Iva Jovic and Peyton Stearns will fight against each other in the final of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 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 -> 1.32
Peyton Stearns -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Iva Jovic vs. Peyton Stearns
There is no head to head record between Iva Jovic and Peyton Stearns since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Iva Jovic
38 - 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 got to the final after defeating Zeynep Sonmez 7-6(5) 6-4, Magdalena Frech 6-2 6-1 and Cristina Bucsa 6-4 6-1.
In the semifinal, Iva had a good straight sets win against Bucsa (6-4 6-1). During the match, Jovic scored 73 points vs Bucsa’s 59. Iva was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Jovic scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Iva Jovic lost the serve once and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Jovic put 69% of her first serves in, winning 61% (31/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Bucsa 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.
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 (117-50). 23-10 on hard in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Jovic has a compiled78-33 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Iva’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Hobart and Guadalajara.
Jovic has an aggregate 37-19 win-loss record in 2026, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2025. See her history.
Peyton Stearns
25 - 21win/loss
36
28
LLWWWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-22 | 18-14 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 19-21 | 9-14 | 8-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-23 | 13-15 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-23 | 19-13 | 19-7 | 6-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-15 | 29-12 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, Stearns reached the final after defeating Emiliana Arango 6-3 6-2, Diane Parry 6-2 7-5, Sloane Stephens 7-6(6) 6-4 and Liudmila Samsonova 7-6(7) 6-2.
In the semifinal, Stearns had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (7-67 6-2). During the match Stearns scored 85 points vs Samsonova’s 72. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Stearns scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Peyton Stearns lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Stearns put 51% of her first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Samsonova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Peyton hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
WTA Guadalajara - Peyton Stearns's projected path
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Austin where she beat Taylor Townsend in the final 7-6(8) 7-5.
The American has an overall 25-20 win-loss record in 2026, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guadalajara
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Jovic | Stearns |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 81 |
| Pts | 218-181 | 298-243 |
| Total Points | 399 | 541 |
| Winners | 80 | 101 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Jovic played 3 matches while Stearns competed in 4 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Jovic has played 2 set(s) less than Stearns (6 vs 8). Therefore, Jovic played 26 games less than Stearns. Iva scored 80 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Peyton struck 101 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Jovic | Stearns |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 120/204 | 144/265 |
| %1st in | 59% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 80/120 | 101/144 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 44/84 | 56/121 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 46% |
Jovic fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Stearns made 9 aces (2.3 per match). Jovic won 67% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Stearns won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Jovic | Stearns |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 20 |
| Converted | 13/28 | 20/42 |
| % Converted | 46% | 48% |
| Conceded | 26 | 19 |
| Saved | 21 | 8 |
| % Saved | 81% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
Iva broke her opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Jovic conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 81% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 20 times with a 48% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded.
| Jovic | |||||
| R2 Sonmez |
1/4 Frech |
1/2 Bucsa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 | 17 | 55 | |
| pts | 76-78 | 69-44 | 73-59 | 218-181 | |
| Total points | 154 | 113 | 132 | 399 | |
| Winners | 21 | 28 | 31 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 41% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/65 | 38/65 | 51/74 | 120/204 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 58% | 69% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 28/38 | 31/51 | 80/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 74% | 61% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 16/27 | 13/23 | 44/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 59% | 57% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/10 | 4/8 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 8/8 | 11/12 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 92% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Stearns | ||||||
| R1 Arango |
R2 Parry |
1/4 Stephens |
1/2 Samsonova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-66 6-4 | 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 81 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 71-53 | 78-76 | 85-72 | 298-243 | |
| Total points | 106 | 124 | 154 | 157 | 541 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% | 32% | 31% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 33/63 | 38/68 | 39/76 | 144/265 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 52% | 56% | 51% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 24/33 | 25/38 | 26/39 | 101/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 73% | 66% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 14/30 | 14/30 | 18/37 | 56/121 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 47% | 47% | 49% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/12 | 4/11 | 5/11 | 20/42 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 36% | 45% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/6 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 40% | 40% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
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