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.
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
37 - 25win/loss
90
90
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 19-9 | 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.
Elsa Jacquemot
33 - 30win/loss
149
137
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 6-8 | 13-15 | 9-6 | 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | |
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