Sloane Stephens and Camila Giorgi will clash against each other in the quarter of the Merida Open Akron for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on Estadio Akron. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Camila Giorgi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Camila Giorgi is the pick to win this match.
Camila Giorgi -> 1.73
Sloane Stephens -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Camila Giorgi
This will be the 6th time that Sloane Stephens and Camila Giorgi fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Giorgi (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Giorgi won 6-0 6-3 in the 2nd round in Osaka back in 2019.
Highlights Camila Giorgi vs Sloane Stephens – Osaka 19-September-2019
Sloane Stephens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-22 | 8-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-20 | 11-14 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-17 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-19 | 6-11 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 41, Stephens got to the quarter after beating Leolia Jeanjean 6-1 6-3 and Varvara Gracheva 5-7 6-2 7-65.
In the 2nd round against Gracheva, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 7-65). During the match, Stephens and Gracheva scored the same amount of points (110). However, the world no. 41 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stephens scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Sloane Stephens lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Stephens put 71% of her first serves in, winning 61% (45/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Stephens broke Gracheva 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stephens has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points she played.
Stephens has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (195-148). 2-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stephens has a compiled 111-87 record in the last years on hard.
The American has a compiled 2-3 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Camila Giorgi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-18 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-16 | 7-6 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-17 | 14-9 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 8-6 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, the Italian got to the quarter after beating Mayar Sherif 6-4 6-2 and Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Parrizas-Diaz (7-65 6-2). During the match Giorgi scored 75 points vs Parrizas-Diaz’s 64. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Giorgi struck 6 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Camila Giorgi was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of her 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Camila broke Parrizas-Diaz 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giorgi hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
The Italian has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephens | Giorgi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 39 |
| Pts | 169-149 | 137-105 |
| Total Points | 318 | 242 |
| Winners | 70 | 49 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Stephens and Giorgi played 2 matches. At the moment, Sloane Stephens dropped 1 set while Camila Giorgi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Stephens has played 1 set more than Giorgi (5 vs 4). Therefore, Stephens played 10 games more than Giorgi. Stephens scored 70 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Giorgi blasted 49 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephens | Giorgi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 105/152 | 63/110 |
| %1st in | 69% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 70/105 | 49/63 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 29/47 | 27/47 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 57% |
Stephens scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Giorgi struck 6 aces (3 per match). Stephens won 67% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Giorgi won 78% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Stephens | Giorgi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 8/22 |
| % Converted | 50% | 36% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 64% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The American broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sloane dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Giorgi broke her opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Camila conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Stephens | ||||
| R1 Jeanjean |
R2 Gracheva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 5-7 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 | 49 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 110-110 | 169-149 | |
| Total points | 98 | 220 | 318 | |
| Winners | 25 | 45 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 74/104 | 105/152 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 45/74 | 70/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 61% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 19/30 | 29/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/13 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 38% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 56% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Giorgi | ||||
| R1 Sherif |
R2 Parrizas-Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 | 39 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 75-64 | 137-105 | |
| Total points | 103 | 139 | 242 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 34/65 | 63/110 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 52% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 24/34 | 49/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 17/31 | 27/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/12 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Merida
- Natela Dzalamidze/Kamilla RakhimovaDzalamidze/Kamilla Rakhimova – Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina SantamariaChristian/Sabrina Santamaria (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco VilardoVilardo – Sami ReinweinReinwein (6-73 7-61 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (3-6 6-4 6-1) – 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
