Emma Navarro and Zeynep Sonmez will fight against each other in the quarter of the Merida Open Akron for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 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 Emma Navarro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emma Navarro is the pick to win this match.
Emma Navarro -> 1.31
Zeynep Sonmez -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Emma Navarro vs. Zeynep Sonmez

This will be the 2^nd time that Emma Navarro and Zeynep Sonmez square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Navarro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Navarro won 6-2 6-0 in the 1^st round in at the French Open back in 2024.

Emma Navarro

Ranked no. 10, Navarro got to the quarter after defeating Unknown Player bye and Petra Martic 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Martic (6-1 6-2). During the match, Navarro scored 56 points vs Martic’s 28. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Navarro was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she was very steady in conceding no double faults. Emma Navarro was very efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Martic 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Navarro has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of her matches (210-116). 7-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Navarro has a compiled78-55 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Previously in Merida

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Zeynep Sonmez

Ranked no. 88 (career-high), Zeynep got to the quarter after beating Maria Sakkari 7-5 6-2 and Magda Linette 6-3 3-1 ret..

In the 2^nd round against Linette, Zeynep had a free pass after Linette retired on a 6-3 3-1 . scoreline.

Sonmez has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Merida

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Navarro	Sonmez
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	15	33
Pts	56-28	117-95
Total Points	84	212
Winners	26	40
%Winners	46%	34%

Navarro played 1 match while Sonmez competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Navarro has played 3 set(s) less than Sonmez (2 vs 5). Therefore, Navarro played 18 games less than Sonmez. The American scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Zeynep struck 40 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Navarro	Sonmez
Aces	0	1
Avg per match	0	0.5
1st in	32/49	54/104
%1st in	65%	52%
1st pts	26/32	40/54
%1st pts	81%	74%
2nd pts	10/17	24/50
%2nd pts	59%	48%

Navarro didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sonmez scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Navarro won 81% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sonmez won 74% 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	Navarro	Sonmez
Won	4	9
Converted	4/5	9/16
% Converted	80%	56%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	2	3
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	3

The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The American very solid her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Turk broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Zeynep conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Navarro
	R2 Martic	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	56-28	56-28
Total points	84	84
Winners	26	26
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	32/49	32/49
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	26/32	26/32
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Sonmez
	R1 Sakkari	R2 Linette	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	6-3 3-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	13	33
pts	73-60	44-35	117-95
Total points	133	79	212
Winners	24	16	40
%Winners	33%	36%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	33/65	21/39	54/104
% 1st in	51%	54%	52%
1st pts	24/33	16/21	40/54
% 1st pts	73%	76%	74%
2nd pts	13/32	11/18	24/50
% 2nd pts	41%	61%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/11	3/5	9/16
Converted %	55%	60%	56%
Conceded	6	0	6
Saved	3/6	0/0	3
Saved %	50%	–	50%
Times Broken	3	0	3

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

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Emma NavarroNavarro – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emiliana ArangoArango – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daria GavrilovaGavrilova – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction