Kayla Day and Ann Li will play each other in the qualifications of the San Diego Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on Barnes Stadium. 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 Kayla Day who should win in 3 sets.
Kayla Day -> 1.58
Ann Li -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Kayla Day vs. Ann Li
This will be the 4th time that Kayla Day and Ann Li square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Day (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Day won 6-2 6-2 in the final in the W100 Bonita Springs back in 2023.
Kayla Day
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 2-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-15 | 18-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 26-14 | 13-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89, Day reached the qualifications after defeating Madison Sieg 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kayla had a good straight sets win against Sieg (6-3 6-3). During the match, Day scored 61 points vs Sieg’s 45. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Day struck 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Kayla Day lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Day put 58% of her first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Day broke Sieg 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Day has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (206-156). 1-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Day has a composed 126-98 record in the last years on hard.
Day has a compiled 1-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Ann Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 3-6 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-14 | 19-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-9 | 17-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 166, the American reached the qualifications after beating Alyssa Ahn 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Ann had a good straight sets win against Ahn (7-5 7-5). During the match Li scored 93 points vs Ahn’s 82. Li was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Li scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Ann Li lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Li put 56% of her first serves in, winning 59% (27/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. Li broke Ahn 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).
Ann has a compiled 2-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in San Diego
Li has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Day | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 |
| Pts | 61-45 | 93-82 |
| Total Points | 106 | 175 |
| Winners | 23 | 27 |
| %Winners | 38% | 29% |
Both Day and Li played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Day and Li have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Day played 6 games less than Li. The American scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Ann struck 27 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Day | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 31/53 | 46/82 |
| %1st in | 58% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 27/46 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 19/36 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Day managed to score 7 aces . Li recorded 1 ace . Day won 74% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Li won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Day | Li |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 71% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Day broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ann conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Day | |||
| Q1 Sieg | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/53 | 31/53 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Li | |||
| Q1 Ahn | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 93-82 | 93-82 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/82 | 46/82 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 27/46 | 27/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in San Diego
- Walter TrusendiTrusendi – Bastian MallaMalla (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Edoardo EreminEremin – Alessandro PetronePetrone (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca GiacominiGiacomini – Jonathan KanarKanar (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Agustin VelottiVelotti – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 1-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marina MelnikovaMelnikova – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kayla DayDay – Ann LiLi (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mai HontamaHontama – Dalma GalfiGalfi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline DolehideDolehide – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Tatjana MariaMaria (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Katie BoulterBoulter (3-0) – H2H and prediction