Mayar Sherif and Francesca Jones will play each other in the 1st round of the Merida Open Akron for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm 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 Francesca Jones who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesca Jones is the pick to win this match.
Francesca Jones -> 1.61
Mayar Sherif -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Mayar Sherif vs. Francesca Jones
This will be the 2nd time that Mayar Sherif and Francesca Jones play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sherif (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sherif won 6-4 6-7(6) 6-0 in the 1st round in the Bastad back in 2021.
Mayar Sherif
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-26 | 1-6 | 35-16 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-23 | 0-6 | 36-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-25 | 4-12 | 24-10 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 1-12 | 26-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 10-11 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 68, Sherif will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Napoca where she lost 3-6 6-4 6-1 to Tomova in the 1st round on the 3rd of February.
The Egyptian has a composed 0-4 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The Egyptian has an overall 277-151 record. She has a negative 71-74 record on hard.
Previously in Merida
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
Francesca Jones
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-18 | 15-8 | 26-5 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-18 | 3-3 | 28-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-11 | 1-2 | 18-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-21 | 6-5 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 136 (career-high), Jones reached the 1st round after defeating Ana Sofia Sanchez 6-0 6-1 and Leonie Kung 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Kung, Francesca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Jones scored 86 points vs Kung’s 67. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Jones bagged 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Francesca Jones lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 65% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Francesca broke Kung 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jones started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Francesca’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Cancun.
Francesca has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Merida
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Roberto CidCid (2-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- 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
- 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
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- 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
