Renata Zarazua and Zeynep Sonmez will clash against each other in the quarter of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on ESTADIO AKRON. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Renata Zarazua who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Renata Zarazua is the pick to win this match.
Renata Zarazua -> 1.615
Zeynep Sonmez -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Renata Zarazua vs. Zeynep Sonmez

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

Renata Zarazua

Renata Zarazua

43 - 30win/loss

Hard
25-15
I Hard
2-1
Clay
13-11
Grass
3-3
Rank
60
High
59
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-30 25-15 14-11 4-1 3-3 0-0
2023 63-31 21-12 37-16 5-3 0-0 0-0
2022 14-24 5-14 9-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 21-21 14-12 3-6 1-1 3-2 0-0
2020 31-12 11-5 18-6 2-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 62 (career-high), Renata got to the quarter after beating Akasha Urhobo 7-5 6-2 and Maja Chwalinska 2-6 6-2 6-1.

In the 2nd round against Chwalinska, Zarazua recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Zarazua scored 86 points vs Chwalinska’s 69. Zarazua was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zarazua made 2 aces and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Renata Zarazua lost the serve 4 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Zarazua put 89% of her first serves in, winning 56% (48/85) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (4/11) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Chwalinska 7 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Renata has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.

Zarazua has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of her matches (310-233). 25-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Zarazua has a compiled120-101 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W75 Templeton where she beat Usue Maitane Arconada in the final 6-4 6-3 and the W100 Tyler where she beat Iva Jovic in the final 6-4 6-2.

Zarazua has a compiled 43-29 win-loss record in 2024, 25-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Merida

Zarazua has never competed in this tournament before.

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Zarazua's Record

Zeynep Sonmez

Zeynep Sonmez

39 - 25win/loss

Hard
17-9
I Hard
4-3
Clay
12-10
Grass
6-3
Rank
90
High
90
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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
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Ranked no. 127 (career-high), the Turk got to the quarter after beating Maria Lourdes Carle 5-7 6-1 6-2 and Elsa Jacquemot 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Sonmez had a good straight sets win against Jacquemot (7-63 6-3). During the match Sonmez scored 79 points vs Jacquemot’s 66. Zeynep was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Sonmez was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 8 double faults. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 61% of her first serves in, winning 57% (26/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Jacquemot 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sonmez has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

The Turk has a composed 38-25 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Sonmez's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Zarazua
Z.Sonmez
4h:11
4h:11
Time on court​
4h:05
4h:05
!
2h:32
2h:32
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
2
2
Match played
2
2
43
43
Games Played​
49
49
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
157
157
Total points​
173
173
78.5
78.5
Avg point​
86.5
86.5
78
78
Winners
63
63
39
39
Avg Winners​
31.5
31.5
50%
50%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
11
11
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
5.5
5.5
78/134
78/134
1st won total​
63/109
63/109
58%
58%
1st won %
58%
58%
11/28
11/28
2nd won total​
34/69
34/69
!
39%
39%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
14/20
14/20
BP won
13/19
13/19
7/10
7/10
Avg BP won
6.5/9.5
6.5/9.5
!
70%
70%
Won
!
68%
68%
23
23
Conceded
22
22
11.5
11.5
Avg Conceded
11
11
8
8
Broken
9
9
4
4
Avg Broken
!
4.5
4.5
15
15
Saved
13
13
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zarazua Sonmez
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 43 49
Pts 157-124 173-145
Total Points 281 318
Winners 78 63
%Winners 50% 36%

Both Zarazua and Sonmez played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Renata Zarazua conceded 1 set, while Zeynep Sonmez surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zarazua and Sonmez have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Zarazua played 6 games less than Sonmez. The Mexican scored 78 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Zeynep managed to score 63 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zarazua Sonmez
Aces 2 2
Avg per match 1 1
1st in 134/162 109/178
%1st in 83% 61%
1st pts 78/134 63/109
%1st pts 58% 58%
2nd pts 11/28 34/69
%2nd pts 39% 49%

Zarazua scored 2 aces (1 per match). Sonmez fired 2 aces (1 per match). Zarazua won 58% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Sonmez won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zarazua Sonmez
Won 14 13
Converted 14/20 13/19
% Converted 70% 68%
Conceded 23 22
Saved 15 13
% Saved 65% 59%
Times Broken 8 9

Zarazua broke her opponents 14 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Mexican conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded. Sonmez broke her opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. The Turk conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 59% of the break points that she conceded.

Zarazua
R1
Urhobo		 R2
Chwalinska		 Total
Score 7-5 6-2 2-6 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 20 23 43
pts 71-55 86-69 157-124
Total points 126 155 281
Winners 30 48 78
%Winners 42% 56% 50%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 2
Double Faults 2 0 2
1st in 49/66 85/96 134/162
% 1st in 74% 89% 83%
1st pts 30/49 48/85 78/134
% 1st pts 61% 56% 58%
2nd pts 7/17 4/11 11/28
% 2nd pts 41% 36% 39%
Breaks
Won 7 7 14
Converted 7/13 7/7 14/20
Converted % 54% 100% 70%
Conceded 7 16 23
Saved 3/7 12/16 15
Saved % 43% 75% 59%
Times Broken 4 4 8
Sonmez
R1
Lourdes		 R2
Jacquemot		 Total
Score 5-7 6-1 6-2 7-63 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 27 22 49
pts 94-79 79-66 173-145
Total points 173 145 318
Winners 37 26 63
%Winners 39% 33% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 2
Double Faults 3 8 11
1st in 63/102 46/76 109/178
% 1st in 62% 61% 61%
1st pts 37/63 26/46 63/109
% 1st pts 59% 57% 58%
2nd pts 21/39 13/30 34/69
% 2nd pts 54% 43% 49%
Breaks
Won 7 6 13
Converted 7/10 6/9 13/19
Converted % 70% 67% 68%
Conceded 14 8 22
Saved 10/14 3/8 13
Saved % 71% 38% 55%
Times Broken 4 5 9

Tennis Scores in Merida

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