Zeynep Sonmez and Elsa Jacquemot will face off in the 2nd round of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on ESTADIO AKRON. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zeynep Sonmez who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zeynep Sonmez is the pick to win this match.
Zeynep Sonmez -> 1.6
Elsa Jacquemot -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Zeynep Sonmez vs. Elsa Jacquemot

There is no head to head record between Zeynep Sonmez and Elsa Jacquemot since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Zeynep Sonmez

Zeynep Sonmez

37 - 25win/loss

Hard
15-9
I Hard
4-3
Clay
12-10
Grass
6-3
Rank
127
High
127
WLWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-25 15-9 12-10 4-3 6-3 0-0
2023 54-28 4-4 23-10 17-8 6-4 4-2
2022 38-21 22-8 14-10 2-3 0-0 0-0
2021 21-19 2-3 14-12 5-4 0-0 0-0
2020 17-9 0-0 17-8 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 127 (career-high), Zeynep reached the 2nd round after beating Maria Lourdes Carle 5-7 6-1 6-2.

In the 1st round against Lourdes Carle, Sonmez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-2). During the match, Sonmez scored 94 points vs Lourdes Carle’s 79. Zeynep was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sonmez managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 62% of her first serves in, winning 59% (37/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the 2nd serve. Sonmez broke Lourdes Carle 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Sonmez has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (204-130). 15-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sonmez has a composed65-37 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Zeynep has a composed 37-25 win-loss record in 2024, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Merida

Sonmez has never competed in this tournament before.

Merida
Sonmez's Record

Elsa Jacquemot

Elsa Jacquemot

33 - 30win/loss

Hard
6-7
I Hard
9-5
Clay
13-15
Grass
5-3
Rank
148
High
137
WLLLWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-30 6-7 13-15 9-5 5-3 0-0
2023 41-35 10-8 12-12 18-13 1-2 0-0
2022 33-31 10-5 14-15 9-9 0-2 0-0
2021 25-25 1-3 12-12 12-10 0-0 0-0
2020 9-6 0-1 5-3 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 148, Jacquemot reached the 2nd round after defeating Robin Montgomery 4-6 6-3 7-6(4).

In the 1st round against Montgomery, Jacquemot recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-64). During the match Jacquemot scored 96 points vs Montgomery’s 93. Elsa was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Jacquemot recorded 5 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Elsa Jacquemot lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Jacquemot put 57% of her first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (17/43) on the 2nd serve. Elsa broke Montgomery 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Elsa’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W75+H Porto,the W75 Grenoble,the Gaudens and the W100 Ilkley.

Jacquemot has a compiled 33-30 win-loss record in 2024, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Merida
Jacquemot's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Sonmez
E.Jacquemot
2h:13
2h:13
Time on court​
2h:27
2h:27
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
!
2h:27
2h:27
1
1
Match played
1
1
27
27
Games Played​
32
32
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
94
94
Total points​
96
96
94
94
Avg point​
96
96
37
37
Winners
39
39
37
37
Avg Winners​
39
39
39%
39%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
2
2
Avg Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
9
9
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
9
9
37/63
37/63
1st won total​
39/57
39/57
59%
59%
1st won %
68%
68%
21/39
21/39
2nd won total​
17/43
17/43
54%
54%
2nd won %
40%
40%
-- Break Points --
7/10
7/10
BP won
6/10
6/10
7/10
7/10
Avg BP won
6/10
6/10
!
70%
70%
Won
!
60%
60%
14
14
Conceded
13
13
14
14
Avg Conceded
13
13
4
4
Broken
6
6
4
4
Avg Broken
!
6
6
10
10
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sonmez Jacquemot
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 32
Pts 94-79 96-93
Total Points 173 189
Winners 37 39
%Winners 39% 41%

Both Sonmez and Jacquemot played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Zeynep Sonmez conceded 1 set, while Elsa Jacquemot lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sonmez and Jacquemot have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sonmez played 5 games less than Jacquemot. The Turk scored 37 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Elsa made 39 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sonmez Jacquemot
Aces 2 5
Avg per match 2 5
1st in 63/102 57/100
%1st in 62% 57%
1st pts 37/63 39/57
%1st pts 59% 68%
2nd pts 21/39 17/43
%2nd pts 54% 40%

Sonmez made 2 aces . Jacquemot struck 5 aces . Sonmez won 59% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Jacquemot won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sonmez Jacquemot
Won 7 6
Converted 7/10 6/10
% Converted 70% 60%
Conceded 14 13
Saved 10 7
% Saved 71% 54%
Times Broken 4 6

Zeynep broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Sonmez surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Jacquemot broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded.

Sonmez
R1
Lourdes
Total
Score 5-7 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 94-79 94-79
Total points 173 173
Winners 37 37
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 63/102 63/102
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 37/63 37/63
% 1st pts 59% 59%
2nd pts 21/39 21/39
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/10 7/10
Converted % 70% 70%
Conceded 14 14
Saved 10/14 10
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 4 4
Jacquemot
R1
Montgomery
Total
Score 4-6 6-3 7-64
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 96-93 96-93
Total points 189 189
Winners 39 39
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 9 9
1st in 57/100 57/100
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 39/57 39/57
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 17/43 17/43
% 2nd pts 40% 40%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/10 6/10
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 7/13 7
Saved % 54% 54%
Times Broken 6 6

Tennis Scores in Merida

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