Jessika Ponchet and Elizabeth Mandlik will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 13. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elizabeth Mandlik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elizabeth Mandlik is the pick to win this match.
Elizabeth Mandlik -> 1.74
Jessika Ponchet -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Jessika Ponchet vs. Elizabeth Mandlik

This will be the 2nd time that Jessika Ponchet and Elizabeth Mandlik square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mandlik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Mandlik won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in Madrid back in April 2024.

Jessika Ponchet

Jessika Ponchet

28 - 21win/loss

Hard
10-8
I Hard
6-3
Clay
6-6
Grass
6-4
Rank
133
High
104
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-27 15-13 6-6 6-4 6-4 0-0
2023 42-26 10-9 7-4 25-10 0-3 0-0
2022 35-26 13-8 8-3 11-12 3-3 0-0
2021 30-19 19-9 4-3 6-5 0-1 1-1
2020 10-12 2-4 0-2 8-6 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 143, Jessika got to the qualifications after defeating Jana Fett 6-2 6-1 and Lucija Ciric Bagaric 6-1 7-6(2).

In the qualifications, Ponchet had a good straight sets win against Ciric Bagaric (6-1 7-62). During the match, Ponchet scored 91 points vs Ciric Bagaric’s 77. Ponchet was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ponchet struck 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jessika Ponchet was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Jessika broke Ciric Bagaric 3 times after converting 30% of her break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jessika started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points she played.

Ponchet has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (296-197). 9-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Ponchet has a compiled100-65 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Jessika’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Boutheon and the W100 Ilkley.

The French player has an aggregate 27-21 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Ponchet's Record

Elizabeth Mandlik

Elizabeth Mandlik

13 - 18win/loss

Hard
7-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-7
Grass
3-4
Rank
276
High
97
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-27 15-14 3-8 0-1 3-4 0-0
2023 40-33 15-17 19-12 0-1 6-3 0-0
2022 37-24 26-12 10-9 1-3 0-0 0-0
2021 30-22 24-13 6-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 4-8 3-4 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 168, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Sara Bejlek 6-3 6-4 and Mirjam Bjorklund 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Elizabeth had a good straight sets win against Bjorklund (6-4 6-4). During the match Mandlik scored 68 points vs Bjorklund’s 63. The American was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Mandlik scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Elizabeth Mandlik lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mandlik put 60% of her first serves in, winning 59% (26/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Bjorklund 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mandlik started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points she played.

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the W75 Lexington.

Mandlik has an aggregate 13-17 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.

U.S. Open
Mandlik's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Ponchet
E.Mandlik
2h:42
2h:42
Time on court​
2h:42
2h:42
1h:40
1h:40
Last match​
1h:31
1h:31
2
2
Match played
2
2
35
35
Games Played​
39
39
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
148
148
Total points​
135
135
74
74
Avg point​
67.5
67.5
51
51
Winners
58
58
25.5
25.5
Avg Winners​
29
29
34%
34%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
5
5
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
51/65
51/65
1st won total​
58/91
58/91
!
78%
78%
1st won %
64%
64%
30/49
30/49
2nd won total​
25/50
25/50
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
7/23
7/23
BP won
9/13
9/13
3.5/11.5
3.5/11.5
Avg BP won
4.5/6.5
4.5/6.5
30%
30%
Won
!
69%
69%
5
5
Conceded
15
15
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
7.5
7.5
1
1
Broken
5
5
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
4
4
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ponchet Mandlik
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 35 39
Pts 148-108 135-118
Total Points 256 253
Winners 51 58
%Winners 34% 43%

Both Ponchet and Mandlik played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ponchet and Mandlik have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Ponchet played 4 games less than Mandlik. Jessika scored 51 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Mandlik bagged 58 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ponchet Mandlik
Aces 10 3
Avg per match 5 1.5
1st in 65/114 91/141
%1st in 57% 65%
1st pts 51/65 58/91
%1st pts 78% 64%
2nd pts 30/49 25/50
%2nd pts 61% 50%

Ponchet blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Mandlik scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Ponchet won 78% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Mandlik won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ponchet Mandlik
Won 7 9
Converted 7/23 9/13
% Converted 30% 69%
Conceded 5 15
Saved 4 10
% Saved 80% 67%
Times Broken 1 5

Jessika broke her opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Ponchet dropped her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Elizabeth broke her opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Elizabeth conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Ponchet
Q1
Fett		 Q2
Ciric		 Total
Score 6-2 6-1 6-1 7-62
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 20 35
pts 57-31 91-77 148-108
Total points 88 168 256
Winners 20 31 51
%Winners 35% 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 4 6 10
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 24/42 41/72 65/114
% 1st in 57% 57% 57%
1st pts 20/24 31/41 51/65
% 1st pts 83% 76% 78%
2nd pts 14/18 16/31 30/49
% 2nd pts 78% 52% 61%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/13 3/10 7/23
Converted % 31% 30% 30%
Conceded 1 4 5
Saved 1/1 3/4 4
Saved % 100% 75% 88%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Mandlik
Q1
Bejlek		 Q2
Bjorklund		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 20 39
pts 67-55 68-63 135-118
Total points 122 131 253
Winners 32 26 58
%Winners 48% 38% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 47/68 44/73 91/141
% 1st in 69% 60% 65%
1st pts 32/47 26/44 58/91
% 1st pts 68% 59% 64%
2nd pts 10/21 15/29 25/50
% 2nd pts 48% 52% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/5 5/8 9/13
Converted % 80% 63% 69%
Conceded 6 9 15
Saved 4/6 6/9 10
Saved % 67% 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 3 5

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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