H2H, prediction of Anhelina Kalinina vs Daria Saville in Merida with odds, preview, pick | 26th February 2025

PREVIEW. Merida. Kalinina and Gavrilova will square off in the 2nd round of the Merida Open Akron. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 26th of February

Prediction and head to head Anhelina Kalinina vs. Daria Saville

Anhelina Kalinina and Daria Saville will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Merida Open Akron for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on AKRON STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anhelina Kalinina who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Anhelina Kalinina is the pick to win this match.
Anhelina Kalinina -> 1.57
Daria Saville -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Anhelina Kalinina vs. Daria Saville

This will be the 2nd time that Anhelina Kalinina and Daria Saville play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kalinina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kalinina won 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2023.

Anhelina Kalinina

Anhelina Kalinina
Anhelina Kalinina

7 - 7win/loss

Hard
5-5
I Hard
2-2
Rank
54
High
25
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-8 5-6 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 22-24 8-14 10-7 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 29-25 18-16 5-4 3-1 3-4 0-0
2022 34-22 8-10 8-5 13-3 5-4 0-0
2021 47-15 5-6 31-4 9-3 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 52, Kalinina reached the 2nd round after defeating Leolia Jeanjean 6-4 1-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Ukrainian defeated Jeanjean (6-4 1-6 6-1). During the match, Kalinina scored 72 points vs Jeanjean’s 70. Kalinina was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kalinina scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Anhelina Kalinina lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kalinina put 61% of her first serves in, winning 56% (25/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. Anhelina broke Jeanjean 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Kalinina has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (281-173). 5-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kalinina has an overall 79-80 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Kalinina’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.

Kalinina has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Merida

The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.

Kalinina
Merida
Kalinina's Record

Daria Saville

Daria Saville
Daria Saville

6 - 7win/loss

Hard
6-6
I Hard
0-1
Rank
109
High
20
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-9 8-8 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 29-22 16-9 8-8 1-1 4-4 0-0
2023 12-13 6-8 5-2 0-1 1-2 0-0
2022 25-20 20-12 2-4 0-0 3-4 0-0
2021 3-2 2-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 121, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Ellen Perez 7-6(5) 6-1, Varvara Lepchenko 6-2 6-1 and Marta Kostyuk 6-4 7-6(6).

In the 1st round, Gavrilova had a good straight sets win against Kostyuk (6-4 7-66). During the match Gavrilova scored 83 points vs Kostyuk’s 77. Gavrilova was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Gavrilova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Daria Saville lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gavrilova put 71% of her first serves in, winning 53% (29/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the 2nd serve. Gavrilova broke Kostyuk 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

The Australian has a composed 5-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Gavrilova
Merida
Gavrilova's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Kalinina
D.Gavrilova
2h:06
2h:06
Time on court​
!
5h:02
5h:02
!
2h:06
2h:06
Last match​
!
2h:08
2h:08
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
24
24
Games Played​
58
58
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
72
72
Total points​
222
222
72
72
Avg point​
74
74
25
25
Winners
84
84
25
25
Avg Winners​
28
28
35%
35%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
1
1
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
1
1
Double Faults
13
13
1
1
Avg Double Faults
4.3
4.3
25/45
25/45
1st won total​
84/130
84/130
56%
56%
1st won %
65%
65%
19/29
19/29
2nd won total​
34/71
34/71
!
66%
66%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
BP won
16/31
16/31
4/5
4/5
Avg BP won
5.3/10.3
5.3/10.3
!
80%
80%
Won
!
52%
52%
6
6
Conceded
24
24
6
6
Avg Conceded
8
8
3
3
Broken
9
9
3
3
Avg Broken
3
3
3
3
Saved
15
15

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kalinina Gavrilova
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 6
Tot Games 24 58
Pts 72-70 222-172
Total Points 142 394
Winners 25 84
%Winners 35% 38%

Kalinina played 1 match while Gavrilova competed in 3 matches. Gavrilova started her run from the qualifications while Kalinina had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Anhelina Kalinina conceded 1 set while Daria Saville hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kalinina has played 3 set(s) less than Gavrilova (3 vs 6). Therefore, Kalinina played 34 games less than Gavrilova. The Ukrainian scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Daria managed to score 84 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kalinina Gavrilova
Aces 1 4
Avg per match 1 1.3
1st in 45/74 130/201
%1st in 61% 65%
1st pts 25/45 84/130
%1st pts 56% 65%
2nd pts 19/29 34/71
%2nd pts 66% 48%

Kalinina scored 1 ace . Gavrilova also scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Kalinina won 56% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Gavrilova won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kalinina Gavrilova
Won 4 16
Converted 4/5 16/31
% Converted 80% 52%
Conceded 6 24
Saved 3 15
% Saved 50% 63%
Times Broken 3 9

Kalinina broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Kalinina conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Daria broke her opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Gavrilova conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.

Kalinina
R1
Jeanjean
Total
Score 6-4 1-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 24 24
pts 72-70 72-70
Total points 142 142
Winners 25 25
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 45/74 45/74
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 25/45 25/45
% 1st pts 56% 56%
2nd pts 19/29 19/29
% 2nd pts 66% 66%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3
Gavrilova
Q1
Perez
Q3
Lepchenko
R1
Kostyuk
Total
Score 7-65 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-4 7-66
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 15 23 58
pts 81-64 58-31 83-77 222-172
Total points 145 89 160 394
Winners 31 24 29 84
%Winners 38% 41% 35% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 0 4
Double Faults 8 1 4 13
1st in 42/77 33/47 55/77 130/201
% 1st in 55% 70% 71% 65%
1st pts 31/42 24/33 29/55 84/130
% 1st pts 74% 73% 53% 65%
2nd pts 13/35 8/14 13/22 34/71
% 2nd pts 37% 57% 59% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 5 6 16
Converted 5/12 5/9 6/10 16/31
Converted % 42% 56% 60% 52%
Conceded 10 4 10 24
Saved 7/10 3/4 5/10 15
Saved % 70% 75% 50% 195%
Times Broken 3 1 5 9

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kalinina
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Saville
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2025 2024 2023
7 - 8
8 - 9
5-6
Hard
8-8
2-2
I Hard
0-1

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