Sonay Kartal and Simona Waltert will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 3^rd 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.

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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 3^rd 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 1^st round in the W100 Ilkley back in 2023.

Sonay Kartal

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

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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