✗ Pick wrongMissed it. We had Solana Sierra at 58%, but Sloane Stephens won 6-3 6-4.
Pick: Sierra
Win probability: 58% Sierra · Sets: 2 (63%) · most likely score 2-0 (37%)
Tuesday's Toronto first round pits Sloane Stephens against Solana Sierra on hard. Solana Sierra is 5-5 across recent matches. Sloane Stephens has dropped 4 straight and sits at 2-8 over the last ten.
The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Sierra is exactly that — a lean.
✓ Pick rightWe got this one right. Aryna Sabalenka was our 90% pick, and won 6-3 6-3.
Pick: Sabalenka
Win probability: 90% Sabalenka · Sets: 2 (74%) · most likely score 2-0 (69%)
A spot in the next round is at stake on Tuesday, when Aryna Sabalenka goes up against Moyuka Uchijima in the Toronto round of 64. Aryna Sabalenka is 7-3 across recent matches. Moyuka Uchijima comes in at 4 wins from the last ten.
The serve is where this match separates: Sabalenka has been winning 67.2% of first-serve points to Uchijima's 63.1%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Uchijima needs several things to break right at once; the percentages say they usually don't.
✓ Pick rightWe got this one right. Diana Shnaider was our 74% pick, and won 6-2 4-6 6-1.
Pick: Shnaider
Win probability: 74% Shnaider · Sets: 2 (69%) · most likely score 2-0 (53%)
Tuesday's Toronto round of 64 pits Diana Shnaider against Rebecca Sramkova on hard. Diana Shnaider is 5-5 across recent matches. Rebecca Sramkova is searching for form, having lost 4 in a row (5 of the last 10).
Diana Shnaider simply rates much higher on hard, and our number follows from it. Sramkova comes in off a compressed schedule. Sramkova needs several things to break right at once; the percentages say they usually don't.
✓ Pick rightThis one lands on the correct side of the ledger: 73% on Elina Svitolina, who won 6-7 7-6 6-4.
Pick: Svitolina
Win probability: 73% Svitolina · Sets: 2 (68%) · most likely score 2-0 (53%)
A spot in the next round is at stake on Tuesday, when Elina Svitolina goes up against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the Toronto round of 64. Elina Svitolina has won 6 of the last 10. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro has won 5 of the last 10.
The serve is where this match separates: Svitolina has been winning 63.7% of first-serve points to Maneiro's 59.7%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. If Svitolina plays anywhere close to a normal level, this ends in relatively comfortable fashion.
✓ Pick rightWe got this one right. Iga Swiatek was our 70% pick, and won 6-0 6-3.
Pick: Swiatek
Win probability: 70% Swiatek · Sets: 2 (69%) · most likely score 2-0 (51%)
Iga Swiatek and Sara Bejlek meet in the round of 64 at Toronto on Tuesday. Iga Swiatek has won 7 of the last 10. Sara Bejlek is 5-5 across recent matches.
The ledger favors Iga Swiatek, 1-0 across their 1 meetings with Sara Bejlek.
Swiatek's 64.3% behind the first serve (against 57.7% for Bejlek) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. The edge belongs to Swiatek — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.
Not gradedThis match ended in a retirement, advancing Kamilla Rakhimova. It is excluded from our graded record — no pick is counted as right or wrong.
Pick: Siniakova
Win probability: 61% Siniakova · Sets: 2 (60%) · most likely score 2-0 (38%)
A spot in the next round is at stake on Tuesday, when Kamilla Rakhimova goes up against Katerina Siniakova in the Toronto round of 64. Katerina Siniakova has won 4 of the last 10. Kamilla Rakhimova has won 4 of the last 10.
Katerina Siniakova is clearly higher-rated on hard — our number puts Siniakova around 61%. The edge belongs to Siniakova — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.
✓ Pick rightNailed it. We had Anna Kalinskaya at 58% before the match, and Anna Kalinskaya won 6-2 6-7 6-4.
Pick: Kalinskaya
Win probability: 58% Kalinskaya · Sets: 2 (63%) · most likely score 2-0 (37%)
Anna Kalinskaya and Mccartney Kessler meet in the round of 64 at Toronto on Tuesday. Anna Kalinskaya comes in at 6 wins from the last ten. Mccartney Kessler has won 4 of the last 10.
Anna Kalinskaya is clearly higher-rated on hard — our number puts Kalinskaya around 58%. Little separates them; Kalinskaya gets the nod on the finest of margins.
Not gradedThis match ended in a retirement, advancing Shuai Zhang. It is excluded from our graded record — no pick is counted as right or wrong.
Pick: Ostapenko
Win probability: 57% Ostapenko · Sets: 2 (67%) · most likely score 2-0 (39%)
A spot in the next round is at stake on Tuesday, when Jelena Ostapenko goes up against Shuai Zhang in the Toronto round of 64. Jelena Ostapenko is 8-2 across recent matches. Shuai Zhang has won 4 of the last 10.
The serve is where this match separates: Ostapenko has been winning 64.9% of first-serve points to Zhang's 59.7%, and on hard that gap compounds fast. Zhang comes in off a compressed schedule. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Ostapenko fractionally more likely to land the big points.
✓ Pick rightThis one lands on the correct side of the ledger: 57% on Anastasia Potapova, who won 6-4 6-2.
Pick: Potapova
Win probability: 57% Potapova · Sets: 2 (63%) · most likely score 2-0 (37%)
Tuesday's Toronto round of 64 pits Anastasia Potapova against Elena Gabriela Ruse on hard. Anastasia Potapova is 7-3 across recent matches. Elena Gabriela Ruse is searching for form, having lost 3 in a row (5 of the last 10).
There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Ruse comes in off a compressed schedule. Little separates them; Potapova gets the nod on the finest of margins.
✓ Pick rightWe got this one right. Talia Gibson was our 56% pick, and won 7-5 6-1.
Pick: Gibson
Win probability: 56% Gibson · Sets: 3 (51%) · most likely score 2-1 (29%)
Tuesday's Toronto round of 64 pits Maja Chwalinska against Talia Gibson on hard. Talia Gibson is searching for form, having lost 3 in a row (3 of the last 10). Maja Chwalinska has dropped 2 straight and sits at 8-2 over the last ten.
Gibson's 63.6% behind the first serve (against 58.6% for Chwalinska) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. Little separates them; Gibson gets the nod on the finest of margins.
✓ Pick rightNailed it. We had Ekaterina Alexandrova at 56% before the match, and Ekaterina Alexandrova won 6-3 7-6.
Pick: AlexandrovaUpset call
Upset call: the market makes Osorio the favorite; our numbers say Alexandrova.
Win probability: 56% Alexandrova · Sets: 2 (61%) · most likely score 2-0 (36%)
Camila Osorio and Ekaterina Alexandrova meet in the round of 64 at Toronto on Tuesday. Ekaterina Alexandrova has won 4 of the last 10. Camila Osorio comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.
The ledger favors Camila Osorio, 3-0 across their 3 meetings with Ekaterina Alexandrova. On hard specifically it reads 1-0 Osorio — worth more than the overall number this week.
Alexandrova's 66.8% behind the first serve (against 61.6% for Osorio) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Alexandrova fractionally more likely to land the big points.
✗ Pick wrongA miss: Donna Vekic at 55% lost to Viktorija Golubic (5-7 6-2 6-3).
Pick: Vekic
Win probability: 55% Vekic · Sets: 2 (61%) · most likely score 2-0 (35%)
Donna Vekic and Viktorija Golubic meet in the round of 64 at Toronto on Tuesday. Donna Vekic has dropped 2 straight and sits at 7-3 over the last ten. Viktorija Golubic is 6-4 across recent matches.
Vekic's 68.7% behind the first serve (against 58% for Golubic) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Vekic is exactly that — a lean.
✓ Pick rightWe got this one right. Caty Mcnally was our 60% pick, and won 4-6 7-6 6-1.
Pick: Mcnally
Win probability: 60% Mcnally · Sets: 2 (63%) · most likely score 2-0 (39%)
Caty Mcnally and Tatjana Maria meet in the first round at Toronto on Tuesday. Caty Mcnally comes in at 6 wins from the last ten. Tatjana Maria is rolling — 5 straight wins, 8 of 10 in recent play.
Caty Mcnally simply rates much higher on hard, and our number follows from it. The edge belongs to Mcnally — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.
✓ Pick rightThis one lands on the correct side of the ledger: 65% on Madison Keys, who won 6-1 6-2.
Pick: Keys
Win probability: 65% Keys · Sets: 2 (68%) · most likely score 2-0 (46%)
A spot in the next round is at stake on Tuesday, when Antonia Ruzic goes up against Madison Keys in the Toronto round of 64. Madison Keys has dropped 2 straight and sits at 7-3 over the last ten. Antonia Ruzic is 4-6 across recent matches.
The ledger favors Madison Keys, 1-0 across their 1 meetings with Antonia Ruzic.
Hold strength tells the story — 65.5% versus 61.3% on first-serve points in Keys's favor. Expect resistance, but the match-level math tilts clearly toward Keys.