Sloane Stephens and Petra Martic will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Merida Open Akron for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on AKRON STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Martic who should win in 3 sets.
Petra Martic -> 1.9
Sloane Stephens -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Petra Martic
This will be the 4th time that Sloane Stephens and Petra Martic play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Stephens (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Stephens won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Madrid back in 2019.
Sloane Stephens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-6 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-22 | 8-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-20 | 11-14 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-17 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-19 | 6-11 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, the American will start her run in Merida after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Sabalenka in the 1st round on the 12th of January.
Sloane has a compiled 0-3 win-loss record in 2025, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Sloane has an overall 382-286 record. She has a positive 201-173 record on hard.
Previously in Merida
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.
Petra Martic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-14 | 6-7 | 2-5 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-24 | 9-10 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-22 | 8-13 | 6-4 | 5-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-21 | 11-10 | 18-6 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-21 | 7-12 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 124, Martic got to the 1st round after defeating Lia Karatancheva 7-5 6-4 and Hanna Chang 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Chang (6-4 6-1). During the match Martic scored 63 points vs Chang’s 45. Petra was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Martic bagged 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Petra Martic lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Martic put 64% of her first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Chang 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Petra started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
The Croatian has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Andrea BassoBasso (4-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Walter TrusendiTrusendi (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Roberto CidCid (2-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Samuele RamazzottiRamazzotti (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco FortiForti – Zsombor PirosPiros (4-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Vaclav SafranekSafranek (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Pietro RondoniRondoni (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Inigo CervantesCervantes (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Alessandro BegaBega (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeroen VannesteVanneste – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-0 2-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan SatralSatral – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sloane StephensStephens – Petra MarticMartic (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle – Emiliana ArangoArango (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mayar SherifSherif – Francesca JonesJones (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (1-0) – H2H and prediction