Mccartney Kessler and Eva Lys will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mccartney Kessler who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.88
Eva Lys -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Mccartney Kessler vs. Eva Lys

This will be the 2^nd time that Mccartney Kessler and Eva Lys clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lys (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Lys won 6-2 6-1 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.

Mccartney Kessler

Ranked no. 76, Kessler reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ena Shibahara 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Kessler had a good straight sets win against Shibahara (6-4 6-1). During the match, Kessler scored 74 points vs Shibahara’s 54. Mccartney was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kessler scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kessler put 58% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Mccartney broke Shibahara 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Kessler has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of her matches (130-67). 27-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kessler has a composed89-41 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Rome where she defeated Liv Hovde in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Puerto Vallarta where she overcame Taylah Preston in the final 5-7 6-3 6-0 and the W100 Landisville where she defeated Olivia Gadecki in the final 4-6 6-2 6-4 and in Cleveland where she overcame Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final 1-6 6-1 7-5.

Kessler has an overall 38-20 win-loss record in 2024, 27-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

Kessler has never competed in this tournament before.

Eva Lys

Ranked no. 118, Eva got to the 2^nd round after defeating Himeno Sakatsume 6-2 6-2 and Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Camila Osorio Serrano (6-2 6-3). During the match Lys scored 80 points vs Camila Osorio Serrano’s 66. Lys was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Lys scored 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Eva Lys lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lys put 64% of her first serves in, winning 62% (24/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Camila Osorio Serrano 7 times after converting 39% of her break points (7/18).

Lys’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Budapest and Monastir.

The German has an overall 29-16 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kessler	Lys
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	17	33
Pts	74-54	150-115
Total Points	128	265
Winners	28	51
%Winners	38%	34%

Kessler played 1 match while Lys competed in 2 matches. Lys started her run from the qualifications while Kessler had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Kessler has played 2 set(s) less than Lys (2 vs 4). Therefore, Kessler played 16 games less than Lys. Mccartney scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Eva made 51 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kessler	Lys
Aces	3	3
Avg per match	3	1.5
1st in	42/72	81/127
%1st in	58%	64%
1st pts	28/42	51/81
%1st pts	67%	63%
2nd pts	15/30	20/46
%2nd pts	50%	43%

Kessler made 3 aces . Lys bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kessler won 67% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Lys won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kessler	Lys
Won	5	13
Converted	5/8	13/27
% Converted	63%	48%
Conceded	8	16
Saved	7	11
% Saved	88%	69%
Times Broken	1	5

The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American lost her serve once and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded. The German broke her opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Eva conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded.

Kessler
	R1 Shibahara	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	74-54	74-54
Total points	128	128
Winners	28	28
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	42/72	42/72
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	28/42	28/42
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	15/30	15/30
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	7/8	7
Saved %	88%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

Lys
	Q1 Sakatsume	Q3 Lamens	R1 Camila Osorio Serrano	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-5 6-3	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	21	17	54
pts	70-49	–	80-66	150-115
Total points	119	0	146	265
Winners	27		24	51
%Winners	39%	0%	30%	34%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	2	3
Double Faults	3		4	7
1st in	42/66	/	39/61	81/127
% 1st in	64%	0%	64%	64%
1st pts	27/42	/	24/39	51/81
% 1st pts	64%	0%	62%	63%
2nd pts	11/24	/	9/22	20/46
% 2nd pts	46%	0%	41%	43%
Breaks
Won	6		7	13
Converted	6/9	/	7/18	13/27
Converted %	67%	0%	39%	48%
Conceded	8		8	16
Saved	6/8	0/	5/8	11
Saved %	75%	–	63%	138%
Times Broken	2		3	5

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• Ana BogdanBogdan – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
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