Yuliia Starodubtseva and Leolia Jeanjean will play each other in the qualifications of the Merida Open Akron 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 Leolia Jeanjean who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Leolia Jeanjean is the pick to win this match.
Leolia Jeanjean -> 1.86
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Leolia Jeanjean
There is no head to head record between Yuliia Starodubtseva and Leolia Jeanjean since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Yuliia Starodubtseva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-9 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-26 | 26-15 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-17 | 20-5 | 19-10 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, Yuliia reached the qualifications after defeating Dimitra Pavlou 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Yuliia had a good straight sets win against Pavlou (6-4 6-3). During the match, Starodubtseva scored 65 points vs Pavlou’s 50. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Starodubtseva couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Yuliia Starodubtseva lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtseva put 59% of her first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Starodubtseva broke Pavlou 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Starodubtseva has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of her matches (114-69). 1-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Starodubtseva has an overall56-31 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Yuliia has an overall 1-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Leolia Jeanjean
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-8 | 14-7 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-26 | 6-5 | 25-16 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-29 | 16-11 | 13-13 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-24 | 8-3 | 24-12 | 16-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-22 | 18-6 | 31-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, Leolia got to the qualifications after defeating Astra Sharma 4-6 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications against Sharma, Leolia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match Jeanjean scored 103 points vs Sharma’s 88. Jeanjean was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Jeanjean scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Leolia Jeanjean lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Jeanjean put 64% of her first serves in, winning 65% (37/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Sharma 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Leolia’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W100 Bengaluru and the W75 Pune.
Leolia has a compiled 12-4 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Starodubtseva | Jeanjean |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 65-50 | 103-88 |
| Total Points | 115 | 191 |
| Winners | 21 | 37 |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% |
Both Starodubtseva and Jeanjean played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Leolia Jeanjean conceded 1 set while Yuliia Starodubtseva hasn’t conceded a set so far. Starodubtseva has played 1 set(s) less than Jeanjean (2 vs 3). Therefore, Starodubtseva played 10 games less than Jeanjean. Yuliia scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 37 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Starodubtseva | Jeanjean |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 57/89 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 37/57 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 17/32 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Starodubtseva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Jeanjean recorded 1 ace . Starodubtseva won 62% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Jeanjean won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Starodubtseva | Jeanjean |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 75% | 46% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 57% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Ukrainian broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Yuliia surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Leolia broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Jeanjean conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Starodubtseva | |||
| Q1 Pavlou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 34/58 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Jeanjean | |||
| Q1 Sharma |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 103-88 | 103-88 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/89 | 57/89 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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