Katie Volynets and Sonay Kartal will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on ADCB COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sonay Kartal who should win in 3 sets.
Sonay Kartal -> 1.87
Katie Volynets -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Katie Volynets vs. Sonay Kartal
There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Sonay Kartal since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Katie Volynets
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-27 | 25-16 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-24 | 23-16 | 18-6 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-27 | 22-14 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-26 | 19-15 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 62, Volynets got to the 1st round after defeating Heather Watson 6-4 6-3 and Daria Saville 7-6(8) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Volynets had a good straight sets win against Gavrilova (7-68 6-3). During the match, Volynets scored 82 points vs Gavrilova’s 72. Volynets was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Volynets scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Katie Volynets lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Volynets put 77% of her first serves in, winning 59% (38/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 26% (5/19) on the 2nd serve. Volynets broke Gavrilova 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Katie started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Volynets has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (204-144). 4-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Volynets has a compiled118-85 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The American has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
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, Sonay got to the 1st round after defeating Chloe Paquet 4-6 6-2 6-3 and Moyuka Uchijima 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kartal had a good straight sets win against Uchijima (6-1 6-4). During the match Kartal scored 80 points vs Uchijima’s 63. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Kartal was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Sonay Kartal lost the serve once and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kartal put 70% of her first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Kartal broke Uchijima 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Kartal has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Volynets | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 44 |
| Pts | 161-140 | 181-146 |
| Total Points | 301 | 327 |
| Winners | 73 | 79 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Both Volynets and Kartal played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sonay Kartal conceded 1 set while Katie Volynets hasn’t dropped a set so far. Volynets has played 1 set(s) less than Kartal (4 vs 5). Therefore, Volynets played 3 games less than Kartal. Katie scored 73 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit made 79 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Volynets | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 124/152 | 116/158 |
| %1st in | 82% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 73/124 | 79/116 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 9/28 | 20/42 |
| %2nd pts | 32% | 48% |
Volynets managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kartal also managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Volynets won 59% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Kartal won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Volynets | Kartal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/25 | 9/25 |
| % Converted | 48% | 36% |
| Conceded | 19 | 17 |
| Saved | 12 | 13 |
| % Saved | 63% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 4 |
Katie broke her opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Katie surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Sonay broke her opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Sonay conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 76% of the break points that she conceded.
| Volynets | ||||
| Q1 Watson | Q3 Gavrilova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-68 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
| pts | 79-68 | 82-72 | 161-140 | |
| Total points | 147 | 154 | 301 | |
| Winners | 35 | 38 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/69 | 64/83 | 124/152 | |
| % 1st in | 87% | 77% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 35/60 | 38/64 | 73/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/9 | 5/19 | 9/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 26% | 32% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 7/11 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 64% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 4/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 44% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Kartal | ||||
| Q1 Paquet | Q3 Uchijima | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 | 44 | |
| pts | 101-83 | 80-63 | 181-146 | |
| Total points | 184 | 143 | 327 | |
| Winners | 42 | 37 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/82 | 53/76 | 116/158 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 70% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 37/53 | 79/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 9/23 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 39% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/10 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 40% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 7/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 88% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
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- David PoljakPoljak – Sadio DoumbiaDoumbia (2-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Fabrizio OrnagoOrnago (7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco BortolottiBortolotti – Michal KonecnyKonecny (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Danylo KalenichenkoKalenichenko (6-75 6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Marvin NetuschilNetuschil (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Francesco FortiForti (7-65 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter TorebkoTorebko – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Peter HellerHeller – Tobias SimonSimon (3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evan FurnessFurness – Jan SatralSatral (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Bruno Sant’AnnaSant’Anna (6-4 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas KleinKlein – Vaclav SafranekSafranek (3-6 7-62 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Nik RazborsekRazborsek (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas GerchGerch – Fabien ReboulReboul (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacob GrillsGrills – Tomas VankoVanko (2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sekou BangouraBangoura – Yannick MertensMertens (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yue YuanYuan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- 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
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Magda LinetteLinette (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – (1-1) – H2H and prediction