Oksana Selekhmeteva and Ayana Akli will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on Court 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oksana Selekhmeteva who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Oksana Selekhmeteva is the pick to win this match.
Oksana Selekhmeteva -> 1.38
Ayana Akli -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Ayana Akli

There is no head to head record between Oksana Selekhmeteva and Ayana Akli since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Oksana Selekhmeteva

Oksana Selekhmeteva

31 - 16win/loss

Hard
9-3
I Hard
2-2
Clay
19-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
97
High
96
WWWWWLWLWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 48-21 14-4 31-14 2-2 1-1 0-0
2024 36-18 3-5 30-10 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 14-8 6-2 2-3 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 28-20 12-5 14-11 2-4 0-0 0-0
2021 49-19 22-9 25-9 2-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 166, Oksana reached the qualifications after beating Julia Riera 2-6 6-0 6-3 and Iryna Shymanovich 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Shymanovich (6-2 6-3). During the match, Selekhmeteva scored 61 points vs Shymanovich’s 42. Selekhmeteva was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Selekhmeteva bagged 3 aces and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Oksana Selekhmeteva lost the serve once. Furthermore, Selekhmeteva put 65% of her first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. Selekhmeteva broke Shymanovich 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Selekhmeteva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Selekhmeteva has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of her matches (187-98). 8-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Selekhmeteva has a composed57-26 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Selekhmeteva’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Rome.

The Russian has an overall 30-16 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Selekhmeteva's Record

Ayana Akli

Ayana Akli

49 - 21win/loss

Hard
25-12
I Hard
2-1
Clay
22-7
Grass
0-1
Rank
257
High
251
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 52-24 28-15 22-7 2-1 0-1 0-0
2024 17-12 11-6 1-3 5-3 0-0 0-0
2023 11-5 11-4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 284 (career-high), the American reached the qualifications after beating Eva Vedder 7-5 6-2 and Harriet Dart 7-6(4) 6-1.

In the qualifications, Ayana had a good straight sets win against Dart (7-64 6-1). During the match Akli scored 80 points vs Dart’s 60. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Akli scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ayana Akli lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Akli put 69% of her first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. Ayana broke Dart 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ayana started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W35 Bethany Beach where she beat Ana Sofia Sanchez in the final 6-2 7-5.

The American has an overall 49-20 win-loss record in 2025, 25-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Ayana has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Akli's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

O.Selekhmeteva
A.Akli
2h:40
2h:40
Time on court​
3h:27
3h:27
1h:11
1h:11
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
2
2
Match played
2
2
40
40
Games Played​
40
40
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
135
135
Total points​
149
149
67.5
67.5
Avg point​
74.5
74.5
58
58
Winners
53
53
29
29
Avg Winners​
26.5
26.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
3
3
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
8
8
Double Faults
5
5
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
58/81
58/81
1st won total​
53/75
53/75
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
17/34
17/34
2nd won total​
25/39
25/39
50%
50%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
11/16
11/16
BP won
9/15
9/15
5.5/8
5.5/8
Avg BP won
4.5/7.5
4.5/7.5
!
69%
69%
Won
!
60%
60%
5
5
Conceded
5
5
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
4
4
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
1
1
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Selekhmeteva Akli
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 40 40
Pts 135-101 149-115
Total Points 236 264
Winners 58 53
%Winners 43% 36%

Both Selekhmeteva and Akli played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Oksana Selekhmeteva dropped 1 set while Ayana Akli hasn’t dropped a set so far. Selekhmeteva has played 1 set more than Akli (5 vs 4). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (40). Oksana scored 58 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Ayana recorded 53 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Selekhmeteva Akli
Aces 5 3
Avg per match 2.5 1.5
1st in 81/115 75/114
%1st in 70% 66%
1st pts 58/81 53/75
%1st pts 72% 71%
2nd pts 17/34 25/39
%2nd pts 50% 64%

Selekhmeteva fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Akli managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Selekhmeteva won 72% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Akli won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Selekhmeteva Akli
Won 11 9
Converted 11/16 9/15
% Converted 69% 60%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 1 2
% Saved 20% 40%
Times Broken 4 3

Selekhmeteva broke her opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Oksana dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded. Ayana broke her opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ayana conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.

Selekhmeteva
Q1
Riera		 Q2
Shymanovich		 Total
Score 2-6 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 23 17 40
pts 74-59 61-42 135-101
Total points 133 103 236
Winners 37 21 58
%Winners 50% 34% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 5
Double Faults 8 0 8
1st in 51/69 30/46 81/115
% 1st in 74% 65% 70%
1st pts 37/51 21/30 58/81
% 1st pts 73% 70% 72%
2nd pts 6/18 11/16 17/34
% 2nd pts 33% 69% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 5 11
Converted 6/9 5/7 11/16
Converted % 67% 71% 69%
Conceded 4 1 5
Saved 1/4 0/1 1
Saved % 25% 0% 13%
Times Broken 3 1 4
Akli
Q1
Vedder		 Q2
Dart		 Total
Score 7-5 6-2 7-64 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 20 40
pts 69-55 80-60 149-115
Total points 124 140 264
Winners 29 24 53
%Winners 42% 30% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3
Double Faults 4 1 5
1st in 39/62 36/52 75/114
% 1st in 63% 69% 66%
1st pts 29/39 24/36 53/75
% 1st pts 74% 67% 71%
2nd pts 16/23 9/16 25/39
% 2nd pts 70% 56% 64%
Breaks
Won 3 6 9
Converted 3/6 6/9 9/15
Converted % 50% 67% 60%
Conceded 2 3 5
Saved 2/2 0/3 2
Saved % 100% 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 3 3

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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