Marina Stakusic and Marina Melnikova will square off in the 1st round of the San Diego Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on Court 2. 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 Marina Stakusic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marina Stakusic is the pick to win this match.
Marina Stakusic -> 1.27
Marina Melnikova -> 3.78

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Prediction and head to head Marina Stakusic vs. Marina Melnikova

There is no head to head record between Marina Stakusic and Marina Melnikova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Marina Stakusic

Marina Stakusic

3 - 0win/loss

Hard
3-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
164
High
164
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-12 3-1 9-7 0-0 6-4 0-0
2023 26-5 17-3 0-0 9-2 0-0 0-0
2022 28-19 12-8 11-7 5-4 0-0 0-0
2021 2-6 0-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 283, Marina got to the 1st round after beating Maria Timofeeva 6-2 3-0 ret. and Elsa Jacquemot 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Jacquemot (6-3 6-4). During the match, Stakusic scored 65 points vs Jacquemot’s 53. Marina was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Stakusic was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 9 double faults. Marina Stakusic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Stakusic put 54% of her first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Jacquemot 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Stakusic has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 64% of her matches (61-35). 2-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Stakusic has a compiled32-16 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Stakusic has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in San Diego

Stakusic has never competed in this tournament before.

San Diego
Stakusic's Record

Marina Melnikova

Marina Melnikova

5 - 4win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
0-0
Rank
400
High
170
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 13-12 5-4 7-7 0-0 1-1 0-0
2023 22-16 13-8 5-5 4-2 0-1 0-0
2022 25-12 12-7 13-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 20-25 2-5 16-13 0-3 2-4 0-0
2020 11-8 7-4 4-2 0-1 0-0 0-1
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Ranked no. 440, Marina reached the 1st round after beating Jodie Anna Burrage 6-1 7-62 and Rebecca Sramkova 4-6 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications against Sramkova, Marina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Melnikova scored 100 points vs Sramkova’s 95. Melnikova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Melnikova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 8 double faults. Marina Melnikova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Melnikova put 67% of her first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (11/33) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sramkova 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Melnikova has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

San Diego
Melnikova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Stakusic
M.Melnikova
2h:18
2h:18
Time on court​
!
3h:51
3h:51
1h:21
1h:21
Last match​
!
2h:19
2h:19
2
2
Match played
2
2
30
30
Games Played​
48
48
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
111
111
Total points​
176
176
55.5
55.5
Avg point​
88
88
40
40
Winners
77
77
20
20
Avg Winners​
38.5
38.5
36%
36%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
12
12
Double Faults
14
14
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
40/62
40/62
1st won total​
77/113
77/113
65%
65%
1st won %
68%
68%
24/48
24/48
2nd won total​
18/58
18/58
50%
50%
2nd won %
!
31%
31%
-- Break Points --
9/14
9/14
BP won
12/25
12/25
4.5/7
4.5/7
Avg BP won
6/12.5
6/12.5
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64%
64%
Won
48%
48%
11
11
Conceded
23
23
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
11.5
11.5
4
4
Broken
8
8
2
2
Avg Broken
4
4
7
7
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Stakusic Melnikova
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 30 48
Pts 111-82 176-155
Total Points 193 331
Winners 40 77
%Winners 36% 44%

Both Stakusic and Melnikova played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marina Melnikova surrendered 1 set while Marina Stakusic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Stakusic and Melnikova have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Stakusic played 18 games less than Melnikova. The Canadian scored 40 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Melnikova recorded 77 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Stakusic Melnikova
Aces 0 2
Avg per match 0 1
1st in 62/110 113/171
%1st in 56% 66%
1st pts 40/62 77/113
%1st pts 65% 68%
2nd pts 24/48 18/58
%2nd pts 50% 31%

Stakusic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Melnikova bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Stakusic won 65% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Melnikova won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 31% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Stakusic Melnikova
Won 9 12
Converted 9/14 12/25
% Converted 64% 48%
Conceded 11 23
Saved 7 15
% Saved 64% 65%
Times Broken 4 8

The Canadian broke her opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Canadian surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Melnikova broke her opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Marina conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Stakusic
Q1
Timofeeva		 Q3
Jacquemot		 Total
Score 6-2 3-0 ret. 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 11 19 30
pts 46-29 65-53 111-82
Total points 75 118 193
Winners 15 25 40
%Winners 33% 38% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 3 9 12
1st in 25/42 37/68 62/110
% 1st in 60% 54% 56%
1st pts 15/25 25/37 40/62
% 1st pts 60% 68% 65%
2nd pts 10/17 14/31 24/48
% 2nd pts 59% 45% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/7 5/7 9/14
Converted % 57% 71% 64%
Conceded 5 6 11
Saved 4/5 3/6 7
Saved % 80% 50% 65%
Times Broken 1 3 4
Melnikova
Q1
Anna		 Q3
Sramkova		 Total
Score 6-1 7-62 4-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 20 28 48
pts 76-60 100-95 176-155
Total points 136 195 331
Winners 34 43 77
%Winners 45% 43% 44%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 2
Double Faults 6 8 14
1st in 46/71 67/100 113/171
% 1st in 65% 67% 66%
1st pts 34/46 43/67 77/113
% 1st pts 74% 64% 68%
2nd pts 7/25 11/33 18/58
% 2nd pts 28% 33% 31%
Breaks
Won 5 7 12
Converted 5/13 7/12 12/25
Converted % 38% 58% 48%
Conceded 9 14 23
Saved 6/9 9/14 15
Saved % 67% 64% 66%
Times Broken 3 5 8

Tennis Scores in San Diego

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