Reka-Luca Jani and Astra Sharma will clash against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court 15. 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 Astra Sharma who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Astra Sharma is the pick to win this match.
Astra Sharma -> 1.79
Reka-Luca Jani -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Reka-Luca Jani vs. Astra Sharma

This will be the 2nd time that Reka-Luca Jani and Astra Sharma fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sharma (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sharma won 6-2 6-1 in the qualifications in Strasbourg back in 2019.

Reka-Luca Jani

Reka-Luca Jani

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
892
High
104
LLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 1-6 0-0 1-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 18-40 1-7 16-31 0-1 1-1 0-0
2022 55-35 3-8 51-26 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 36-29 8-8 26-17 2-3 0-1 0-0
2020 8-16 1-3 4-6 3-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 134, Reka-Luca reached the qualifications after beating Anastasia Gasanova 4-6 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications against Gasanova, The Hungarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Jani scored 85 points vs Gasanova’s 76. The Hungarian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Jani couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Reka-Luca Jani lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Jani put 72% of her first serves in, winning 57% (34/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (8/23) on the 2nd serve. Reka-Luca broke Gasanova 8 times after converting 47% of her break points (8/17).

Jani has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (368-230). 3-5 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Jani has an overall 41-40 record in the last years on hard.

Reka-Luca has a composed 37-24 win-loss record in 2022, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Jani's Record

Astra Sharma

Astra Sharma

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
156
High
84
LLLLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-27 10-14 24-12 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 16-28 4-8 9-17 3-2 0-1 0-0
2023 42-20 16-8 25-11 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 19-26 11-18 4-5 0-0 4-3 0-0
2021 25-21 11-9 11-7 1-2 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 191, Astra reached the qualifications after defeating Jessika Ponchet 1-6 6-1 7-610.

In the qualifications against Ponchet, Astra recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 7-610).During the match Sharma scored less points (2) than Ponchet. In fact, the world no. 134 won 85 points vs Ponchet’s. That means that Sharma was more focused during the important points. Sharma was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Sharma managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Astra Sharma lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sharma put 65% of her first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Sharma broke Ponchet 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).

Sharma has an overall 13-20 win-loss record in 2022, 5-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019, 2020 and 2021. See her history.

U.S. Open
Sharma's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Jani
A.Sharma
2h:24
2h:24
Time on court​
1h:53
1h:53
!
2h:24
2h:24
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
1
1
Match played
1
1
25
25
Games Played​
27
27
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
85
85
Total points​
85
85
85
85
Avg point​
85
85
34
34
Winners
42
42
34
34
Avg Winners​
42
42
40%
40%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
4
4
0
0
Avg Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
34/60
34/60
1st won total​
42/60
42/60
57%
57%
1st won %
70%
70%
8/23
8/23
2nd won total​
15/32
15/32
!
35%
35%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
8/17
8/17
BP won
3/4
3/4
8/17
8/17
Avg BP won
3/4
3/4
47%
47%
Won
!
75%
75%
7
7
Conceded
6
6
7
7
Avg Conceded
6
6
5
5
Broken
3
3
!
5
5
Avg Broken
3
3
2
2
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Jani Sharma
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 27
Pts 85-76 85-87
Total Points 161 172
Winners 34 42
%Winners 40% 49%

Both Jani and Sharma played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Reka-Luca Jani lost 1 set, while Astra Sharma conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Jani and Sharma have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Jani played 2 games less than Sharma. Reka-Luca scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 42 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Jani Sharma
Aces 0 4
Avg per match 0 4
1st in 60/83 60/92
%1st in 72% 65%
1st pts 34/60 42/60
%1st pts 57% 70%
2nd pts 8/23 15/32
%2nd pts 35% 47%

Jani didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sharma recorded 4 aces . Jani won 57% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Sharma won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Jani Sharma
Won 8 3
Converted 8/17 3/4
% Converted 47% 75%
Conceded 7 6
Saved 2 3
% Saved 29% 50%
Times Broken 5 3

Jani broke her opponent 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sharma conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Jani
Q1
Gasanova
Total
Score 4-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 85-76 85-76
Total points 161 161
Winners 34 34
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 60/83 60/83
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 34/60 34/60
% 1st pts 57% 57%
2nd pts 8/23 8/23
% 2nd pts 35% 35%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/17 8/17
Converted % 47% 47%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 2/7 2
Saved % 29% 29%
Times Broken 5 5
Sharma
Q1
Ponchet
Total
Score 1-6 6-1 7-610
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 85-87 85-87
Total points 172 172
Winners 42 42
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 60/92 60/92
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 42/60 42/60
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 15/32 15/32
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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