Ann Li and Iva Jovic will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Tennis in the Land for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Iva Jovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Iva Jovic is the pick to win this match.
Iva Jovic -> 1.74
Ann Li -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Iva Jovic

There is no head to head record between Ann Li and Iva Jovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Ann Li

Ranked no. 69, Ann got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Starodubtseva (7-5 6-3). During the match, Li scored 80 points vs Starodubtseva’s 68. Ann was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Li scored 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Ann Li lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Li put 54% of her first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Ann broke Starodubtseva 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).

Li has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (251-173). 7-9 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Li has an overall 137-95 match record in the last years on hard.

Li’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Singapore.

The American has a compiled 20-19 win-loss record in 2025, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cleveland

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Iva Jovic

Ranked no. 76 (career-high), Jovic got to the 2^nd round after defeating Anastasia Potapova 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Iva had a good straight sets win against Potapova (7-5 6-3). During the match Jovic scored 76 points vs Potapova’s 67. Iva was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Jovic couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Iva Jovic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Jovic put 49% of her first serves in, winning 58% (22/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. Jovic broke Potapova 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W100 Charlottesville where she beat Irina Maria Bara in the final 6-0 6-1 and the Ilkley where she beat Rebecca Marino in the final 6-1 6-3.

The American has a composed 29-11 win-loss record in 2025, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Li	Jovic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
Pts	80-68	76-67
Total Points	148	143
Winners	27	22
%Winners	34%	29%

Both Li and Jovic played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Li and Jovic have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (21). Ann scored 27 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Iva struck 22 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Li	Jovic
Aces	4	0
Avg per match	4	0
1st in	37/68	38/77
%1st in	54%	49%
1st pts	27/37	22/38
%1st pts	73%	58%
2nd pts	14/31	22/39
%2nd pts	45%	56%

Li struck 4 aces . Jovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Li won 73% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Jovic won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Li	Jovic
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
% Converted	36%	36%
Conceded	3	10
Saved	0	7
% Saved	0%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Li broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ann dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Iva broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Iva conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

Li
	R1 Starodubtseva	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	80-68	80-68
Total points	148	148
Winners	27	27
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/68	37/68
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	27/37	27/37
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	14/31	14/31
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

Jovic
	R1 Potapova	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	76-67	76-67
Total points	143	143
Winners	22	22
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	38/77	38/77
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	22/38	22/38
% 1st pts	58%	58%
2nd pts	22/39	22/39
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/14	5/14
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Cleveland

• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Yafan WangWang (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Eva LysLys – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-1 6-7⁹ 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Duckhee LeeLee – John McnallyMcnally (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez – Michael MmohMmoh (6-2 1-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joao MenezesMenezes – Alexander SarkissianSarkissian (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Evan SongSong (6-7⁷ 7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Zhe LiLi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dennis NovikovNovikov – Donald YoungYoung (7-6⁶ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dudi SelaSela – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tim SmyczekSmyczek – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-3 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emilio GomezGomez – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Daniel NguyenNguyen (4-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Collin AltamiranoAltamirano – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ann LiLi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Eva LysLys – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (1-1) – H2H and prediction