teichmann |
R1 Selekhmeteva |
R2 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 1-6 6-1 6-1 | 7-5 5-7 6-1 | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 31 | 30 | 99 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 66-54 | 106-93 | 92-91 | 324-278 | |
| Total points | 100 | 120 | 199 | 183 | 602 | |
| Winners | 27 | 24 | 53 | 43 | 147 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% | 50% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 34/54 | 69/97 | 52/90 | 187/290 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 63% | 71% | 58% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 24/34 | 53/69 | 43/52 | 147/187 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 71% | 77% | 83% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 11/20 | 7/28 | 12/38 | 40/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 55% | 25% | 32% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/7 | 6/10 | 5/10 | 19/32 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 71% | 60% | 50% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 6/10 | 3/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 60% | 43% | 253% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
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