Karolina Muchova is poised to take on seventh seed Diana Shnaider in the Round of 16 at the Ningbo Open on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. The match will be held at the Yinzhou Tennis Center in Ningbo, China, during a tournament that boasts a prize pool of $1,064,510.
Muchova opened her Ningbo campaign with a significant victory over fellow Czech and 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Despite a disappointing exit in the second round of the previous week’s Wuhan Open and a loss to Amanda Anisimova in the third round of the China Open, the 29-year-old has enjoyed a solid 2025 season with a 23-15 win-loss record. Muchova reached the semifinals in Dubai and Linz, as well as the quarterfinals of the US Open, but is still in search of her first WTA title since winning the 2019 Korea Open.
On the other hand, Shnaider commenced her Ningbo Open journey with a comfortable win against home favorite Wang Xiyu. After facing early exits in the first rounds of the WTA 1000 events in Wuhan and Beijing, the 21-year-old Russian aims to regain her footing in this penultimate WTA 500 event of the season. Shnaider, who was the runner-up in Ningbo last year, recently secured her third WTA title at the Monterrey Open on hard courts in August.
This matchup marks the first meeting between Muchova and Shnaider, leaving the head-to-head record at 0-0. Muchova, with a strong performance on hard courts this season, has played 32 out of her 36 matches on this surface, winning 22 times. Given her recent form and a notable victory over Vondrousova, Muchova is favored to come out on top against Shnaider, who is attempting to bounce back from a challenging swing in Asia.
Predictions suggest a closely contested match, with Muchova likely to clinch the victory, potentially in three sets. The betting odds reflect Muchova’s status as the favorite, although opportunities for Shnaider to win a set and for the match to extend beyond 25 games are also seen as plausible outcomes.
As the Ningbo Open unfolds, both players have a chance to showcase their talents and take significant steps toward their respective goals in the season’s closing events.