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.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anhelina Kalinina who should win in 3 sets.
As 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
| 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.
Daria Saville
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-10 | 8-9 | 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
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- Emma NavarroNavarro – Petra MarticMartic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emiliana ArangoArango – Francesca JonesJones (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Daria GavrilovaGavrilova – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jaqueline CristianCristian – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
