H2H, PREDICTION Harmony Tan vs Marina Melnikova | U.S. Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Harmony Tan vs. Marina Melnikova

Harmony Tan and Marina Melnikova will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Harmony Tan who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Harmony Tan is the pick to win this match.
Harmony Tan -> 1.33
Marina Melnikova -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Harmony Tan vs. Marina Melnikova

There is no head to head record between Harmony Tan and Marina Melnikova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Harmony Tan

Ranked no. 138, Tan got to the qualifications after beating Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Tan had a good straight sets win against Kerkhove (6-2 6-2). During the match, Tan scored 57 points vs Kerkhove’s 34. Harmony was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tan scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Harmony Tan lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tan put 59% of her first serves in, winning 67% (16/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (6/17) on the 2nd serve. Harmony broke Kerkhove 8 times after converting 67% of her break points (8/12).

Tan has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of her matches (178-133). 3-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tan has an overall34-28 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Her best result of the year was winning the title in the Boutheon where she beat Jaqueline Cristian in the final 3-6 6-2 6-1.

Tan has an overall 21-14 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See her history.

Tan
U.S. Open
Tan's Record

Marina Melnikova

Ranked no. 196, Marina reached the qualifications after beating Mandy Minella 6-3 7-63.

In the qualifications, Melnikova had a good straight sets win against Minella (6-3 7-63). During the match Melnikova scored 81 points vs Minella’s 66. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Melnikova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 8 double faults. Marina Melnikova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Melnikova put 73% of her first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. Marina broke Minella 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).

Marina’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W25 Oeiras.

Marina has a composed 15-20 win-loss record in 2021, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Melnikova
U.S. Open
Melnikova's Record
Tennis

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

H.Tan
M.Melnikova
1h:08
1h:08
Time on court​
!
1h:52
1h:52
1h:08
1h:08
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
22
22
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
57
57
Total points​
81
81
57
57
Avg point​
81
81
16
16
Winners
29
29
16
16
Avg Winners​
29
29
28%
28%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
1
1
Avg Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
8
8
0
0
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
16/24
16/24
1st won total​
29/47
29/47
67%
67%
1st won %
62%
62%
6/17
6/17
2nd won total​
5/17
5/17
!
35%
35%
2nd won %
!
29%
29%
-- Break Points --
8/12
8/12
BP won
7/16
7/16
8/12
8/12
Avg BP won
7/16
7/16
!
67%
67%
Won
44%
44%
7
7
Conceded
6
6
7
7
Avg Conceded
6
6
4
4
Broken
5
5
4
4
Avg Broken
!
5
5
3
3
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tan Melnikova
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 22
Pts 57-34 81-66
Total Points 91 147
Winners 16 29
%Winners 28% 36%

Both Tan and Melnikova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tan and Melnikova have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tan played 6 games less than Melnikova. Tan scored 16 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian managed to score 29 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tan Melnikova
Aces 1 0
Avg per match 1 0
1st in 24/41 47/64
%1st in 59% 73%
1st pts 16/24 29/47
%1st pts 67% 62%
2nd pts 6/17 5/17
%2nd pts 35% 29%

Tan managed to score 1 ace . Melnikova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Tan won 67% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Melnikova won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 29% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tan Melnikova
Won 8 7
Converted 8/12 7/16
% Converted 67% 44%
Conceded 7 6
Saved 3 1
% Saved 43% 17%
Times Broken 4 5

Tan broke her opponent 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Tan lost her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Melnikova conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded.

Tan
Q1
Kerkhove
Total
Score 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 57-34 57-34
Total points 91 91
Winners 16 16
%Winners 28% 28%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 24/41 24/41
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 16/24 16/24
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 6/17 6/17
% 2nd pts 35% 35%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/12 8/12
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 3/7 3
Saved % 43% 43%
Times Broken 4 4
Melnikova
Q1
Minella
Total
Score 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 81-66 81-66
Total points 147 147
Winners 29 29
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 47/64 47/64
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 29/47 29/47
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 5/17 5/17
% 2nd pts 29% 29%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/16 7/16
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 1/6 1
Saved % 17% 17%
Times Broken 5 5

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Tan
WWWWWLWWLW
Melnikova
L
2025 2024 2023
54 - 29
0 - 1
31-16
Hard
0-1
19-7
I Hard
0-0
2-3
Clay
0-0
2-3
Grass
0-0

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