Rakhimova vs Bouzkova Prediction 19 October 2026
🔊 Kamilla Rakhimova and Marie Bouzková meet in the first round of the Ningbo 500. The Czech player is the clear favourite on the odds by virtue of a significant class advantage, though she will be playing at this venue for the first time. The Uzbek player has been coming to Ningbo since 2023 and is now starting from qualifying for the third consecutive edition, having made it through to the main draw all but once. We'll see whether the match sharpness gained during qualifying helps her get off the mark in her head-to-head record against Bouzková.
Head-to-Head
📊 Marie Bouzková leads the head-to-head record against Kamilla Rakhimova, having won both previous meetings, one of which was on hard court.
Head-to-head statistics Rakhimova - Bouzkova
Kamilla Rakhimova Player Overview
Kamilla Rakhimova enters the main draw following two victories in the qualifying rounds. She has secured six wins in her last ten matches, which indicates relative consistency in her results. The average match duration exceeds the 22-game mark, with exactly half of them going to the Uzbekistani tennis player. She wins just over half of the rallies on her own serve, though there are certain issues with double faults, which stand at around 8%. Among her recent notable successes is reaching the third round of the Beijing WTA 1000 tournament.
Match Results: Kamilla Rakhimova
Marie Bouzkova Player Overview
Marie Bouzková is ranked higher at 28th against Kamilla Rakhimova's 69th, and has also won six of her last ten matches. Her games-won percentage is marginally higher at around 52%, and her hold rate of 66% is noticeably better than her opponent's. She also produces fewer double faults, with only around 3% of service points ending that way. That said, despite her superior ranking and stronger metrics, Bouzková has not gone beyond the second round at either of the two Asian tournaments in Beijing and Wuhan.
Match Results: Marie Bouzkova
Key factors
- The average number of games per match for both players exceeds 21.
- Across their last ten matches, Kamilla Rakhimova and Marie Bouzková have frequently played extended sets.
- Bouzková leads in their head-to-head record, but Rakhimova has performed better during the current Asian swing.
Expected scenario
A tight match with a high game count looks likely: both players have similar records in terms of sets won and have frequently spent longer on court than expected. Their head-to-head history points to competitive encounters - one of their meetings stretched to 23 games. The underdog also carries better current form and stronger results during the Asian swing, and having come through qualifying for this tournament should help her push the Czech favourite hard.
⭐ Editor's Pick
Recent results for Kamilla Rakhimova and Marie Bouzkova point to frequent, drawn-out matches with a fairly even distribution of games. At least one of their previous meetings was also closely contested throughout, with a narrow final margin. That pattern favours a match where the total number of games exceeds the WTA average and the scoreline is far from one-sided. Our pick is Rakhimova - Games Handicap +5.5.
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