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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Donna Vekic

3 - 7win/loss

Hard
3-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
25
High
17
WLWLLLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-16 5-9 3-4 0-0 2-3 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.

Merida
Vekic's Record

Maya Joint

Maya Joint

14 - 5win/loss

Hard
11-4
I Hard
3-1
Rank
41
High
41
LWWWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-17 16-8 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)

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Previously in Merida

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

Merida
Joint's Record

Tennis Scores in Merida

  • Manuel GuinardGuinardTung-Lin WuWu (7-61 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Alessandro GiannessiGiannessiChristopher O ConnellO Connell (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-FernandezThiago Seyboth Wild
    Seyboth Wild (1-6 7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldiRiccardo BonadioBonadio (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Alexandre MullerMullerGiulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Roberto MarcoraMarcoraAndrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Federico GaioGaioPedro SakamotoSakamoto (7-63 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Renzo OlivoOlivoGianluigi QuinziQuinzi (6-3 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da SilvaDaniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Francesco FortiFortiGianluca MagerMager (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Jan SatralSatralEmilio GomezGomez (2-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Santiago GiraldoGiraldoJuan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Andrea PellegrinoPellegrinoLuca VanniVanni (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Andrea VavassoriVavassoriFederico CoriaCoria (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Oriol Roca BatallaRoca BatallaPedja KrstinKrstin (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Andrej MartinMartinJeroen VannesteVanneste (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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