Jelena Ostapenko and Marina Stakusic will square off in the 2nd round of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on Akron Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.36
Marina Stakusic -> 3.16

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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Marina Stakusic

There is no head to head record

between Jelena Ostapenko and Marina Stakusic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Jelena Ostapenko

Jelena Ostapenko

31 - 18win/loss

Hard
14-9
I Hard
4-0
Clay
8-6
Grass
5-3
Rank
12
High
5
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-18 14-9 8-6 4-0 5-3 0-0
2023 37-22 21-15 7-4 1-1 8-2 0-0
2022 33-19 19-10 3-3 3-3 8-3 0-0
2021 32-19 12-9 5-4 7-4 8-2 0-0
2020 9-8 3-2 4-3 2-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 12, the Latvian will start her run in Guadalajara after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Osaka in the 1st round on the 27th of August.

Ostapenko has an aggregate 31-18 win-loss record in 2024, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Adelaide where she overcame Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Linz where she defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final 6-2 6-3.

Talking about her overall career, Ostapenko has an overall 391-238 record. She has a positive 137-110 record on hard.

Previously in Guadalajara

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022 and 2023. See her history.

Guadalajara
Ostapenko's Record

Marina Stakusic

Marina Stakusic

20 - 17win/loss

Hard
5-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
9-7
Grass
6-4
Rank
155
High
140
WLLLLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-17 5-6 9-7 0-0 6-4 0-0
2023 26-5 17-3 0-0 9-2 0-0 0-0
2022 28-19 12-8 11-7 5-4 0-0 0-0
2021 2-6 0-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 155, the Canadian reached the 2nd round after defeating Anna Schmiedlova 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, Marina had a good straight sets win against Anna Schmiedlova (6-2 6-4). During the match Stakusic scored 64 points vs Anna Schmiedlova’s 45. Marina was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Stakusic fired 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marina Stakusic was very efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Stakusic was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Anna Schmiedlova 4 times.

Marina has an aggregate 20-17 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guadalajara

Marina has never competed in this tournament before.

Guadalajara
Stakusic's Record

Tennis Scores in Guadalajara

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