Magda Linette vs Aliona Falei Prediction, Chennai Open, 3 November 2026
Match analysis
Magda Linette has won two of her last ten matches, and Superior still backs her to beat Aliona Falei in Chennai, because all ten came at WTA and Grand Slam events, from the National Bank Open in August to Guangzhou last week. Falei reached this draw through qualifying, and before that her autumn ran through the Jingshan Tennis Open, Suzhou WTA 125 and Ankara.
Jingshan, Suzhou and two rounds of qualifying
Falei is 38-13 on hard courts this season against Linette's 15-18, and the rows behind it show where she has been playing. She won three matches at the Jingshan Tennis Open before Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat her, two at Suzhou WTA 125 before a three-set defeat by Rebecca Sramkova, then two in Chennai qualifying, the second 6-4 4-6 7-5 over Rada Zolotareva on 1 November. Linette's wins in the same stretch came over Claire Liu at the Japan Open and Anastasia Zakharova in Guangzhou.
Eight defeats in ten since early August
Linette's form is the real threat to this pick. She lost 2-6 2-6 to Lilli Tagger in Guangzhou on 29 October, twice to Katerina Siniakova and 0-6 3-6 to Elena Gabriela Ruse in Cincinnati, and six of her eight defeats came in straight sets. She has not won two matches in a row in that run, while Falei has won seven of her last ten.
Form
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Win-loss 2026
| Magda Linette | Aliona Falei | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 15-18 | 38-13 |
| Clay | 3-3 | 1-4 |
| Grass | 3-2 | - |