Lucrezia Stefanini and Sloane Stephens will play each other in the 1^st round of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on AKRON STADIUM. 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 Lucrezia Stefanini who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lucrezia Stefanini is the pick to win this match.
Lucrezia Stefanini -> 1.35
Sloane Stephens -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Sloane Stephens

There is no head to head record between Lucrezia Stefanini and Sloane Stephens since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Lucrezia Stefanini

Ranked no. 148, Stefanini reached the 1^st round after beating Sachia Vickery 6-4 6-4 and Anastasia Kulikova 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications, Lucrezia had a good straight sets win against Kulikova (6-1 6-4). During the match, Stefanini scored 62 points vs Kulikova’s 47. Lucrezia was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Stefanini wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Lucrezia Stefanini lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Stefanini put 76% of her first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the 2nd serve. Lucrezia broke Kulikova 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Stefanini has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (319-236). 14-11 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stefanini has a compiled 110-66 record in the last years on hard.

The Italian has an aggregate 31-24 win-loss record in 2025, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guadalajara

Sloane Stephens

Ranked no. 897, the American will start her run in Guadalajara after she played her last match in Merida where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Martic in the 1^st round on the 25^th of February.

Stephens has a composed 0-4 win-loss record in 2025, 0-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Stephens has an overall 382-287 record. She has a positive 201-174 record on hard.

Previously in Guadalajara

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history

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Tennis Scores in Guadalajara

• Rebecca MarinoMarino – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emiliana ArangoArango – Magda LinetteLinette (6-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Storm HunterHunter – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elsa JacquemotJacquemot – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marina StakusicStakusic – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessie Aney/Quinn GleasonAney/Quinn Gleason – Carmen Corley/Ivana CorleyCorley/Ivana Corley (6-2 3-6 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaJimenez Kasintseva – Elena PridankinaPridankina (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova – Nicole Fossa HuergoFossa Huergo (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Iva JovicJovic – Katarzyna KawaKawa (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Darja VidmanovaVidmanova – Alycia ParksParks (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Timur KhabibulinKhabibulin (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sidharth RawatRawat – Vladyslav ManafovManafov (7-6² 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Dimitriy VoroninVoronin (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Konstantin KravchukKravchuk – Timur SottimovSottimov (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andres Artunedo MartinavarrArtunedo Martinavarr – Renta TokudaTokuda (5-7 7-6⁷ 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Arjun KadheKadhe (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Olimjon NabievNabiev – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (4-6 7-6⁴ 0-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Edan LeshemLeshem – Andrey GolubevGolubev (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Shonigmatjon ShofayziyevShofayziyev (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthVijay Sundar Prashanth (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sanjar FayzievFayziev – Anton ChekhovChekhov (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi – Makoto OchiOchi (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ZhurbinZhurbin – Sergey FominFomin (5-7 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Ibrokhimjon UrinovUrinov (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Sloane StephensStephens – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rebecca MarinoMarino – Tatjana MariaMaria (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Storm SandersSanders – Emiliana ArangoArango (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – (0-0) – H2H and prediction