Francesca Jones and Ekaterine Gorgodze will square 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 11:00 am on Stadium 17. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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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 -> 1.33
Ekaterine Gorgodze -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Francesca Jones vs. Ekaterine Gorgodze

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

Francesca Jones

Ranked no. 86, Jones got to the qualifications after beating Viktoria Hruncakova 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Francesca had a good straight sets win against Kuzmova (6-3 6-4). During the match, Jones scored 67 points vs Kuzmova’s 47. Francesca was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Jones bagged 8 aces and she was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Francesca Jones was quite effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of her 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Kuzmova twice after converting 22% of her break points (2/9).

Jones has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of her matches (239-127). 8-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Jones has a composed30-24 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering 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 defeated Ena Shibahara in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Contrexeville where she beat Elsa Jacquemot in the final 6-4 7-6(2) and the Palermo where she overcame Anouk Koevermans in the final 6-3 6-2.

Jones has a compiled 38-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Ekaterine Gorgodze

Ranked no. 226, Gorgodze got to the qualifications after defeating Heather Watson 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Watson, Ekaterine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Gorgodze scored 97 points vs Watson’s 91. Ekaterine was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Gorgodze managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ekaterine Gorgodze lost the serve 7 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gorgodze put 69% of her first serves in, winning 58% (34/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Watson 8 times after converting 47% of her break points (8/17).

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W50 Lopota where she beat Linda Klimovicova in the final 6-4 7-5.

Gorgodze has an aggregate 41-23 win-loss record in 2025, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Jones	Gorgodze
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	28
Pts	67-47	97-91
Total Points	114	188
Winners	27	34
%Winners	40%	35%

Both Jones and Gorgodze played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ekaterine Gorgodze dropped 1 set while Francesca Jones hasn’t conceded a set so far. Jones has played 1 set(s) less than Gorgodze (2 vs 3). Therefore, Jones played 9 games less than Gorgodze. Francesca scored 27 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Gorgodze managed to score 34 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Jones	Gorgodze
Aces	8	4
Avg per match	8	4
1st in	31/55	59/85
%1st in	56%	69%
1st pts	27/31	34/59
%1st pts	87%	58%
2nd pts	15/24	10/26
%2nd pts	63%	38%

Jones bagged 8 aces . Gorgodze scored 4 aces . Jones won 87% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Gorgodze won 58% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Jones	Gorgodze
Won	2	8
Converted	2/9	8/17
% Converted	22%	47%
Conceded	2	12
Saved	2	5
% Saved	100%	42%
Times Broken	0	7

Francesca broke her opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Francesca quite strong on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Georgean broke her opponent 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Ekaterine conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 42% of the break points that she conceded.

Jones
	Q1 Kuzmova	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-47	67-47
Total points	114	114
Winners	27	27
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	31/55	31/55
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	27/31	27/31
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	15/24	15/24
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/9	2/9
Converted %	22%	22%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Gorgodze
	Q1 Watson	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	97-91	97-91
Total points	188	188
Winners	34	34
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	59/85	59/85
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	34/59	34/59
% 1st pts	58%	58%
2nd pts	10/26	10/26
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/17	8/17
Converted %	47%	47%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	5/12	5
Saved %	42%	42%
Times Broken	7	7

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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• Guiomar Zuleta De RealesZuleta De Reales – Tiantsoa Rakotomanga RajaonahRakotomanga Rajaonah (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Linda KlimovicovaKlimovicova – Alina KorneevaKorneeva (7-6⁴ 6-7² 6-4) – 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
• Ekaterine GorgodzeGorgodze – Heather WatsonWatson (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Sijia WeiWei – Berfu CengizCengiz (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Hanne VandewinkelVandewinkel – Marina StakusicStakusic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Georgia PedonePedone (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Darja SemenistajaSemenistaja – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (2-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Veronika ErjavecErjavec – Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva (6-3 6-1) – 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
• Harriet DartDart – Anca Alexia TodoniAlexia Todoni (7-5 6-7³ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Aoi ItoIto – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Mary StoianaStoiana (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Iryna ShymanovichShymanovich – Sinja KrausKraus (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Ella SeidelSeidel – Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Darja VidmanovaVidmanova – Maya IyengarIyengar (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Olivia GadeckiGadecki – Anouk KoevermansKoevermans (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Lizette CabreraCabrera – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (6-2 6-4) – 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
• Carol ZhaoZhao – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (7-6⁸ 6-2) – See score progression
• Ayana AkliAkli – Eva VedderVedder (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Irene BurilloBurillo (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Destanee AiavaAiava – Sara BejlekBejlek (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Oksana SelekhmetevaSelekhmeteva – Julia RieraRiera (2-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Arianne HartonoHartono – Ana Sofia SanchezSofia Sanchez (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jessika PonchetPonchet – Elizabeth MandlikMandlik (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Cadence BraceBrace – Nao HibinoHibino (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Astra SharmaSharma – Lola RadivojevicRadivojevic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Elena PridankinaPridankina – Barbora PalicovaPalicova (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Xiyu WangWang – Carson BranstineBranstine (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Laura PigossiPigossi – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (5-7 7-6² 6-3) – 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
• Fiona CrawleyCrawley – Louisa ChiricoChirico (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Emerson JonesJones – Bernarda PeraPera (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Madison BrengleBrengle (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Tereza ValentovaValentova – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Tara WuerthWuerth – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-1 7-5) – 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
• Panna UdvardyUdvardy – Paula OrmaecheaOrmaechea (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva – Alexis NguyenNguyen (6-2 7-5) – 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
• Rebecca MarinoMarino – Lanlana TararudeeTararudee (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Sofia CostoulasCostoulas (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Tatiana ProzorovaProzorova – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Amelia HonerHoner – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Manon LeonardLeonard – Sada NahimanaNahimana (6-3 6-4) – 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
• Dominika SalkovaSalkova – Julia GrabherGrabher (7-5 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Dalma GalfiGalfi – Akasha UrhoboUrhobo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jana FettFett – Joanna GarlandGarland (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Simona WaltertWaltert – Daria SnigurSnigur (4-6 6-1 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