Emerson Jones and Yexin Ma will face off in the 1st round of the Korea Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:30 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 Emerson Jones who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emerson Jones is the pick to win this match.
Emerson Jones -> 1.35
Yexin Ma -> 3.18
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Prediction and head to head Emerson Jones vs. Yexin Ma
This will be the 2nd time that Emerson Jones and Yexin Ma face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ma (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Ma won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the W75 Brisbane back in February 2026.
Emerson Jones
21 - 18win/loss
133
126
LLLWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-18 | 20-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-15 | 30-13 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2024 | 18-10 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-9 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, the Australian will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 7-5 6-7(7) 6-2 to Lamens in the qualifications on the 25th of August.
Jones has a composed 21-18 win-loss record in 2026, 20-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W75 Brisbane where she overcame Lin Zhu in the final 6-4 7-5.
Talking about her overall career, The Australian has an overall 93-52 record. She has a positive 74-42 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
Emerson has never competed in this tournament before.
Yexin Ma
28 - 24win/loss
175
165
WWLWLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-24 | 23-18 | 0-2 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-26 | 32-20 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 |
| 2024 | 31-37 | 27-29 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 44-29 | 24-22 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 7-3 | 7-1 |
| 2022 | 31-27 | 26-21 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, the Chinese got to the 1st round after beating Carol Zhao 6-3 6-0 and Eunhye Lee 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Yexin had a good straight sets win against Lee (6-3 6-1). During the match Ma scored 54 points vs Lee’s 33. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Ma wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yexin Ma was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of her 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Yexin broke Lee 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ma started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 63% of the points she played.
WTA Seoul - Yexin Ma's projected path
Yexin’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Kofu.
The Chinese has an aggregate 28-24 win-loss record in 2026, 23-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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