Victoria Mboko vs Dayana Yastremska Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Both players aim to snap losing streaks in Ningbo

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Andrew Hendrie 13 Oct 2025

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Victoria Mboko vs Dayana Yastremska predictions for Tuesday's WTA Ningbo R1
Mboko is on a three-match losing streak without winning a single set
Yastremka has withdrawn or retired in two of her last four tournaments
The match is scheduled to start around 7.30pm AEDT on Tuesday October 14

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Dayana Yastremska (Photo by Getty Images)

Victoria Mboko vs Dayana Yastremska Tips, Prediction & Live Stream

Teenage sensation Victoria Mboko and the enigmatic Dayana Yastremska each attempt to get back to winning ways when they square off in the first round of the 500-level Ningbo Open on Tuesday.

Victoria Mboko vs Dayana Yastremska Tips, Prediction & Live Stream
Head To Head
Victoria Mboko Form
Dayana Yastremska Form
Live Stream

Both players head into this showdown on the back of concerning losing runs. Mboko hasn't won a single set since her extraordinary run to the Canada Open title (where she also picked up a wrist injury), while Yastremsksa hasn't tasted victory since Cincinnati, retiring or withdrawing from two of her last four matches. It's a good opportunity for one of these players to restore some confidence and perhaps put together a deep run at the penultimate WTA 500 tournament of the season.

But who takes it? Hard to say - both are in a very unpredictable place right now. I'm tipping Under 21.5 total games as the best bet. This covers a one-sided victory for either player, while there's also a chance one could retire with their respective niggles. In terms of a H2H, I'll go with Yastremska as the underdog - she's had success in this part of the world before, while Mboko is clearly struggling with the newfound pressure and expectation that comes with such a big breakthrough.

Head To Head

This will be the first career meeting between the pair.

Victoria Mboko Form

Mboko has put together one of the most incredible breakout seasons of recent memory, registering a 53-12 win-loss record at all levels and rising from outside the world's top 350 to inside the top 30.

The 19-year-old began the year by collecting various ITF titles at a canter before earning her first tour-level victory in March. The Canadian continued her progress as she made her first Grand Slam appearances, qualifying for both Roland Garros (third round) and Wimbledon (second round).

However, the best was yet to come. Mboko lit up her home tournament in Toronto, beating four Grand Slam champions on her way to the WTA 1000 title, including Naomi Osaka in the final.

Mboko did injure her wrist during that title triumph and she's lost her last three matches coming into her Ningbo debut, going down in straight sets to Barbora Krejickova at the US Open, Anastasia Potapova at Beijing and Ekaterina Alexandrova in Wuhan last week.

Dayana Yastremska Form

Yastremska heads into this contest with a solid 31-20 record on the season and at No. 30 in the world, which is nine places below her career-high.

It's the first time Yastremska has reached three semi-finals in a single season at tour-level - she finished runner-up at both Linz and Nottingham, along with reaching the final four in Hamburg.

But, after a solid run to the R16 in Montreal, Yastremska has struggled. The Ukrainian was forced to withdraw from her second round Cincinnati match and went down in the first round of the US Open and Beijing. Last week, Yastremska was forced to retire in the third set of her opener in Wuhan against Laura Siegemund.

The 25-year-old won her maiden WTA title in Hong Kong in 2018 and was a Wuhan quarter-finalist in 2019, so Yastremska will be hoping to draw on those memories to find some resurgent form this week.