Mai Hontama and Mariam Bolkvadze will face off in the qualifications of the Open 6 Sens for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:30 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 Mai Hontama who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mai Hontama is the pick to win this match.
Mai Hontama -> 1.69
Mariam Bolkvadze -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Mai Hontama vs. Mariam Bolkvadze
This will be the 2nd time that Mai Hontama and Mariam Bolkvadze fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bolkvadze (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Bolkvadze won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in the Novo back in 2021.
Mai Hontama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-34 | 28-27 | 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. 132 (career-high), the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Jessika Ponchet 6-3 4-6 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Ponchet (6-3 4-6 6-0). During the match, Hontama scored 91 points vs Ponchet’s 81. Mai was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hontama wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Mai Hontama lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hontama put 65% of her first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Ponchet 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Hontama has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of her matches (144-92). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hontama has an overall5-5 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Mai has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Mai has never competed in this tournament before.
Mariam Bolkvadze
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-21 | 22-11 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-8 | 20-5 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-33 | 6-13 | 0-7 | 8-8 | 2-4 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 23-12 | 2-7 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-11 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161, the Georgean got to the qualifications after beating Despina Papamichail 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Papamichail, Mariam recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Bolkvadze scored 97 points vs Papamichail’s 85. Bolkvadze was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Bolkvadze was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 15 double faults. Mariam Bolkvadze lost the serve 7 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Bolkvadze put 64% of her first serves in, winning 61% (37/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (10/34) on the 2nd serve. Bolkvadze broke Papamichail 9 times after converting 56% of her break points (9/16).
Mariam’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W25 Loughborough.
Bolkvadze has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hontama | Bolkvadze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 26 |
| Pts | 91-81 | 97-85 |
| Total Points | 172 | 182 |
| Winners | 35 | 37 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Hontama and Bolkvadze played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Mai Hontama dropped 1 set, while Mariam Bolkvadze conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hontama and Bolkvadze have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Hontama played 1 game less than Bolkvadze. Mai scored 35 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Mariam made 37 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hontama | Bolkvadze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 56/86 | 61/95 |
| %1st in | 65% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 37/61 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 10/34 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 29% |
Hontama didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bolkvadze also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hontama won 63% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bolkvadze won 61% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 29% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hontama | Bolkvadze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 54% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 18 |
| Saved | 4 | 11 |
| % Saved | 57% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Japanese broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Mariam broke her opponent 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hontama | |||
| Q1 Ponchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 91-81 | 91-81 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/86 | 56/86 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bolkvadze | |||
| Q1 Papamichail |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 97-85 | 97-85 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 15 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 61/95 | 61/95 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/34 | 10/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 11/18 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 61% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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