Moyuka Uchijima and Sonay Kartal will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sonay Kartal who should win in 3 sets.
Sonay Kartal -> 1.65
Moyuka Uchijima -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Moyuka Uchijima vs. Sonay Kartal
There is no head to head record between Moyuka Uchijima and Sonay Kartal since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Moyuka Uchijima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-32 | 15-21 | 7-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-26 | 25-14 | 22-5 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-34 | 23-21 | 7-9 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-28 | 24-15 | 19-5 | 11-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-9 | 19-5 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, Uchijima got to the qualifications after beating Olivia Gadecki 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Moyuka had a good straight sets win against Gadecki (7-5 6-2). During the match, Uchijima scored 76 points vs Gadecki’s 58. Moyuka was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Uchijima blasted 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Moyuka Uchijima lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Uchijima put 62% of her first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Uchijima broke Gadecki 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Uchijima has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (241-160). 2-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Uchijima has an overall141-99 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Uchijima has an aggregate 2-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Sonay Kartal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-20 | 12-10 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 53-9 | 30-3 | 0-0 | 15-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-18 | 7-3 | 11-6 | 8-4 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-12 | 10-3 | 5-1 | 15-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-1 | 5-0 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, Kartal reached the qualifications after defeating Chloe Paquet 4-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Paquet, Sonay recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Kartal scored 101 points vs Paquet’s 83. Kartal was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Kartal scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Sonay Kartal lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kartal put 77% of her first serves in, winning 67% (42/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Sonay broke Paquet 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).
Sonay has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Uchijima | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 |
| Pts | 76-58 | 101-83 |
| Total Points | 134 | 184 |
| Winners | 32 | 42 |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% |
Both Uchijima and Kartal played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sonay Kartal lost 1 set while Moyuka Uchijima hasn’t dropped a set so far. Uchijima has played 1 set(s) less than Kartal (2 vs 3). Therefore, Uchijima played 7 games less than Kartal. Uchijima scored 32 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 42 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Uchijima | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 41/66 | 63/82 |
| %1st in | 62% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 42/63 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Uchijima scored 4 aces . Kartal struck 1 ace . Uchijima won 78% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kartal won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Uchijima | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Moyuka broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Uchijima conceded her serve once and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Kartal conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Uchijima | |||
| Q1 Gadecki | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-58 | 76-58 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/66 | 41/66 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kartal | |||
| Q1 Paquet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 101-83 | 101-83 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 63/82 | 63/82 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 42/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Filip DudaDuda (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Danylo KalenichenkoKalenichenko – Raphael BaltenspergerBaltensperger (6-3 3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David PoljakPoljak – James FrawleyFrawley (6-73 6-1 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas KleinKlein – Lenny HampelHampel (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna – Ivan SabanovSabanov (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco BortolottiBortolotti – Matej SabanovSabanov (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter TorebkoTorebko – Christian LindellLindell (2-6 6-3 10-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – (1-1) – H2H and prediction