Anna Kalinskaya vs Victoria Mboko Preview: Head-to-Head, Prediction for Hong Kong Open 2025
One of the quarterfinal clashes at the 2025 Hong Kong Open will see sixth-seeded Anna Kalinskaya face off against third-seeded Victoria Mboko. Kalinskaya has had a moderate 2025 season, with a 25-20 win-loss record, including a runner-up finish in Washington, her best performance to date. At the Hong Kong Open, she started with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kamila Rakhimova in the first round, followed by a 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of Zhang Shuai in the second round.
Mboko has made this season her own, with the Canadian youngster achieving a significant career milestone by winning the WTA 1000 title in her home event in Montreal. She has also been in tremendous form on the ITF Tour this year, winning five titles. At the Hong Kong Open, she started with a 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4 win over Talia Gibson in the first round, followed by a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Alexandra Eala in the second round.
Anna Kalinskaya vs Victoria Mboko Details
Date: Oct. 31, 2025
Tournament: Hong Kong Open 2025
Round: Quarterfinals
Venue: Victoria Park, Hong Kong
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Outdoor hard court
Live Telecast: Tennis Channel, TSN, Sky Sports
Kalinskaya vs Mboko Head-to-Head
This is the first time Kalinskaya and Mboko will be going head-to-head against each other for the first time in their respective careers. Hence, the head-to-head is at 0-0.
Kalinskaya vs Mboko Prediction
Kalinskaya has had limited success on hard courts in her career, reaching two Tour-level finals. Aside from the final in Washington this year, she also reached the final at Dubai last year, where she lost to Jasmine Paolini. Overall, she has a hard-court title on the Challenger Tour, winning the Midland Classic with a win over Jana Fett in the final.
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Mboko has just started her Tour-level career and has already achieved huge success by winning a hard-court WTA 1000 title, with wins over former Major champions like Sofia Kenin, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina, and then defeating Naomi Osaka in the final. The Canadian has also achieved hard-court success at the ITF level, winning seven titles from nine finals on the surface.
Kalinskaya has been solid behind her serving at Hong Kong so far, winning 71% of her first serve points, but has had an underpar (38%) win rate behind her second serve. Upon her return, she has achieved a 75% breakpoint conversion rate. She has been broken only once. Meanwhile, Mboko had to play two three-setters in the competition so far, with her 56% break point conversion rate being one of her key factors in her victories.
Mboko might have had better form throughout the season, but Kalinskaya has been playing more reliable tennis currently and will be the slight favorite in the upcoming match.
Pick- Kalinskaya to win in three sets.
