Mai Hontama and En Shuo Liang will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on Court 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mai Hontama who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mai Hontama is the pick to win this match.
Mai Hontama -> 1.363
En Shuo Liang -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Mai Hontama vs. En Shuo Liang
There is no head to head record between Mai Hontama and En Shuo Liang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mai Hontama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-22 | 19-15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-28 | 38-18 | 6-5 | 9-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 25-15 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 32-12 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149 (career-high), the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Reka-Luca Jani 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Jani (6-1 7-5). During the match, Hontama scored 69 points vs Jani’s 51. Mai was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hontama scored just 1 ace in the match and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Mai Hontama lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hontama put 57% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Hontama broke Jani 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Hontama has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of her matches (142-91). 2-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hontama has a composed112-69 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Hontama has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Mai has never competed in this tournament before.
En Shuo Liang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-22 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 42-30 | 24-19 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 20-28 | 9-13 | 2-6 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 201, the Chinese reached the qualifications after defeating Dea Herdzelas 6-74 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications against Herdzelas, En recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-1 7-5). During the match Shuo scored 116 points vs Herdzelas’s 100. En was extremely aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Shuo struck 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. En Shuo Liang lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Shuo put 61% of her first serves in, winning 71% (54/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (19/48) on the 2nd serve. Shuo broke Herdzelas 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
The Chinese has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019 and 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hontama | Shuo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 |
| Pts | 69-51 | 116-100 |
| Total Points | 120 | 216 |
| Winners | 21 | 54 |
| %Winners | 30% | 47% |
Both Hontama and Shuo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, En Shuo Liang conceded 1 set while Mai Hontama hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hontama has played 1 set(s) less than Shuo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hontama played 13 games less than Shuo. Hontama scored 21 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Shuo made 54 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hontama | Shuo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 76/124 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 54/76 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 19/48 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 40% |
Hontama blasted 1 ace . Shuo also blasted 3 aces . Hontama won 70% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Shuo won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hontama | Shuo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 60% | 47% |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Hontama broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Japanese lost her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Shuo broke her opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hontama | |||
| Q1 Jani |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 69-51 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Shuo | |||
| Q1 Herdzelas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 116-100 | 116-100 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 76/124 | 76/124 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 54/76 | 54/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/48 | 19/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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