Mai Hontama and Cristina Dinu will square off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 12. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mai Hontama who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mai Hontama is the pick to win this match.
Mai Hontama -> 1.76
Cristina Dinu -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Mai Hontama vs. Cristina Dinu
This will be the 2nd time that Mai Hontama and Cristina Dinu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dinu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Dinu won 6-2 6-3 in the final in W15 Antalya back in 2021.
Mai Hontama
19 - 16win/loss
113
108
LWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-16 | 16-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 114, Hontama reached the qualifications after beating Carol Zhao 7-5 5-7 7-5.
In the qualifications, Mai defeated Zhao (7-5 5-7 7-5). During the match, Hontama scored 135 points vs Zhao’s 130. Hontama was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hontama wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Mai Hontama lost the serve 9 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hontama put 76% of her first serves in, winning 52% (48/93) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Zhao 10 times after converting 43% of her break points (10/23).
Hontama has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of her matches (252-157). 3-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hontama has an overall23-18 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the W100 Tokyo and the W100 Gifu.
Hontama has a compiled 19-15 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Cristina Dinu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 0-1 | 41-24 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-4 | 26-18 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 58-13 | 5-3 | 53-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229, Dinu got to the qualifications after beating Paula Ormaechea 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, Dinu had a good straight sets win against Ormaechea (6-2 6-0). During the match Dinu scored 52 points vs Ormaechea’s 29. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Dinu couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Cristina Dinu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Dinu put 59% of her first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Dinu broke Ormaechea 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W35 Antalya where she beat Anastasiya Soboleva in the final 6-3 1-0 ret. and the W35 Antalya where she overcame Carson Branstine in the final 6-3 3-0 ret..
Dinu has a compiled 20-12 win-loss record in 2024, 20-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Dinu has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hontama | Dinu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 14 |
| Pts | 135-130 | 52-29 |
| Total Points | 265 | 81 |
| Winners | 48 | 19 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Both Hontama and Dinu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mai Hontama surrendered 1 set while Cristina Dinu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hontama has played 1 set more than Dinu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hontama played 22 games more than Dinu. The Japanese scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Dinu scored 19 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hontama | Dinu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 93/122 | 27/46 |
| %1st in | 76% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 48/93 | 19/27 |
| %1st pts | 52% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 63% |
Hontama didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Dinu also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hontama won 52% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Dinu won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hontama | Dinu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/23 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 43% | 83% |
| Conceded | 14 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 36% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 0 |
Mai broke her opponent 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Hontama dropped her serve 9 times and she saved 36% of the break points that she conceded. Dinu broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Dinu was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Hontama | |||
| Q1 Zhao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 135-130 | 135-130 | |
| Total points | 265 | 265 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 93/122 | 93/122 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 48/93 | 48/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 52% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 10 | 10 | |
| Converted | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/14 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 36% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 9 | 9 | |
| Dinu | |||
| Q1 Ormaechea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 52-29 | 52-29 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 27/46 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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