Caty McNally and Joanna Garland will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 8. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Caty McNally who should win in 2 sets.
Caty McNally -> 1.32
Joanna Garland -> 3.18
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Prediction and head to head Caty McNally vs. Joanna Garland
There is no head to head record between Caty McNally and Joanna Garland since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Caty McNally
44 - 20win/loss
81
54
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-21 | 21-12 | 19-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-5 | 2-2 | 5-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-13 | 5-6 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 7-9 | 1-6 | 17-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-20 | 10-11 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, Caty reached the qualifications after beating Claire Liu 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-2 6-2). During the match, McNally scored 59 points vs Liu’s 37. Caty was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, McNally fired 3 aces and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Caty McNally was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (27/36) of her 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Caty broke Liu 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
McNally has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (195-128). 19-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, McNally has an overall 83-67 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the Newport where she beat Tatjana Maria in the final 2-6 6-4 6-2 and the W100 Evansville where she beat Darja Vidmanova in the final 7-5 6-4.
McNally has an aggregate 44-19 win-loss record in 2025, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
McNally has never competed in this tournament before.
Joanna Garland
43 - 18win/loss
123
120
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-21 | 16-12 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 13-2 |
| 2024 | 43-9 | 28-8 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 10-0 |
| 2023 | 39-23 | 17-11 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 10-4 | 10-2 |
| 2022 | 50-24 | 39-11 | 0-0 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-13 | 6-7 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, the Chinese got to the qualifications after defeating Ena Koike 6-3 5-7 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Chinese defeated Koike (6-3 5-7 6-1). During the match Garland scored 86 points vs Koike’s 71. Joanna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Garland made 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Joanna Garland lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Garland put 72% of her first serves in, winning 80% (43/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Koike 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W35 Nairobi where she defeated Angella Okutoyi in the final 6-1 6-4 and the W35 Solarino where she overcame Weronika Falkowska in the final 6-1 6-2 and the W35 Solarino where she defeated Viktoria Hruncakova in the final 7-6(4) 6-2.
The Chinese has an overall 42-18 win-loss record in 2025, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | McNally | Garland |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 |
| Pts | 59-37 | 86-71 |
| Total Points | 96 | 157 |
| Winners | 27 | 43 |
| %Winners | 46% | 50% |
Both McNally and Garland played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Joanna Garland surrendered 1 set while Caty McNally hasn’t lost a set so far. McNally has played 1 set(s) less than Garland (2 vs 3). Therefore, McNally played 12 games less than Garland. McNally scored 27 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Joanna made 43 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | McNally | Garland |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 36/48 | 54/75 |
| %1st in | 75% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 43/54 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 8/21 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 38% |
McNally scored 3 aces . Garland bagged 5 aces . McNally won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Garland won 80% of the points on 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 | McNally | Garland |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. McNally extremely effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Joanna broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Joanna conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| McNally | |||
| Q1 Liu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 59-37 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Garland | |||
| Q1 Koike | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 86-71 | 86-71 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/75 | 54/75 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 43/54 | 43/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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