Francesca Jones and Panna Udvardy will square off in the 2^nd round of the UniCredit Iasi Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesca Jones who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesca Jones is the pick to win this match.
Francesca Jones -> 1.59
Panna Udvardy -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Francesca Jones vs. Panna Udvardy

There is no head to head record between Francesca Jones and Panna Udvardy since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Francesca Jones

Ranked no. 104 (career-high), the Brit reached the 2^nd round after beating Alicia Herrero Linana 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Jones had a good straight sets win against Herrero Linana (6-3 6-2). During the match, Jones scored 60 points vs Herrero Linana’s 40. Jones was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Jones was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Francesca Jones lost the serve once. Furthermore, Jones put 75% of her first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Jones broke Herrero Linana 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

Jones has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 65% of her matches (233-126). 21-4 on clay in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Jones has an aggregate186-77 record in the last 9 years on clay.

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W75 Vacaria where she beat Leolia Jeanjean in the final 1-6 6-4 6-1 and the W75 Prague where she beat 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).

The Brit has an aggregate 32-12 win-loss record in 2025, 21-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Iasi

Francesca has never competed in this tournament before.

Panna Udvardy

Ranked no. 150, Panna got to the 2^nd round after defeating Margaux Rouvroy 6-3 2-6 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Panna defeated Rouvroy (6-3 2-6 7-5). During the match Udvardy scored 91 points vs Rouvroy’s 88. Udvardy was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Udvardy was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Panna Udvardy lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Udvardy put 51% of her first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Rouvroy 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Blois where she defeated Julie Belgraver in the final 7-5 6-3.

The Hungarian has a compiled 27-18 win-loss record in 2025, 16-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Jones	Udvardy
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	29
Pts	60-40	91-88
Total Points	100	179
Winners	31	26
%Winners	52%	29%

Both Jones and Udvardy played 1 match. At the moment, Panna Udvardy surrendered 1 set while Francesca Jones hasn’t dropped a set so far. Jones has played 1 set(s) less than Udvardy (2 vs 3). Therefore, Jones played 12 games less than Udvardy. Jones scored 31 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian blasted 26 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Jones	Udvardy
Aces	0	0
Avg per match	0	0
1st in	40/53	38/75
%1st in	75%	51%
1st pts	31/40	26/38
%1st pts	78%	68%
2nd pts	6/13	17/37
%2nd pts	46%	46%

Jones didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Udvardy also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Jones won 78% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Udvardy won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Jones	Udvardy
Won	4	6
Converted	4/6	6/13
% Converted	67%	46%
Conceded	1	8
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	38%
Times Broken	1	5

Jones broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Udvardy broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Panna conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded.

Jones
	R1 Herrero Linana	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	60-40	60-40
Total points	100	100
Winners	31	31
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	40/53	40/53
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	31/40	31/40
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	6/13	6/13
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Udvardy
	R1 Rouvroy	Total
Score	6-3 2-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	91-88	91-88
Total points	179	179
Winners	26	26
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	38/75	38/75
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	26/38	26/38
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	17/37	17/37
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/13	6/13
Converted %	46%	46%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	3/8	3
Saved %	38%	38%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Iasi

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• Sandro EhratEhrat – Jiri VeselyVesely (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Lukas RosolRosol (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Hugo NysNys (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Pavel NejedlyNejedly (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Casper RuudRuud – Corentin DenollyDenolly (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Peter TorebkoTorebko – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-4 5-7 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-0 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Attila BalazsBalazs – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-7⁵ 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcelo ArevaloArevalo – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Steve DarcisDarcis (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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