Rebecca Sramkova and Emiliana Arango will fight against each other in the quarter of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 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 Rebecca Sramkova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rebecca Sramkova is the pick to win this match.
Rebecca Sramkova -> 1.28
Emiliana Arango -> 3.68

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Prediction and head to head Rebecca Sramkova vs. Emiliana Arango

There is no head to head record between Rebecca Sramkova and Emiliana Arango since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Rebecca Sramkova

Rebecca Sramkova

6 - 8win/loss

Hard
5-7
I Hard
1-1
Rank
74
High
33
LLLWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-30 14-18 2-6 2-2 5-4 0-0
2024 46-23 23-11 14-9 9-2 0-1 0-0
2023 44-25 10-7 22-9 11-8 1-1 0-0
2022 25-23 3-5 13-11 8-6 1-1 0-0
2021 29-22 7-7 13-9 8-5 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 40 (career-high), the Slovakian reached the quarter after beating Lulu Sun 6-3 6-1 and Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-6(8) 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Rebecca had a good straight sets win against Haddad Maia (7-68 6-3). During the match, Sramkova scored 88 points vs Haddad Maia’s 81. The Slovakian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sramkova bagged 7 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Rebecca Sramkova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sramkova put 67% of her first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Rebecca broke Haddad Maia 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovakian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.

Sramkova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (290-189). 5-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sramkova has an aggregate 71-58 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

Previously in Merida

Sramkova has never competed in this tournament before.

Merida
Sramkova's Record

Emiliana Arango

Emiliana Arango

13 - 3win/loss

Hard
11-2
I Hard
2-1
Rank
48
High
46
LWLLLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-28 23-16 4-7 2-1 0-4 0-0
2024 23-34 7-12 14-16 2-3 0-3 0-0
2023 48-27 10-8 28-13 2-2 8-4 0-0
2022 12-20 7-7 5-12 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 38-20 19-9 19-10 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 133, Arango reached the quarter after beating Katarzyna Kawa 7-5 6-2, Maria Lourdes Carle 6-2 6-3 and Francesca Jones 3-6 6-3 3-4 ret..

In the 2nd round against Jones, Emiliana had a free pass after Jones retired on a 3-6 6-3 3-4 . scoreline.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the Cancun where she beat Carson Branstine in the final 6-2 6-1.

Arango has an overall 12-3 win-loss record in 2025, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Merida
Arango's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Sramkova
E.Arango
3h:24
3h:24
Time on court​
!
9h:02
9h:02
!
2h:18
2h:18
Last match​
!
2h:06
2h:06
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
38
38
Games Played​
90
90
4
4
Set played​​
11
11
151
151
Total points​
365
365
75.5
75.5
Avg point​
91.3
91.3
52
52
Winners
128
128
26
26
Avg Winners​
32
32
34%
34%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
2
2
7
7
Avg Aces
0.5
0.5
5
5
Double Faults
11
11
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
2.8
2.8
52/76
52/76
1st won total​
128/220
128/220
68%
68%
1st won %
58%
58%
25/45
25/45
2nd won total​
42/98
42/98
56%
56%
2nd won %
43%
43%
-- Break Points --
10/20
10/20
BP won
34/43
34/43
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
8.5/10.8
8.5/10.8
50%
50%
Won
!
79%
79%
7
7
Conceded
38
38
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
9.5
9.5
4
4
Broken
25
25
2
2
Avg Broken
!
6.3
6.3
3
3
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sramkova Arango
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 4 11
Tot Games 38 90
Pts 151-120 365-293
Total Points 271 658
Winners 52 128
%Winners 34% 35%

Sramkova played 2 matches while Arango competed in 4 matches. Arango started her run from the qualifications while Sramkova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Emiliana Arango lost 3 sets while Rebecca Sramkova hasn’t lost a set so far. Sramkova has played 7 set(s) less than Arango (4 vs 11). Therefore, Sramkova played 52 games less than Arango. Sramkova scored 52 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Emiliana bagged 128 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sramkova Arango
Aces 14 2
Avg per match 7 0.5
1st in 76/121 220/318
%1st in 63% 69%
1st pts 52/76 128/220
%1st pts 68% 58%
2nd pts 25/45 42/98
%2nd pts 56% 43%

Sramkova fired 14 aces (7 per match). Arango fired 2 aces (0.5 per match). Sramkova won 68% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Arango won 58% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sramkova Arango
Won 10 34
Converted 10/20 34/43
% Converted 50% 79%
Conceded 7 38
Saved 3 13
% Saved 43% 34%
Times Broken 4 25

The Slovakian broke her opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Slovakian lost her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Arango broke her opponents 34 times with a 79% conversion rate. Emiliana conceded her serve 25 times and she saved 34% of the break points that she conceded.

Sramkova
R1
Sun
R2
Haddad Maia
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 7-68 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 22 38
pts 63-39 88-81 151-120
Total points 102 169 271
Winners 20 32 52
%Winners 32% 36% 34%
SERVE
Aces 7 7 14
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 28/49 48/72 76/121
% 1st in 57% 67% 63%
1st pts 20/28 32/48 52/76
% 1st pts 71% 67% 68%
2nd pts 14/21 11/24 25/45
% 2nd pts 67% 46% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/9 5/11 10/20
Converted % 56% 45% 50%
Conceded 1 6 7
Saved 0/1 3/6 3
Saved % 0% 50% 25%
Times Broken 1 3 4
Arango
Q1
Kawa
Q3
Lourdes
R1
Lourdes
R2
Jones
Total
Score 7-5 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-3 3-6 6-3 3-4 ret.
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 10
Tot Games 20 28 17 25 90
pts 75-55 104-80 104-80 82-78 365-293
Total points 130 184 184 160 658
Winners 26 38 38 26 128
%Winners 35% 37% 37% 32% 35%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0 2 2
Double Faults 0 3 3 5 11
1st in 43/57 65/92 65/92 47/77 220/318
% 1st in 75% 71% 71% 61% 69%
1st pts 26/43 38/65 38/65 26/47 128/220
% 1st pts 60% 58% 58% 55% 58%
2nd pts 9/14 9/27 9/27 15/30 42/98
% 2nd pts 64% 33% 33% 50% 43%
Breaks
Won 6 11 11 6 34
Converted 6/12 11/12 11/12 6/7 34/43
Converted % 50% 92% 92% 86% 79%
Conceded 5 11 11 11 38
Saved 2/5 3/11 3/11 5/11 13
Saved % 40% 27% 27% 45% 70%
Times Broken 3 8 8 6 25

Tennis Scores in Merida

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