Donna Vekic and Maya Joint will play each other in the 2nd round of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 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 Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Donna Vekic is the pick to win this match.
Donna Vekic -> 1.62
Maya Joint -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Maya Joint
There is no head to head record between Donna Vekic and Maya Joint since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Donna Vekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-18 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-20 | 12-10 | 8-5 | 2-1 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-20 | 16-9 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 10-9 | 9-6 | 2-1 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-16 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, the Croatian will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 7-5 6-3 to Kenin in the 1st round on the 16th of February.
Vekic has an aggregate 3-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Donna has an overall 397-289 record. She has a positive 224-157 record on hard.
Previously in Merida
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Maya Joint
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-19 | 19-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-28 | 34-15 | 21-8 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, Joint reached the 2nd round after beating Emina Bektas 6-2 6-3, Solana Sierra 6-1 6-1 and Julia Grabher 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Maya had a good straight sets win against Grabher (6-3 6-2). During the match Joint scored 75 points vs Grabher’s 57. Joint was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Joint scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Maya Joint lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Joint put 60% of her first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Maya broke Grabher 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Joint’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Hobart and the Cancun.
The Australian has an overall 13-5 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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