Iva Jovic and Zeynep Sonmez will square off in the 2nd round of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iva Jovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Iva Jovic is the pick to win this match.
Iva Jovic -> 1.119
Zeynep Sonmez -> 6.15
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Prediction and head to head Iva Jovic vs. Zeynep Sonmez
There is no head to head record between Iva Jovic and Zeynep Sonmez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Iva Jovic
34 - 19win/loss
13
13
WWWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-19 | 26-10 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-18 | 24-13 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-10 | 20-7 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-2 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, the American will start her run in Guadalajara after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Gauff in the 4th round on the 7th of September.
Iva has a compiled 34-19 win-loss record in 2026, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Hobart.
Talking about her overall career, Jovic has an overall 114-50 record. She has a positive 75-33 record on hard.
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2025. See her history.
Zeynep Sonmez
29 - 20win/loss
58
48
LLWLLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-22 | 14-14 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-28 | 14-16 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-25 | 19-9 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-28 | 4-4 | 23-10 | 17-8 | 6-4 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 38-21 | 22-8 | 14-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 58, the Turk reached the 2nd round after defeating Iryna Shymanovich 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Sonmez had a good straight sets win against Shymanovich (6-1 6-1). During the match Sonmez scored 59 points vs Shymanovich’s 28. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Sonmez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zeynep Sonmez was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sonmez was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Shymanovich 5 times.
The Turk has an aggregate 29-20 win-loss record in 2026, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Guadalajara
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Alycia ParksParks (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Taylor TownsendTownsend (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kayla DayDay – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Caroline DolehideDolehide (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
