Elina Avanesyan and Maya Joint will fight against each other in the quarter of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on AKRON STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Avanesyan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Avanesyan is the pick to win this match.
Elina Avanesyan -> 1.74
Maya Joint -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Elina Avanesyan vs. Maya Joint
There is no head to head record between Elina Avanesyan and Maya Joint since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elina Avanesyan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-11 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-24 | 12-13 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-24 | 7-12 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-26 | 11-7 | 25-17 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 0-0 | 48-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, Avanesyan got to the quarter after beating Magdalena Frech 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Armenian had a good straight sets win against Bouzas Maneiro (6-1 6-4). During the match, Avanesyan scored 65 points vs Bouzas Maneiro’s 49. Elina was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Avanesyan scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Elina Avanesyan lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Avanesyan put 74% of her first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Avanesyan broke Bouzas Maneiro 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Armenian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points she played.
Avanesyan has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (189-119). 7-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Avanesyan has a compiled42-41 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Armenian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Hobart.
Avanesyan has a composed 8-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
Maya Joint
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-13 | 16-8 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 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 quarter after defeating Emina Bektas 6-2 6-3, Solana Sierra 6-1 6-1, Julia Grabher 6-3 6-2 and Donna Vekic 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Joint had a good straight sets win against Vekic (6-1 6-2). During the match Joint scored 74 points vs Vekic’s 50. Joint was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Joint scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maya Joint was very effective on serve to win 73% (29/40) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maya broke Vekic 4 times after converting 27% of her break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Joint started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points she played.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Hobart and the Cancun.
Maya has an overall 14-5 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Merida
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Avanesyan | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 63 |
| Pts | 158-135 | 271-183 |
| Total Points | 293 | 454 |
| Winners | 67 | 107 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Avanesyan played 2 matches while Joint competed in 4 matches. Joint started her run from the qualifications while Avanesyan had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Elina Avanesyan dropped 1 set while Maya Joint hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Avanesyan has played 3 set(s) less than Joint (5 vs 8). Therefore, Avanesyan played 18 games less than Joint. The Armenian scored 67 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Maya scored 107 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Avanesyan | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 102/158 | 141/208 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 67/102 | 107/141 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 27/56 | 33/67 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 49% |
Avanesyan scored 4 aces (2 per match). Joint fired 9 aces (2.3 per match). Avanesyan won 66% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Joint won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Avanesyan | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 19 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 19/52 |
| % Converted | 63% | 37% |
| Conceded | 16 | 7 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 69% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The Armenian broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Elina surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 69% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 19 times with a 37% conversion rate. Joint conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Avanesyan | ||||
| R1 Frech |
R2 Bouzas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 45 | |
| pts | 93-86 | 65-49 | 158-135 | |
| Total points | 179 | 114 | 293 | |
| Winners | 36 | 31 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/97 | 45/61 | 102/158 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 74% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/57 | 31/45 | 67/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 69% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 8/16 | 27/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/8 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 3 | 16 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 2/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 67% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Joint | ||||||
| Q1 Bektas |
Q3 Sierra |
R1 Grabher |
R2 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 63 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 63-37 | 75-57 | 74-50 | 271-183 | |
| Total points | 98 | 100 | 132 | 124 | 454 | |
| Winners | 28 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% | 37% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/42 | 28/41 | 39/65 | 40/60 | 141/208 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 68% | 60% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 22/28 | 28/39 | 29/40 | 107/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 72% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 6/13 | 12/26 | 11/20 | 33/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 46% | 46% | 55% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/14 | 5/12 | 4/15 | 19/52 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 43% | 42% | 27% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 50% | 100% | 109% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Merida
- Anna Danilina/Irina KhromachevaDanilina/Irina Khromacheva – Maryna Kolb/Nadiya KolbKolb/Nadiya Kolb (6-2 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico GaioGaio – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (5-7 6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrej MartinMartin – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Jan SatralSatral (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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