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.
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
60 - 26win/loss
116
110
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 62-28 | 34-15 | 21-8 | 3-3 | 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.
Marina Stakusic
30 - 22win/loss
125
116
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-24 | 15-12 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 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.
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (5-7 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alina KorneevaKorneeva – Alycia ParksParks (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antonia RuzicRuzic – Laura SamsonSamson (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria Lourdes Carle/Eva VedderLourdes Carle/Eva Vedder – Alicia Herrero Linana/Melany Solange KrywojHerrero Linana/Melany Solange Krywoj (4-6 6-0 13-11) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elsa JacquemotJacquemot – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (4-6 6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ann LiLi – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Elizabeth MandlikMandlik (7-69 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Rebecca MarinoMarino (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Anastasia TikhonovaTikhonova (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Samuel BensoussanBensoussan – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (6-75 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Lucas GomezGomez (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Filippo LeonardiLeonardi (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rafael MatosMatos (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Mirko CutuliCutuli (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Omar GiacaloneGiacalone (2-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo FrigerioFrigerio – Michel VernierVernier (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jelle SelsSels – Ivan GakhovGakhov (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco FortiForti – Adelchi VirgiliVirgili (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxime ChazalChazal – Simone RoncalliRoncalli (6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Andres Gabriel CiurlettiGabriel Ciurletti (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matias ZukasZukas – Bastian MallaMalla (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Wilson LeiteLeite – Luis PatinoPatino (5-7 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter TorebkoTorebko – Pascal MeisMeis (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Ana Sofia SanchezSofia Sanchez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elsa JacquemotJacquemot – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ann LiLi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction