Yuliia Starodubtseva and Sonay Kartal will clash against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 10. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.4
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 2.86

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Prediction and head to head Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Sonay Kartal

There is no head to head record between Yuliia Starodubtseva and Sonay Kartal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Ranked no. 146, Yuliia got to the qualifications after defeating Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-2 6-1 and Xinyu Gao 6-3 4-6 6-0.

In the qualifications, Yuliia defeated Gao (6-3 4-6 6-0). During the match, Starodubtseva scored 101 points vs Gao’s 86. Starodubtseva was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Starodubtseva scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Yuliia Starodubtseva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtseva put 65% of her first serves in, winning 54% (29/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Gao 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ukrainian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Starodubtseva has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of her matches (101-57). 14-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Starodubtseva has an aggregate43-20 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Yuliia’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the W100 Oeiras.

Starodubtseva has an aggregate 28-19 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Sonay Kartal

Ranked no. 163 (career-high), Kartal got to the qualifications after defeating Guiomar Zuleta De Reales 6-3 6-3 and Simona Waltert 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, Sonay had a good straight sets win against Waltert (6-3 6-2). During the match Kartal scored 60 points vs Waltert’s 44. Kartal was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Kartal was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Sonay Kartal lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kartal put 68% of her first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Kartal broke Waltert 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kartal started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W35 Loughborough where she defeated 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 defeated Nastasja Mariana Schunk in the final 7-5 6-1 and the W35 Roehampton where she overcame Haruka Kaji in the final 6-3 6-3.

The Brit has a compiled 37-6 win-loss record in 2024, 23-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Starodubtseva	Kartal
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	40	35
Pts	158-119	129-96
Total Points	277	225
Winners	50	51
%Winners	32%	40%

Both Starodubtseva and Kartal played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yuliia Starodubtseva dropped 1 set while Sonay Kartal hasn’t lost a set so far. Starodubtseva has played 1 set more than Kartal (5 vs 4). Therefore, Starodubtseva played 5 games more than Kartal. Yuliia scored 50 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Kartal bagged 51 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Starodubtseva	Kartal
Aces	2	2
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	84/127	74/115
%1st in	66%	64%
1st pts	50/84	51/74
%1st pts	60%	69%
2nd pts	21/43	22/41
%2nd pts	49%	54%

Starodubtseva blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Kartal blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Starodubtseva won 60% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kartal won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Starodubtseva	Kartal
Won	15	9
Converted	15/30	9/16
% Converted	50%	56%
Conceded	18	13
Saved	12	10
% Saved	67%	77%
Times Broken	6	3

The Ukrainian broke her opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. Starodubtseva dropped her serve 6 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Sonay broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded.

Starodubtseva
	Q1 Jimenez	Q2 Gao	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-3 4-6 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	15	25	40
pts	57-33	101-86	158-119
Total points	90	187	277
Winners	21	29	50
%Winners	37%	29%	32%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	30/44	54/83	84/127
% 1st in	68%	65%	66%
1st pts	21/30	29/54	50/84
% 1st pts	70%	54%	60%
2nd pts	5/14	16/29	21/43
% 2nd pts	36%	55%	49%
Breaks
Won	7	8	15
Converted	7/14	8/16	15/30
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	6	12	18
Saved	4/6	8/12	12
Saved %	67%	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	4	6

Kartal
	Q1 Zuleta De Reales	Q2 Waltert	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	17	35
pts	69-52	60-44	129-96
Total points	121	104	225
Winners	23	28	51
%Winners	33%	47%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	2	4	6
1st in	33/55	41/60	74/115
% 1st in	60%	68%	64%
1st pts	23/33	28/41	51/74
% 1st pts	70%	68%	69%
2nd pts	12/22	10/19	22/41
% 2nd pts	55%	53%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/11	4/5	9/16
Converted %	45%	80%	56%
Conceded	7	6	13
Saved	5/7	5/6	10
Saved %	71%	83%	77%
Times Broken	2	1	3

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