Magda Linette and Zeynep Sonmez will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday 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 Magda Linette who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Magda Linette is the pick to win this match.
Magda Linette -> 1.87
Zeynep Sonmez -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Magda Linette vs. Zeynep Sonmez
There is no head to head record between Magda Linette and Zeynep Sonmez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Magda Linette
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-9 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-27 | 11-16 | 16-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 19-15 | 4-7 | 0-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 23-16 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 37, Magda reached the 2nd round after beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Linette had a good straight sets win against Cocciaretto (6-4 6-0). During the match, Linette scored 67 points vs Cocciaretto’s 47. Linette was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Linette bagged 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Magda Linette lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Linette put 67% of her first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Magda broke Cocciaretto 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Linette has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (266-237). 6-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Linette has a composed 163-139 record in the last years on hard.
The Pole has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
Zeynep Sonmez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-8 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Maria Sakkari 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Zeynep had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (7-5 6-2). During the match Sonmez scored 73 points vs Sakkari’s 60. The Turk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Sonmez was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 51% of her first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Zeynep broke Sakkari 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
The Turk has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Linette | Sonmez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 67-47 | 73-60 |
| Total Points | 114 | 133 |
| Winners | 25 | 24 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Both Linette and Sonmez played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Linette and Sonmez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Linette played 4 games less than Sonmez. Linette scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk struck 24 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Linette | Sonmez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 33/65 |
| %1st in | 67% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 24/33 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 13/32 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 41% |
Linette recorded 3 aces . Sonmez didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Linette won 69% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Sonmez won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Linette | Sonmez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 55% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Linette broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Magda lost her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Sonmez broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Zeynep conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Linette | |||
| R1 Cocciaretto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 67-47 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 36/54 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sonmez | |||
| R1 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 73-60 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 33/65 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 13/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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