Maria Sakkari and Zeynep Sonmez will face off in the 1st round of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 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 Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.4
Zeynep Sonmez -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Zeynep Sonmez
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Zeynep Sonmez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-29 | 14-19 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-17 | 12-8 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-25 | 26-17 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-23 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 4-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-20 | 23-13 | 9-4 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, Sakkari will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Raducanu in the 1st round on the 16th of February.
Sakkari has a compiled 4-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Sakkari has an overall 459-304 record. She has a positive 227-159 record on hard.
Previously in Merida
Sakkari has never competed in this tournament before.
Zeynep Sonmez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-26 | 14-16 | 3-5 | 4-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-25 | 19-9 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-28 | 4-4 | 23-10 | 17-8 | 6-4 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 38-21 | 22-8 | 14-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 2-3 | 14-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88 (career-high), Zeynep will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Kostyuk in the 1st round on the 9th of February.
Zeynep has an overall 4-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Zeynep has an overall 212-136 record. She has a positive 72-42 record on hard.
Previously in Merida
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2024. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Merida
- Maya JointJoint – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Katarzyna Piter/Mayar SherifPiter/Mayar Sherif – Rebecca Sramkova/Yuliia StarodubtsevaSramkova/Yuliia Starodubtseva (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Magdalena FrechFrech (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (6-4 1-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emiliana ArangoArango – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Renata JamrichovaJamrichova (7-5 5-7 7-5) – 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
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (6-4 6-4) – 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
- 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
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
- 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
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (1-1) – H2H and prediction
