H2H, prediction of Darja Semenistaja vs Storm Hunter at the U.S. Open with odds, preview, pick | 27th August 2026

PREVIEW. New York. Semenistaja and Sanders will fight against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 27th of August

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Prediction and head to head Darja Semenistaja vs. Storm Hunter

Darja Semenistaja and Storm Hunter will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 PM on Court 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Storm Hunter who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Storm Hunter is the pick to win this match.
Storm Hunter -> 1.49
Darja Semenistaja -> 2.51

 

 

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Prediction and head to head Darja Semenistaja vs. Storm Hunter

This will be the 2nd time that Darja Semenistaja and Storm Hunter play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Semenistaja (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Semenistaja won 5-7 7-6(6) 6-2 in the final in the Mumbai back in 2024.

Darja Semenistaja

Darja Semenistaja
Darja Semenistaja

23 - 25win/loss

Hard
8-8
I Hard
0-1
Clay
13-14
Grass
2-2
Rank
124
High
87
LWLLLWWLLL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 24-29 9-12 13-14 0-1 2-2 0-0
2025 54-31 14-9 36-19 2-2 2-1 0-0
2024 50-40 19-11 31-27 0-0 0-2 0-0
2023 41-25 13-7 25-13 1-4 2-1 0-0
2022 44-23 19-9 24-11 0-2 0-0 1-1
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Ranked no. 109, Darja got to the qualifications after beating Hayu Kinoshita 6-2 7-5 and Alexandra Shubladze 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the qualifications, Semenistaja had a good straight sets win against Shubladze (7-65 6-4). During the match, Semenistaja scored 89 points vs Shubladze’s 86. Darja was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Semenistaja couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Darja Semenistaja lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Semenistaja put 72% of her first serves in, winning 52% (31/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Latvian broke Shubladze 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Latvian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points she played.

Semenistaja has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of her matches (259-161). 8-8 on hard in 2026. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Semenistaja has a composed96-53 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Darja’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Makarska.

Semenistaja has a compiled 23-25 win-loss record in 2026, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See her history.

Semenistaja
U.S. Open
Semenistaja's Record

Storm Hunter

Storm Hunter
Storm Hunter

16 - 12win/loss

Hard
12-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-4
Grass
2-2
Rank
182
High
114
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2026 20-15 16-8 2-4 0-1 2-2 0-0
2025 6-9 6-6 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 14-5 14-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 25-15 12-10 9-4 1-0 3-1 0-0
2022 26-19 17-12 2-3 3-1 4-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 169, Storm got to the qualifications after defeating Maddison Inglis 6-3 6-0 and Yeon Woo Ku 4-6 7-6(6) 6-0.

In the qualifications against Woo Ku, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 6-0). During the match Sanders scored 119 points vs Woo Ku’s 111. Sanders was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Sanders scored 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Storm Hunter lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sanders put 61% of her first serves in, winning 57% (39/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 65% (28/43) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Woo Ku 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Storm started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Storm has an overall 16-12 win-loss record in 2026, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2023. See her history.

Sanders
U.S. Open
Sanders's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Semenistaja
S.Sanders
3h:45
3h:45
Time on court​
3h:20
3h:20
!
2h:14
2h:14
Last match​
!
2h:26
2h:26
2
2
Match played
2
2
43
43
Games Played​
44
44
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
159
159
Total points​
174
174
79.5
79.5
Avg point​
87
87
58
58
Winners
63
63
29
29
Avg Winners​
31.5
31.5
36%
36%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
4
4
0
0
Avg Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
8
8
1
1
Avg Double Faults
4
4
58/99
58/99
1st won total​
63/93
63/93
59%
59%
1st won %
68%
68%
23/44
23/44
2nd won total​
37/60
37/60
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
10/19
10/19
BP won
8/18
8/18
5/9.5
5/9.5
Avg BP won
4/9
4/9
!
53%
53%
Won
44%
44%
15
15
Conceded
9
9
7.5
7.5
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
6
6
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
9
9
Saved
7
7
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Semenistaja Sanders
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 43 44
Pts 159-144 174-138
Total Points 303 312
Winners 58 63
%Winners 36% 36%

Both Semenistaja and Sanders played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Storm Hunter dropped 1 set while Darja Semenistaja hasn’t lost a set so far. Semenistaja has played 1 set(s) less than Sanders (4 vs 5). Therefore, Semenistaja played 1 game less than Sanders. Darja scored 58 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 63 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Semenistaja Sanders
Aces 0 4
Avg per match 0 2
1st in 99/143 93/153
%1st in 69% 61%
1st pts 58/99 63/93
%1st pts 59% 68%
2nd pts 23/44 37/60
%2nd pts 52% 62%

Semenistaja didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sanders bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Semenistaja won 59% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sanders won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Semenistaja Sanders
Won 10 8
Converted 10/19 8/18
% Converted 53% 44%
Conceded 15 9
Saved 9 7
% Saved 60% 78%
Times Broken 6 2

Semenistaja broke her opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Darja surrendered her serve 6 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Storm broke her opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Sanders conceded her serve twice and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.

Semenistaja
Q1
Kinoshita		 Q2
Shubladze		 Total
Score 6-2 7-5 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 23 43
pts 70-58 89-86 159-144
Total points 128 175 303
Winners 27 31 58
%Winners 39% 35% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 0 2 2
1st in 39/60 60/83 99/143
% 1st in 65% 72% 69%
1st pts 27/39 31/60 58/99
% 1st pts 69% 52% 59%
2nd pts 11/21 12/23 23/44
% 2nd pts 52% 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/10 5/9 10/19
Converted % 50% 56% 53%
Conceded 6 9 15
Saved 4/6 5/9 9
Saved % 67% 56% 62%
Times Broken 2 4 6
Sanders
Q1
Inglis		 Q2
Woo		 Total
Score 6-3 6-0 4-6 7-66 6-0
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 15 29 44
pts 55-27 119-111 174-138
Total points 82 230 312
Winners 24 39 63
%Winners 44% 33% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 4
Double Faults 3 5 8
1st in 25/42 68/111 93/153
% 1st in 60% 61% 61%
1st pts 24/25 39/68 63/93
% 1st pts 96% 57% 68%
2nd pts 9/17 28/43 37/60
% 2nd pts 53% 65% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/5 4/13 8/18
Converted % 80% 31% 44%
Conceded 0 9 9
Saved 0/0 7/9 7
Saved % – 78% 39%
Times Broken 0 2 2

Head 2 Head

Darja Semenistaja
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 11ITF
  • 7Minor
Storm Hunter
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 3ITF
  • 0Minor

Darja
Semenistaja

1:1

Storm
Hunter

Rank

124

High

87

1Hard1

Rank

182

High

114

Win Loss
Semenistaja
WWWWWWWWWW
Hunter
WWWWWWWWWW
2026 2025 2024
24 - 29
20 - 15
9-12
Hard
16-8
13-14
Clay
2-4
2-2
Grass
2-2

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