Dayana Yastremska and Emerson Jones will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Guangzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dayana Yastremska who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dayana Yastremska is the pick to win this match.
Dayana Yastremska -> 1.49
Emerson Jones -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Dayana Yastremska vs. Emerson Jones
There is no head to head record between Dayana Yastremska and Emerson Jones since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dayana Yastremska
20 - 23win/loss
103
21
WLLWLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-23 | 10-15 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-22 | 12-13 | 8-5 | 4-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-22 | 12-12 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 19-13 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 7-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, Yastremska got to the qualifications after beating Xiaodi You 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Dayana defeated You (7-64 4-6 7-63).During the match, Yastremska scored less points (2) than You. In fact, the world no. 103 won 136 points vs You’s. That means that Yastremska was more focused during the important points. The Ukrainian was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Yastremska managed to score 4 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Dayana Yastremska lost the serve 9 times and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Yastremska put 58% of her first serves in, winning 53% (42/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (28/59) on the 2nd serve. Yastremska broke You 8 times after converting 40% of her break points (8/20).
Yastremska has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (262-201). 10-15 on hard in 2026. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yastremska has a compiled 113-101 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the Parma where she beat Barbora Krejcikova in the final 6-3 6-3.
Dayana has an aggregate 20-23 win-loss record in 2026, 10-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Guangzhou
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Emerson Jones
28 - 22win/loss
134
122
WLWWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-22 | 27-18 | 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. 134, Jones got to the qualifications after beating Hong Yi Cody Wong 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Yi Cody Wong, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Jones scored 88 points vs Yi Cody Wong’s 74. Jones was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Jones fired 5 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Emerson Jones lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 67% of her first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Yi Cody Wong 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W75 Brisbane where she beat Lin Zhu in the final 6-4 7-5.
Jones has an aggregate 28-22 win-loss record in 2026, 27-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yastremska | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 27 |
| Pts | 136-138 | 88-74 |
| Total Points | 274 | 162 |
| Winners | 42 | 37 |
| %Winners | 31% | 42% |
Both Yastremska and Jones played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Dayana Yastremska conceded 1 set, while Emerson Jones surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Yastremska and Jones have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Yastremska played 9 games more than Jones. Dayana scored 42 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Emerson managed to score 37 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yastremska | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 80/139 | 53/79 |
| %1st in | 58% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 42/80 | 37/53 |
| %1st pts | 53% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 28/59 | 11/26 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 42% |
Yastremska struck 4 aces . Jones fired 5 aces . Yastremska won 53% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yastremska | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/20 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 86% |
| Conceded | 22 | 7 |
| Saved | 13 | 3 |
| % Saved | 59% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 4 |
Dayana broke her opponent 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Yastremska conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded. Emerson broke her opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Jones conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Yastremska | |||
| Q1 You |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 136-138 | 136-138 | |
| Total points | 274 | 274 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 80/139 | 80/139 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 42/80 | 42/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/59 | 28/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 22 | 22 | |
| Saved | 13/22 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 59% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 9 | 9 | |
| Jones | |||
| Q1 Yi Cody Wong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 88-74 | 88-74 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 53/79 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 37/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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