Maya Joint and Solana Sierra will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Merida Open Akron for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maya Joint who should win in 3 sets.
Maya Joint -> 1.42
Solana Sierra -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Maya Joint vs. Solana Sierra
This will be the 2nd time that Maya Joint and Solana Sierra clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Joint (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Joint won 7-5 6-7(3) 6-1 in the quarter in the Cancun back in February 2025.
Maya Joint
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-28 | 32-19 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-28 | 34-15 | 21-8 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Joint got to the qualifications after beating Emina Bektas 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Maya had a good straight sets win against Bektas (6-2 6-3). During the match, Joint scored 59 points vs Bektas’s 39. Joint was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Joint made 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Maya Joint conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 81% of her first serves in, win 82% (28/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. Maya broke Bektas 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Joint has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 66% of her matches (87-44). 8-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Joint has an aggregate52-28 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
Joint’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Hobart and the Cancun.
Maya has a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
Solana Sierra
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-21 | 9-9 | 32-9 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-20 | 11-8 | 41-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-23 | 3-2 | 54-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-13 | 14-0 | 21-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-5 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Linda Fruhvirtova 2-6 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the qualifications against Fruhvirtova, Solana recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-63 6-3).During the match Sierra scored less points (1) than Fruhvirtova. In fact, the world no. 105 won 115 points vs Fruhvirtova’s. That means that Sierra was more focused during the important points. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Sierra scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Solana Sierra lost the serve 8 times and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Sierra put 72% of her first serves in, winning 55% (46/83) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Fruhvirtova 7 times after converting 44% of her break points (7/16).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W75 Vero Beach where she overcame Whitney Osuigwe in the final 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5.
Solana has a compiled 11-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
Solana has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Joint | Sierra |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 30 |
| Pts | 59-39 | 115-116 |
| Total Points | 98 | 231 |
| Winners | 28 | 46 |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% |
Both Joint and Sierra played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Solana Sierra lost 1 set while Maya Joint hasn’t conceded a set so far. Joint has played 1 set(s) less than Sierra (2 vs 3). Therefore, Joint played 13 games less than Sierra. Joint scored 28 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Sierra blasted 46 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Joint | Sierra |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 34/42 | 83/116 |
| %1st in | 81% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 46/83 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 13/33 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 39% |
Joint made 4 aces . Sierra fired 1 ace . Joint won 82% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sierra won 55% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Joint | Sierra |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 7/16 |
| % Converted | 36% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 22 |
| Saved | 0 | 14 |
| % Saved | 0% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 8 |
Maya broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Maya pretty effective on her serve as she has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Solana broke her opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Sierra conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Joint | |||
| Q1 Bektas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 59-39 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sierra | |||
| Q1 Fruhvirtova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 115-116 | 115-116 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 83/116 | 83/116 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 46/83 | 46/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 13/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 22 | 22 | |
| Saved | 14/22 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 | |
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