Mai Hontama and Dalma Galfi will clash against each other in the qualifications of the San Diego Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Court 2. 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.
Mai Hontama -> 1.64
Dalma Galfi -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Mai Hontama vs. Dalma Galfi
There is no head to head record between Mai Hontama and Dalma Galfi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mai Hontama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-25 | 20-18 | 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. 118, Mai got to the qualifications after defeating Despina Papamichail 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Papamichail (6-3 6-4). During the match, Hontama scored 73 points vs Papamichail’s 60. Mai was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hontama was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Mai Hontama lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hontama put 78% of her first serves in, winning 57% (26/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (5/13) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Papamichail 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
Hontama has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of her matches (238-147). 5-5 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hontama has an overall178-105 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Mai has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
Mai has never competed in this tournament before.
Dalma Galfi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-17 | 7-8 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 6-11 | 8-13 | 8-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-26 | 15-8 | 12-12 | 2-5 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-20 | 6-5 | 25-12 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 12-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 134, Galfi reached the qualifications after beating Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Galfi had a good straight sets win against Kerkhove (6-3 7-5). During the match Galfi scored 72 points vs Kerkhove’s 60. Dalma was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Galfi fired 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Dalma Galfi lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Galfi put 60% of her first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Kerkhove 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Galfi has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hontama | Galfi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 |
| Pts | 73-60 | 72-60 |
| Total Points | 133 | 132 |
| Winners | 26 | 29 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Hontama and Galfi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hontama and Galfi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hontama played 2 games less than Galfi. Mai scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Galfi bagged 29 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hontama | Galfi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 46/59 | 38/63 |
| %1st in | 78% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 26/46 | 29/38 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 5/13 | 9/25 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 36% |
Hontama didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Galfi scored 4 aces . Hontama won 57% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Galfi won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hontama | Galfi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 63% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 43% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Mai broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hontama dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. The Hungarian broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Galfi conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hontama | |||
| Q1 Papamichail | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 73-60 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/59 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 26/46 | 26/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Galfi | |||
| Q1 Kerkhove | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 72-60 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/25 | 9/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in San Diego
- 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
- Walter TrusendiTrusendi – Bastian MallaMalla (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Edoardo EreminEremin – Alessandro PetronePetrone (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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