Mai Hontama and Sonay Kartal will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Jasmin Open Tunisia for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines 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 -> 1.42
Mai Hontama -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Mai Hontama vs. Sonay Kartal

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

Mai Hontama

Ranked no. 109, Hontama got to the 2^nd round after defeating Priska Madelyn Nugroho 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Hontama had a good straight sets win against Madelyn Nugroho (6-2 6-1). During the match, Hontama scored 60 points vs Madelyn Nugroho’s 34. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hontama wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Mai Hontama lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hontama put 69% of her first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. Mai broke Madelyn Nugroho 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).

Hontama has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (257-168). 21-19 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Hontama has an aggregate194-119 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Mai’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W100 Tokyo and the W100 Gifu.

The Japanese has an overall 24-26 win-loss record in 2024, 21-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Monastir

Sonay Kartal

Ranked no. 151 (career-high), Sonay reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ranim Rassil 6-2 6-4, Mariam Bolkvadze 6-0 ret. and Jaqueline Cristian 4-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Cristian, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Kartal scored 103 points vs Cristian’s 91. Sonay was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Kartal struck 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Sonay Kartal lost the serve 7 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kartal put 69% of her first serves in, winning 60% (42/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Sonay broke Cristian 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W35 Loughborough where she defeated Manon Leonard in the final 6-4 6-1 and the W35 Nottingham where she overcame Klaudija Bubelyte in the final 6-1 6-4 and the W35 Monzon where she defeated 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 overcame Haruka Kaji in the final 6-3 6-3.

Sonay has an overall 40-7 win-loss record in 2024, 26-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Monastir

Kartal has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hontama	Kartal
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	15	55
Pts	60-34	191-148
Total Points	94	339
Winners	21	80
%Winners	35%	42%

Hontama played 1 match while Kartal competed in 3 matches. Kartal started her run from the qualifications while Hontama had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sonay Kartal surrendered 1 set while Mai Hontama hasn’t lost a set so far. Hontama has played 5 set(s) less than Kartal (2 vs 7). Therefore, Hontama played 40 games less than Kartal. Hontama scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kartal recorded 80 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hontama	Kartal
Aces	0	5
Avg per match	0	1.7
1st in	33/48	118/176
%1st in	69%	67%
1st pts	21/33	80/118
%1st pts	64%	68%
2nd pts	8/15	26/58
%2nd pts	53%	45%

Hontama didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kartal fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Hontama won 64% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kartal won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hontama	Kartal
Won	7	15
Converted	7/11	15/22
% Converted	64%	68%
Conceded	3	20
Saved	1	12
% Saved	33%	60%
Times Broken	2	8

The Japanese broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Hontama dropped her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Sonay broke her opponents 15 times with a 68% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.

Hontama
	R1 Madelyn	Total
Score	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	60-34	60-34
Total points	94	94
Winners	21	21
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	33/48	33/48
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	21/33	21/33
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	8/15	8/15
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/11	7/11
Converted %	64%	64%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Kartal
	Q1 Rassil	Q3 Bolkvadze	R1 Cristian	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-0 ret.	4-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	1	3	6
Tot Games	18	6	31	55
pts	61-44	27-13	103-91	191-148
Total points	105	40	194	339
Winners	28	10	42	80
%Winners	46%	37%	41%	42%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	2	5
Double Faults	3	0	4	7
1st in	35/57	13/18	70/101	118/176
% 1st in	61%	72%	69%	67%
1st pts	28/35	10/13	42/70	80/118
% 1st pts	80%	77%	60%	68%
2nd pts	10/22	3/5	13/31	26/58
% 2nd pts	45%	60%	42%	45%
Breaks
Won	4	3	8	15
Converted	4/5	3/4	8/13	15/22
Converted %	80%	75%	62%	68%
Conceded	4	2	14	20
Saved	3/4	2/2	7/14	12
Saved %	75%	100%	50%	225%
Times Broken	1	0	7	8

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• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Trevor Allen JohnsonAllen Johnson (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Dusty H. BoyerH. Boyer (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Reese StalderStalder – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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