Ann Li and Antonia Ruzic will square 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 2:00 pm on CANCHA 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 Ann Li who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.38
Antonia Ruzic -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Antonia Ruzic
There is no head to head record between Ann Li and Antonia Ruzic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ann Li
40 - 25win/loss
99
44
LLWWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-27 | 16-14 | 22-9 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-14 | 19-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-9 | 17-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 111, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ann had a good straight sets win against Parrizas-Diaz (6-0 6-4). During the match, Li scored 57 points vs Parrizas-Diaz’s 37. Ann was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Li scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Ann Li lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Li put 72% of her first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Ann broke Parrizas-Diaz 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Li has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (228-152). 13-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Li has an overall127-85 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Valencia where she overcame Viktoriya Tomova in the final 6-3 6-4.
Li has a compiled 39-25 win-loss record in 2024, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
Li has never competed in this tournament before.
Antonia Ruzic
36 - 22win/loss
145
145
WWWWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-22 | 23-8 | 4-6 | 13-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-26 | 8-2 | 17-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-9 | 8-2 | 17-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-15 | 28-6 | 14-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, Ruzic got to the 2nd round after defeating Laura Samson 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ruzic had a good straight sets win against Samson (6-4 6-4). During the match Ruzic scored 66 points vs Samson’s 55. Ruzic was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Ruzic wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Antonia Ruzic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ruzic put 67% of her first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 26% (5/19) on the 2nd serve. Antonia broke Samson 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W50 Nonthaburi where she overcame Sara Saito in the final 6-1 6-3.
Antonia has a compiled 36-21 win-loss record in 2024, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Li | Ruzic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 57-37 | 66-55 |
| Total Points | 94 | 121 |
| Winners | 22 | 26 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Li and Ruzic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Li and Ruzic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Li played 4 games less than Ruzic. Ann scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian recorded 26 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Li | Ruzic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 34/47 | 38/57 |
| %1st in | 72% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 26/38 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 5/19 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 26% |
Li managed to score 1 ace . Ruzic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Li won 65% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Ruzic won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 26% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Li | Ruzic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The American broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Antonia broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Li | |||
| R1 Parrizas-Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 57-37 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/47 | 34/47 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ruzic | |||
| R1 Samson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-55 | 66-55 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/19 | 5/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 26% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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