Magdalena Frech and Elina Avanesyan will square off in the 1st round of the Merida Open Akron for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on AKRON STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Avanesyan who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Elina Avanesyan is the pick to win this match.
Elina Avanesyan -> 1.65
Magdalena Frech -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Magdalena Frech vs. Elina Avanesyan

This will be the 2nd time that Magdalena Frech and Elina Avanesyan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Avanesyan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Avanesyan won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in Budapest back in 2024.

Magdalena Frech

Magdalena Frech

3 - 6win/loss

Hard
3-6
I Hard
0-0
Rank
25
High
22
LWLWLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-11 3-9 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 41-30 28-15 10-9 1-2 2-4 0-0
2023 39-32 23-21 10-5 0-2 6-4 0-0
2022 38-38 22-19 11-12 1-3 4-4 0-0
2021 38-19 12-5 16-8 6-3 3-2 1-1

Ranked no. 28, Frech will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Shnaider in the 1st round on the 17th of February.

Frech has an aggregate 3-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Pole has an overall 377-263 record. She has a positive 149-112 record on hard.

Previously in Merida

Frech has never competed in this tournament before.

Merida
Frech's Record

Elina Avanesyan

Elina Avanesyan

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
1-1
Rank
38
High
36
LLLWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-11 10-8 0-2 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 29-24 12-13 11-7 1-1 5-3 0-0
2023 31-24 7-12 20-9 0-0 4-3 0-0
2022 38-26 11-7 25-17 2-1 0-1 0-0
2021 48-19 0-0 48-18 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 44, Elina will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-2 6-1 to Andreeva in the 1st round on the 17th of February.

Avanesyan has a compiled 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Armenian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Hobart.

In terms of her career, The Armenian has an overall 187-119 record. She has a negative 40-41 record on hard.

Merida
Avanesyan's Record

Tennis Scores in Merida

  • Christopher O ConnellO ConnellRiccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Daniel Elahi GalanElahi GalanWalter TrusendiTrusendi (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Pedro SakamotoSakamotoRoberto CidCid (2-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Riccardo BonadioBonadioIvan Nedelko
    Nedelko (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Giulio ZeppieriZeppieriAndrea BassoBasso (4-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Jeroen VannesteVannesteAlex MolcanMolcan (6-0 2-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Jan SatralSatralRoman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Andrea VavassoriVavassoriSamuele RamazzottiRamazzotti (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Renzo OlivoOlivoViktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Francesco FortiFortiZsombor PirosPiros (4-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Oriol Roca BatallaRoca BatallaVaclav SafranekSafranek (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth WildCarlos TabernerTaberner (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Andrea CollariniCollariniPietro RondoniRondoni (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Manuel GuinardGuinardLorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Juan Pablo VarillasPablo VarillasInigo CervantesCervantes (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Andrea PellegrinoPellegrinoAlessandro BegaBega (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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