Caty McNally and Kimberly Birrell will fight against each other in the quarter of the Merida Open Akron for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on Estadio Akron. 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 Caty McNally who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Caty McNally is the pick to win this match.
Caty McNally -> 1.727
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Caty McNally vs. Kimberly Birrell

This will be the 2^nd time that Caty McNally and Kimberly Birrell face off. The head to head is 1-0 for McNally (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, McNally won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in the W100 Surbiton back in 2019.

Caty McNally

Ranked no. 92, the American got to the quarter after defeating Lin Zhu 7-6³ 6-7⁵ 6-1 and Katie Volynets 6-3 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, Caty had a good straight sets win against Volynets (6-3 6-0). During the match, McNally scored 66 points vs Volynets’s 45. McNally was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, McNally wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Caty McNally lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, McNally put 60% of her first serves in, winning 59% (19/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. McNally broke Volynets 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

McNally has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points she played.

McNally has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of her matches (130-93). 3-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, McNally has a compiled60-51 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Caty has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Merida

Caty has never competed in this tournament before.

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 133 (career-high), Birrell reached the quarter after beating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-4 6-3, Varvara Gracheva 6-3 6-3, Anna Bondar 7-6⁸ 6-1 and Xiyu Wang 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Kimberly had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-3 6-2). During the match Birrell scored 63 points vs Wang’s 44. Birrell was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Birrell scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 67% of her first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Wang 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Birrell started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W60 Orlando where she overcame Rebecca Peterson in the final 6-3 6-0.

Birrell has an overall 14-4 win-loss record in 2023, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	McNally	Birrell
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	8
Tot Games	48	74
Pts	187-158	279-206
Total Points	345	485
Winners	75	113
%Winners	40%	41%

McNally played 2 matches while Birrell competed in 4 matches. Birrell started her run from the qualifications while McNally had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Caty McNally dropped 1 set while Kimberly Birrell hasn’t lost a set so far. McNally has played 3 set(s) less than Birrell (5 vs 8). Therefore, McNally played 26 games less than Birrell. The American scored 75 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Birrell scored 113 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	McNally	Birrell
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	123/181	150/236
%1st in	68%	64%
1st pts	75/123	113/150
%1st pts	61%	75%
2nd pts	20/58	38/86
%2nd pts	34%	44%

McNally fired 2 aces (1 per match). Birrell fired 4 aces (1 per match). McNally won 61% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 34% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 75% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	McNally	Birrell
Won	16	19
Converted	16/25	19/32
% Converted	64%	59%
Conceded	20	17
Saved	12	9
% Saved	60%	53%
Times Broken	8	8

McNally broke her opponents 16 times with a 64% conversion rate. McNally lost her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Birrell broke her opponents 19 times with a 59% conversion rate. Kimberly conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.

McNally
	R1 Zhu	R2 Volynets	Total
Score	7-63 6-75 6-1	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	33	15	48
pts	121-113	66-45	187-158
Total points	234	111	345
Winners	56	19	75
%Winners	46%	29%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	8	1	9
1st in	91/128	32/53	123/181
% 1st in	71%	60%	68%
1st pts	56/91	19/32	75/123
% 1st pts	62%	59%	61%
2nd pts	10/37	10/21	20/58
% 2nd pts	27%	48%	34%
Breaks
Won	9	7	16
Converted	9/12	7/13	16/25
Converted %	75%	54%	64%
Conceded	13	7	20
Saved	7/13	5/7	12
Saved %	54%	71%	63%
Times Broken	6	2	8

Birrell
	Q1 Mandlik	Q3 Gracheva	R1 Bondar	R2 Wang	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-3 6-3	7-68 6-1	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	19	18	20	17	74
pts	73-55	65-49	78-58	63-44	279-206
Total points	128	114	136	107	485
Winners	25	25	34	29	113
%Winners	34%	38%	44%	46%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	1	1	4
Double Faults	2	2	2	4	10
1st in	32/54	35/59	44/65	39/58	150/236
% 1st in	59%	59%	68%	67%	64%
1st pts	25/32	25/35	34/44	29/39	113/150
% 1st pts	78%	71%	77%	74%	75%
2nd pts	12/22	8/24	11/21	7/19	38/86
% 2nd pts	55%	33%	52%	37%	44%
Breaks
Won	4	6	4	5	19
Converted	4/7	6/9	4/5	5/11	19/32
Converted %	57%	67%	80%	45%	59%
Conceded	3	3	6	5	17
Saved	2/3	0/3	4/6	3/5	9
Saved %	67%	0%	67%	60%	97%
Times Broken	1	3	2	2	8

Tennis Scores in Merida

• Natela Dzalamidze/Kamilla RakhimovaDzalamidze/Kamilla Rakhimova – Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina SantamariaChristian/Sabrina Santamaria (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francesco VilardoVilardo – Sami ReinweinReinwein (6-7³ 7-6¹ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Magda LinetteLinette – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Sloane StephensStephens (3-2) – H2H and prediction