Iva Jovic and Magdalena Frech will face off in the quarter of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.3
Magdalena Frech -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Iva Jovic vs. Magdalena Frech
This will be the 2nd time that Iva Jovic and Magdalena Frech square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Jovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Jovic won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in September 2026.
Highlights Iva Jovic vs Magdalena Frech – U.S. Open 02-September-2026
Iva Jovic
35 - 19win/loss
16
14
WLWWWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-19 | 21-10 | 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, Jovic got to the quarter after beating Zeynep Sonmez 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Sonmez (7-65 6-4).During the match, Jovic scored less points (2) than Sonmez. In fact, the world no. 16 won 76 points vs Sonmez’s. That means that Jovic was more focused during the important points. The American was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Jovic scored 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Iva Jovic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Jovic put 48% of her first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Jovic broke Sonmez 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
WTA Guadalajara - Iva Jovic's projected path
Jovic has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 70% of her matches (115-50). 21-10 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Jovic has an overall76-33 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Hobart.
Iva has an aggregate 35-19 win-loss record in 2026, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2025. See her history.
Magdalena Frech
19 - 22win/loss
57
22
WWLLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19-22 | 16-13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 15-25 | 10-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-30 | 28-15 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 23-21 | 10-5 | 0-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-38 | 22-19 | 11-12 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 57, Magdalena reached the quarter after defeating Nao Hibino 6-1 6-4 and Caroline Dolehide 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Dolehide (6-4 6-3). During the match Frech scored 67 points vs Dolehide’s 52. The Pole was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Frech managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Magdalena Frech lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Frech put 66% of her first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Magdalena broke Dolehide 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Magdalena hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
WTA Guadalajara - Magdalena Frech's projected path
Magdalena’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Merida.
The Pole has a composed 19-22 win-loss record in 2026, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Jovic | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 36 |
| Pts | 76-78 | 134-100 |
| Total Points | 154 | 234 |
| Winners | 21 | 47 |
| %Winners | 28% | 35% |
Jovic played 1 match while Frech competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Jovic has played 2 set(s) less than Frech (2 vs 4). Therefore, Jovic played 13 games less than Frech. Jovic scored 21 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Magdalena recorded 47 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Jovic | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 31/65 | 67/101 |
| %1st in | 48% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 47/67 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 21/34 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 62% |
Jovic fired 3 aces . Frech managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Jovic won 68% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Frech won 70% of the points behind 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 | Jovic | Frech |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 33% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Iva broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jovic surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Frech broke her opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Pole conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Jovic | |||
| R2 Sonmez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-78 | 76-78 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/65 | 31/65 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Frech | ||||
| R1 Hibino |
R2 Dolehide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 67-48 | 67-52 | 134-100 | |
| Total points | 115 | 119 | 234 | |
| Winners | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 35/53 | 67/101 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 25/35 | 47/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 8/18 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 44% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/9 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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