Sonay Kartal and Simona Waltert will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 14. 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 Sonay Kartal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sonay Kartal is the pick to win this match.
Sonay Kartal -> 1.32
Simona Waltert -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Sonay Kartal vs. Simona Waltert
This will be the 3rd time that Sonay Kartal and Simona Waltert fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kartal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kartal won 6-1 6-0 in the 1st round in the W100 Ilkley back in 2023.
Sonay Kartal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-9 | 30-3 | 0-0 | 15-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-18 | 7-3 | 11-6 | 8-4 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-12 | 10-3 | 5-1 | 15-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-1 | 5-0 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163 (career-high), Sonay got to the qualifications after beating Guiomar Zuleta De Reales 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Zuleta De Reales (6-3 6-3). During the match, Kartal scored 69 points vs Zuleta De Reales’s 52. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kartal blasted 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Sonay Kartal lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kartal put 60% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Zuleta De Reales 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Kartal has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 75% of her matches (124-41). 22-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kartal has an aggregate46-9 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W35 Loughborough where she beat Manon Leonard in the final 6-4 6-1 and the W35 Nottingham where she beat Klaudija Bubelyte in the final 6-1 6-4 and the W35 Monzon where she overcame Linda Klimovicova in the final 6-1 6-0 and the W35 Roehampton where she beat Nastasja Mariana Schunk in the final 7-5 6-1 and the W35 Roehampton where she beat Haruka Kaji in the final 6-3 6-3.
Kartal has a compiled 36-6 win-loss record in 2024, 22-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Simona Waltert
24 - 24win/loss
175
107
LWWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-29 | 5-4 | 16-15 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-10 | 12-8 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 9-8 | 23-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 13-5 | 19-14 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 6-1 |
| 2020 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, Simona reached the qualifications after defeating Emina Bektas 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Simona had a good straight sets win against Bektas (6-4 6-4). During the match Waltert scored 68 points vs Bektas’s 55. Simona was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Waltert struck 12 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Simona Waltert lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Waltert put 53% of her first serves in, winning 85% (28/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Waltert broke Bektas 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).
Waltert’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya.
Waltert has an aggregate 24-23 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kartal | Waltert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 |
| Pts | 69-52 | 68-55 |
| Total Points | 121 | 123 |
| Winners | 23 | 28 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Both Kartal and Waltert 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, Kartal and Waltert have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kartal played 2 games less than Waltert. The Brit scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss managed to score 28 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kartal | Waltert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 12 |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 33/62 |
| %1st in | 60% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 28/33 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 14/29 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 48% |
Kartal recorded 2 aces . Waltert made 12 aces . Kartal won 70% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Waltert won 85% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kartal | Waltert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 45% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 71% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Brit broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Simona broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kartal | |||
| Q1 Zuleta De Reales |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 69-52 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Waltert | |||
| Q1 Bektas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 68-55 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 33/62 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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