Francesca Jones and Alicia Herrero Linana will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 Francesca Jones who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesca Jones is the pick to win this match.
Francesca Jones -> 1.1
Alicia Herrero Linana -> 6.95

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Prediction and head to head Francesca Jones vs. Alicia Herrero Linana

There is no head to head record between Francesca Jones and Alicia Herrero Linana since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Francesca Jones

Ranked no. 104 (career-high), Francesca will start her run in Iasi after she won the title in the Contrexeville after beating 6-4 7-6(2) Jacquemot in the final.

Francesca has an aggregate 31-12 win-loss record in 2025, 20-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Vacaria where she defeated Leolia Jeanjean in the final 1-6 6-4 6-1 and the W75 Prague where she overcame Ena Shibahara in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Contrexeville where she overcame Elsa Jacquemot in the final 6-4 7-6(2).

Jones won her last 5 matches.

Talking about her overall career, The Brit has an overall 232-126 record. She has a positive 185-77 record on clay.

Previously in Iasi

Francesca has never competed in this tournament before.

Alicia Herrero Linana

Ranked no. 358 (career-high), Alicia reached the 1^st round after defeating Lia Karatancheva 4-6 6-1 6-2 and Ilinca Dalina Amariei 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Dalina Amariei (6-3 6-1). During the match Herrero Linana scored 65 points vs Dalina Amariei’s 47. Herrero Linana was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Herrero Linana was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alicia Herrero Linana lost the serve once and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Herrero Linana put 76% of her first serves in, winning 60% (31/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Dalina Amariei 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W35 Charlotte where she defeated Ayana Akli in the final 6-1 7-6(1).

The Spaniard has a compiled 24-13 win-loss record in 2025, 24-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Iasi

• Ann LiLi – Guiomar Zuleta De RealesZuleta De Reales (3-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Ana BogdanBogdan (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Nao HibinoHibino (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Iryna ShymanovichShymanovich (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Miriam Bianca BulgaruBianca Bulgaru (1-6 7-6² 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jana FettFett – Veronika ErjavecErjavec (7-6⁶ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (6-7⁴ 6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Roman JebavyJebavy (6-1 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo NysNys – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pavel NejedlyNejedly – Marek JaloviecJaloviec (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jan SatralSatral (6-2 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcelo ArevaloArevalo – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Corentin DenollyDenolly – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Ben PataelPatael (4-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Benjamin LockLock (2-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sandro EhratEhrat – Dragos DimaDima (3-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Jaroslav PospisilPospisil (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – David PoljakPoljak (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter TorebkoTorebko – Stephane RobertRobert (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang – Daniel SiniakovSiniakov (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun – Adam PavlasekPavlasek (6-4 7-6⁰) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Irene Burillo EscorihuelaBurillo Escorihuela (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Simona WaltertWaltert – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Anna SiskovaSiskova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesca JonesJones – Alicia Herrero LinanaHerrero Linana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Margaux RouvroyRouvroy – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daria LodikovaLodikova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction