Maya Joint and Marina Stakusic will face off in the 1st round of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marina Stakusic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marina Stakusic is the pick to win this match.
Marina Stakusic -> 1.74
Maya Joint -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Maya Joint vs. Marina Stakusic

There is no head to head record between Maya Joint and Marina Stakusic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Maya Joint

Maya Joint

60 - 25win/loss

Hard
34-14
I Hard
1-1
Clay
21-8
Grass
4-2
Rank
110
High
110
LWWLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 60-25 34-14 21-8 1-1 4-2 0-0
2023 11-8 7-6 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0
2022 3-3 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 110 (career-high), Maya will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in the Tampico where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Marino in the quarter on the 24th of October.

Joint has an aggregate 60-25 win-loss record in 2024, 34-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Burnie where she overcame Aoi Ito in the final 1-6 6-1 7-5 and the W35 Santo Domingo where she beat Xinyu Gao in the final 6-4 2-6 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, The Australian has an overall 74-36 record. She has a positive 44-23 record on hard.

Previously in Merida

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Merida
Joint's Record

Marina Stakusic

Marina Stakusic

29 - 22win/loss

Hard
14-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
9-7
Grass
6-4
Rank
116
High
116
WWWWWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-22 14-11 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. 116 (career-high), will start her run in Merida after she won the title in the Tampico after beating 6-4 2-6 6-4 Blinkova in the final.

The Canadian has a composed 29-22 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was winning the title the Tampico where she beat Anna Blinkova in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.

Stakusic won her last 7 matches.

In terms of her career, Stakusic has an overall 88-57 record. She has a positive 44-27 record on hard.

Merida
Stakusic's Record

Tennis Scores in Merida

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