Magda Linette and Nao Hibino will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on Court 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Magda Linette who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Magda Linette is the pick to win this match.
Magda Linette -> 1.51
Nao Hibino -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Magda Linette vs. Nao Hibino
This will be the 10th time that Magda Linette and Nao Hibino fight against each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Linette (see full H2H stats),but they are 3-3 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Linette won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha back in February 2024.
Magda Linette
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-14 | 3-9 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 9-7 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 53, Linette will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-2 2-6 6-3 to Zheng in the 2nd round on the 13th of February.
Magda has an overall 3-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Magda has an overall 408-338 record. She has a positive 209-165 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 12-10 | 0-5 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-21 | 1-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 9-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 93, Hibino got to the 1st round after defeating Greetje Minnen 6-4 6-2 and Lucia Bronzetti 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Bronzetti, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Hibino scored 89 points vs Bronzetti’s 82. Nao was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Hibino bagged 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nao Hibino was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (40/56) of her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Nao broke Bronzetti 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
The Japanese has a compiled 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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