Francesca Jones and Janice Tjen will square off in the semifinal of the SP Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL MARIA ESTHER BUENO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Janice Tjen who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Janice Tjen is the pick to win this match.
Janice Tjen -> 1.61
Francesca Jones -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Francesca Jones vs. Janice Tjen

There is no head to head record between Francesca Jones and Janice Tjen since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Francesca Jones

Ranked no. 85, the Brit reached the semifinal after beating Lina Glushko 4-6 6-2 6-3, Whitney Osuigwe 6-4 7-6(6) and Solana Sierra 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Sierra (6-3 6-4). During the match, Jones scored 67 points vs Sierra’s 53. Francesca was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Jones recorded 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Francesca Jones lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Jones put 58% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Sierra 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points she played.

Jones has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of her matches (246-129). 15-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Jones has a compiled37-26 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Vacaria where she defeated 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 overcame Elsa Jacquemot in the final 6-4 7-6(2) and the Palermo where she defeated Anouk Koevermans in the final 6-3 6-2.

Jones has a compiled 45-15 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Sao Paulo

Francesca has never competed in this tournament before.

Janice Tjen

Ranked no. 130 (career-high), Tjen got to the semifinal after beating Leolia Jeanjean 6-2 6-3, Martina Okalova 6-1 6-0 and Alexandra Eala 6-4 6-1.

In the quarter, Tjen had a good straight sets win against Eala (6-4 6-1). During the match Tjen scored 60 points vs Eala’s 43. Janice was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Tjen managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Janice Tjen lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tjen put 53% of her first serves in, winning 78% (21/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Indonesian broke Eala 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tjen hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was winning the title the W35 Goyang where she defeated Lin Zhu in the final 6-4 6-1 and the W35 Andong where she overcame Yexin Ma in the final 6-4 6-2 and the W35 Luzhou where she beat Fangzhou Liu in the final 6-0 6-4 and the W50 Taizhou where she overcame Yidi Yang in the final 7-5 6-3 and the W35 Taipei where she defeated Momoko Kobori in the final 4-6 6-1 6-2.

Janice has a compiled 62-11 win-loss record in 2025, 57-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Jones	Tjen
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	69	47
Pts	241-213	183-125
Total Points	454	308
Winners	95	63
%Winners	39%	34%

Both Jones and Tjen played 3 matches. At the moment, Francesca Jones lost 1 set while Janice Tjen hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Jones has played 1 set more than Tjen (7 vs 6). Therefore, Jones played 22 games more than Tjen. The Brit scored 95 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Indonesian managed to score 63 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Jones	Tjen
Aces	8	9
Avg per match	2.7	3
1st in	148/231	82/151
%1st in	64%	54%
1st pts	95/148	63/82
%1st pts	64%	77%
2nd pts	38/83	34/69
%2nd pts	46%	49%

Jones blasted 8 aces (2.7 per match). Tjen managed to score 9 aces (3 per match). Jones won 64% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Tjen won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Jones	Tjen
Won	16	15
Converted	16/25	15/24
% Converted	64%	63%
Conceded	21	8
Saved	10	6
% Saved	48%	75%
Times Broken	11	2

The Brit broke her opponents 16 times with a 64% conversion rate. Jones dropped her serve 11 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded. Janice broke her opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Tjen conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Jones
	R1 Glushko	R2 Osuigwe	1/4 Sierra	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-3	6-4 7-66	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	27	23	19	69
pts	100-90	74-70	67-53	241-213
Total points	190	144	120	454
Winners	37	34	24	95
%Winners	37%	46%	36%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4	8
Double Faults	6	2	3	11
1st in	60/96	53/75	35/60	148/231
% 1st in	63%	71%	58%	64%
1st pts	37/60	34/53	24/35	95/148
% 1st pts	62%	64%	69%	64%
2nd pts	15/36	8/22	15/25	38/83
% 2nd pts	42%	36%	60%	46%
Breaks
Won	7	5	4	16
Converted	7/10	5/8	4/7	16/25
Converted %	70%	63%	57%	64%
Conceded	13	5	3	21
Saved	8/13	1/5	1/3	10
Saved %	62%	20%	33%	38%
Times Broken	5	4	2	11

Tjen
	R1 Jeanjean	R2 Okalova	1/4 Eala	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-1 6-0	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	13	17	47
pts	66-54	57-28	60-43	183-125
Total points	120	85	103	308
Winners	30	12	21	63
%Winners	45%	21%	35%	34%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	2	9
Double Faults	9	1	6	16
1st in	41/67	14/33	27/51	82/151
% 1st in	61%	42%	53%	54%
1st pts	30/41	12/14	21/27	63/82
% 1st pts	73%	86%	78%	77%
2nd pts	10/26	13/19	11/24	34/69
% 2nd pts	38%	68%	46%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	6	5	15
Converted	4/5	6/12	5/7	15/24
Converted %	80%	50%	71%	63%
Conceded	4	1	3	8
Saved	3/4	1/1	2/3	6
Saved %	75%	100%	67%	81%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

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