Emerson Jones and Laura Pigossi will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction and head to head Emerson Jones vs. Laura Pigossi

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

Emerson Jones

Ranked no. 199, Emerson reached the qualifications after beating Bernarda Pera 6-1 4-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Emerson defeated Pera (6-1 4-6 6-2). During the match, Jones scored 102 points vs Pera’s 82. Emerson was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Jones struck 5 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Emerson Jones lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 55% of her first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Jones broke Pera 5 times after converting 28% of her break points (5/18).

Jones has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 64% of her matches (52-29). 10-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Jones has an aggregate34-23 match record in the last 3 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W35 Fukuoka where she beat Himeno Sakatsume in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.

The Australian has an overall 20-10 win-loss record in 2025, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Jones has never competed in this tournament before.

Laura Pigossi

Ranked no. 205, Pigossi got to the qualifications after beating Tamara Zidansek 5-7 7-6(2) 6-3.

In the qualifications against Zidansek, Laura recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-6² 6-3). During the match Pigossi scored 126 points vs Zidansek’s 124. Laura was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

About the serving games, Pigossi made 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Laura Pigossi lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Pigossi put 63% of her first serves in, winning 61% (46/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. Pigossi broke Zidansek 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

Pigossi’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W100 Charlottesville and the W75 Blois.

Laura has a compiled 16-24 win-loss record in 2025, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022, 2023 and 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Jones	Pigossi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	34
Pts	102-82	126-124
Total Points	184	250
Winners	39	46
%Winners	38%	37%

Both Jones and Pigossi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Emerson Jones lost 1 set, while Laura Pigossi dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Jones and Pigossi have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Jones played 9 games less than Pigossi. The Australian scored 39 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian scored 46 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Jones	Pigossi
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	5	2
1st in	52/95	76/120
%1st in	55%	63%
1st pts	39/52	46/76
%1st pts	75%	61%
2nd pts	21/43	22/44
%2nd pts	49%	50%

Jones made 5 aces . Pigossi scored 2 aces . Jones won 75% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Pigossi won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Jones	Pigossi
Won	5	6
Converted	5/18	6/14
% Converted	28%	43%
Conceded	7	9
Saved	5	4
% Saved	71%	44%
Times Broken	2	5

Jones broke her opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. Jones conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Pigossi broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.

Jones
	Q1 Pera	Total
Score	6-1 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	102-82	102-82
Total points	184	184
Winners	39	39
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	11	11
1st in	52/95	52/95
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	39/52	39/52
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	21/43	21/43
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/18	5/18
Converted %	28%	28%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Pigossi
	Q1 Zidansek	Total
Score	5-7 7-62 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	126-124	126-124
Total points	250	250
Winners	46	46
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	76/120	76/120
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	46/76	46/76
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	22/44	22/44
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/14
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	4/9	4
Saved %	44%	44%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

• Oksana SelekhmetevaSelekhmeteva – Julia RieraRiera (2-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Darja VidmanovaVidmanova – Maya IyengarIyengar (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jessika PonchetPonchet – Elizabeth MandlikMandlik (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Veronika ErjavecErjavec – Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Linda KlimovicovaKlimovicova – Alina KorneevaKorneeva (7-6⁴ 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression
• Guiomar Zuleta De RealesZuleta De Reales – Tiantsoa Rakotomanga RajaonahRakotomanga Rajaonah (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Carol ZhaoZhao – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (7-6⁸ 6-2) – See score progression
• Ekaterine GorgodzeGorgodze – Heather WatsonWatson (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Destanee AiavaAiava – Sara BejlekBejlek (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sijia WeiWei – Berfu CengizCengiz (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ella SeidelSeidel – Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Georgia PedonePedone (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Cadence BraceBrace – Nao HibinoHibino (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Darja SemenistajaSemenistaja – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (2-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Lizette CabreraCabrera – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Daria SavilleSaville (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Francesca JonesJones – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Justina MikulskyteMikulskyte – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Arianne HartonoHartono – Ana Sofia SanchezSofia Sanchez (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Sachia VickeryVickery – Anastasiia SobolievaSobolieva (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Harriet DartDart – Anca Alexia TodoniAlexia Todoni (7-5 6-7³ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Olivia GadeckiGadecki – Anouk KoevermansKoevermans (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hanne VandewinkelVandewinkel – Marina StakusicStakusic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Leyre Romero GormazRomero Gormaz – Celine NaefNaef (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Mary StoianaStoiana (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Priscilla HonHon – Nuria BrancaccioBrancaccio (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Janice TjenTjen – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Ayana AkliAkli – Eva VedderVedder (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Aoi ItoIto – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Irene BurilloBurillo (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Iryna ShymanovichShymanovich – Sinja KrausKraus (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Madison BrengleBrengle (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Jana FettFett – Joanna GarlandGarland (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Tereza ValentovaValentova – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Arantxa RusRus – Carlota Martinez CirezMartinez Cirez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Monika EkstrandEkstrand (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Tessah AndrianjafitrimoAndrianjafitrimo – Polona HercogHercog (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Xiyu WangWang – Carson BranstineBranstine (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Paula OrmaecheaOrmaechea (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Laura PigossiPigossi – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (5-7 7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva – Alexis NguyenNguyen (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Fiona CrawleyCrawley – Louisa ChiricoChirico (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dalma GalfiGalfi – Akasha UrhoboUrhobo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Emerson JonesJones – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Astra SharmaSharma – Lola RadivojevicRadivojevic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Sofia CostoulasCostoulas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Manon LeonardLeonard – Sada NahimanaNahimana (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Tatiana ProzorovaProzorova – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Hina InoueInoue – Lauren DavisDavis (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Petra MarticMartic – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Kristina DmitrukDmitruk – Kaja JuvanJuvan (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Petra MarcinkoMarcinko – Xinyu GaoGao (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Ena ShibaharaShibahara – Kayla DayDay (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Mai HontamaHontama – Kristina PenickovaPenickova (6-0 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Simona WaltertWaltert – Daria SnigurSnigur (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Tara WuerthWuerth – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Rebecca MarinoMarino – Lanlana TararudeeTararudee (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Elena PridankinaPridankina – Barbora PalicovaPalicova (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Claire LiuLiu – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Maddison InglisInglis – Storm HunterHunter (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Amelia HonerHoner – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Dominika SalkovaSalkova – Julia GrabherGrabher (7-5 3-6 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Francesca JonesJones – Ekaterine GorgodzeGorgodze (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arianne HartonoHartono – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage – Arantxa RusRus (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalma GalfiGalfi – Fiona CrawleyCrawley (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Manon LeonardLeonard – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Priscilla HonHon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tessah AndrianjafitrimoAndrianjafitrimo – Jana FettFett (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Destanee AiavaAiava – Justina MikulskyteMikulskyte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sachia VickeryVickery – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sijia WeiWei – Leyre Romero GormazRomero Gormaz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Astra SharmaSharma – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Petra MarticMartic – Xiyu WangWang (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Harriet DartDart – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mai HontamaHontama – Rebecca MarinoMarino (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Carol ZhaoZhao – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hina InoueInoue – Simona WaltertWaltert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Claire LiuLiu – Maddison InglisInglis (0-0) – H2H and prediction