Zeynep Sonmez and Ajla Tomljanovic will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Ningbo Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Ajla Tomljanovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ajla Tomljanovic is the pick to win this match.
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 1.83
Zeynep Sonmez -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Zeynep Sonmez vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

There is no head to head record between Zeynep Sonmez and Ajla Tomljanovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Zeynep Sonmez

Zeynep Sonmez

24 - 23win/loss

Hard

13-13

I Hard

4-1

Clay

3-5

Grass

4-4

Rank
112

High
69

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	28-28	14-16	3-5	7-3	4-4	0-0
2024	41-25	19-9	12-10	4-3	6-3	0-0
2023	54-28	4-4	23-10	17-8	6-4	4-2
2022	38-21	22-8	14-10	2-3	0-0	0-0
2021	21-19	2-3	14-12	5-4	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 76, Zeynep got to the 2^nd round after defeating Linda Fruhvirtova 6-4 6-1, Yidi Yang 6-1 6-1 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Sasnovich, Sonmez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3).During the match, Sonmez scored less points (3) than Sasnovich. In fact, the world no. 76 won 81 points vs Sasnovich’s. That means that Sonmez was more focused during the important points. The Turk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sonmez bagged 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 60% of her first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Sonmez broke Sasnovich 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Sonmez has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (232-153). 13-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sonmez has an overall82-50 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Turk has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2025, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

Sonmez has never competed in this tournament before.

Ningbo

Sonmez's Record

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ajla Tomljanovic

24 - 23win/loss

Hard

11-12

I Hard

0-1

Clay

8-6

Grass

5-4

Rank
80

High
32

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	27-26	14-15	8-6	0-1	5-4	0-0
2024	22-20	12-12	2-4	0-1	8-3	0-0
2023	7-3	2-2	5-0	0-1	0-0	0-0
2022	38-27	19-14	7-6	5-4	7-3	0-0
2021	30-24	11-12	10-6	3-3	6-3	0-0

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Ranked no. 104, Ajla got to the 2^nd round after defeating Maya Joint 4-6 6-2 6-4, Antonia Ruzic 6-2 6-0 and Clara Tauson 1-6 7-6(4) 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Tauson, Ajla recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-6⁴ 6-3).During the match Tomljanovic scored less points (8) than Tauson. In fact, the world no. 76 won 85 points vs Tauson’s. That means that Tomljanovic was more focused during the important points. Ajla was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Tomljanovic scored 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 71% of her first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 25% (6/24) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Tauson 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Ajla’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Austin and Rabat.

Tomljanovic has an aggregate 24-23 win-loss record in 2025, 11-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Ningbo

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See her history.

Ningbo

Tomljanovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Sonmez and Tomljanovic played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Zeynep Sonmez dropped 1 set, while Ajla Tomljanovic conceded 2 sets. Sonmez has played 1 set(s) less than Tomljanovic (7 vs 8). Therefore, Sonmez played 11 games less than Tomljanovic. Sonmez scored 72 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 96 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Sonmez managed to score 4 aces (1.3 per match). Tomljanovic fired 6 aces (2 per match). Sonmez won 76% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Tomljanovic won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Sonmez broke her opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Zeynep surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. Tomljanovic broke her opponents 18 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded.

Head 2 Head

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• 2ITF
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Zeynep
Sonmez

0:1

Ajla
Tomljanovic

Rank

112

High

69

0Hard1

Rank

80

High

32

Win Loss

Sonmez

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Tomljanovic

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2025 2024 2023

28 - 28

27 - 26

14-16

Hard

14-15

7-3

I Hard

0-1

3-5

Clay

8-6

4-4

Grass

5-4

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Sonmez

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