Solana Sierra and Emina Bektas will face off in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Solana Sierra who should win in 2 sets.
Solana Sierra -> 1.32
Emina Bektas -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Solana Sierra vs. Emina Bektas
There is no head to head record between Solana Sierra and Emina Bektas since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Solana Sierra
35 - 14win/loss
66
64
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-21 | 9-9 | 32-9 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-20 | 11-8 | 41-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-23 | 3-2 | 54-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-13 | 14-0 | 21-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-5 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 70, Sierra got to the qualifications after defeating Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Sierra had a good straight sets win against Trevisan (6-3 6-4). During the match, Sierra scored 78 points vs Trevisan’s 63. Solana was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sierra bagged 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Solana Sierra was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of her 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Solana broke Trevisan 4 times after converting 27% of her break points (4/15).
Sierra has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 70% of her matches (194-83). 6-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Sierra has an aggregate41-19 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Vero Beach where she overcame Whitney Osuigwe in the final 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5 and the Antalya where she overcame Leyre Romero Gormaz in the final 6-3 6-4 and the W75 Bellinzona where she defeated Silvia Ambrosio in the final 6-4 6-0.
Solana has an overall 35-13 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Solana has never competed in this tournament before.
Emina Bektas
17 - 16win/loss
300
82
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-21 | 21-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-26 | 10-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 9-1 |
| 2023 | 55-20 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 12-3 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 17-9 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-20 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299, Emina reached the qualifications after defeating Katarzyna Kawa 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Kawa (6-1 6-1). During the match Bektas scored 57 points vs Kawa’s 26. The American was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Bektas blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Emina Bektas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of her 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Kawa 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Bektas’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Luan.
Bektas has an aggregate 16-16 win-loss record in 2025, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sierra | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 |
| Pts | 78-63 | 57-26 |
| Total Points | 141 | 83 |
| Winners | 23 | 18 |
| %Winners | 29% | 32% |
Both Sierra and Bektas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sierra and Bektas have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sierra played 5 games more than Bektas. Solana scored 23 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Bektas struck 18 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sierra | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 30/54 | 22/37 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 18/22 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 11/15 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 73% |
Sierra made 3 aces . Bektas struck 5 aces . Sierra won 77% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bektas won 82% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sierra | Bektas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/15 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 27% | 56% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Solana broke her opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Solana lost her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Bektas was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sierra | |||
| Q1 Trevisan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 78-63 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/54 | 30/54 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bektas | |||
| Q1 Kawa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 57-26 | 57-26 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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