Ann Li and Rebecca Sramkova will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Japan Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.71
Rebecca Sramkova -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Rebecca Sramkova

This will be the 3^rd time that Ann Li and Rebecca Sramkova square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Li (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Li won 4-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the U.S. Open back in August 2025.

Highlights Ann Li vs Rebecca Sramkova – U.S. Open 25-August-2025

Ann Li

Ranked no. 42 (career-high), Li reached the 2^nd round after defeating Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-4 6-0). During the match, Li scored 61 points vs Gracheva’s 35. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Li scored 2 aces and she was very solid in conceding no double faults. Ann Li lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Li put 68% of her first serves in, winning 80% (20/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Ann broke Gracheva 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Li has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (259-177). 15-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Li has a composed 145-99 match record in the last years on hard.

Li’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Singapore and Cleveland.

The American has an aggregate 28-23 win-loss record in 2025, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

Ann has never competed in this tournament before.

Rebecca Sramkova

Ranked no. 65, the Slovakian reached the 2^nd round after beating Joanna Garland 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Sramkova had a good straight sets win against Garland (6-3 6-1). During the match Sramkova scored 60 points vs Garland’s 34. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Sramkova recorded 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Rebecca Sramkova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Sramkova put 67% of her first serves in, winning 91% (29/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Rebecca was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Garland 4 times.

The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Nottingham.

The Slovakian has a compiled 21-26 win-loss record in 2025, 12-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Li	Sramkova
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
Pts	61-35	60-34
Total Points	96	94
Winners	20	29
%Winners	33%	48%

Both Li and Sramkova played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Li and Sramkova have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). The American scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Sramkova scored 29 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Li	Sramkova
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	25/37	32/48
%1st in	68%	67%
1st pts	20/25	29/32
%1st pts	80%	91%
2nd pts	6/12	8/16
%2nd pts	50%	50%

Li fired 2 aces . Sramkova struck 4 aces . Li won 80% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sramkova won 91% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Li	Sramkova
Won	6	4
Converted	6/12	4/4
% Converted	50%	100%
Conceded	3	1
Saved	1	1
% Saved	33%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

Ann broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Li dropped her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Sramkova broke her opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Slovakian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Li
	R1 Gracheva	Total
Score	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	61-35	61-35
Total points	96	96
Winners	20	20
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	25/37	25/37
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	20/25	20/25
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	6/12	6/12
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/12	6/12
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Sramkova
	R1 Garland	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-34	60-34
Total points	94	94
Winners	29	29
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	32/48	32/48
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	29/32	29/32
% 1st pts	91%	91%
2nd pts	8/16	8/16
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-1 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Casper RuudRuud – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-7⁵ 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Oscar OtteOtte (6-3 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tobias KamkeKamke – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
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• Mats MoraingMoraing – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Gonzalo EscobarEscobar (7-6⁸ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Attila BalazsBalazs – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lukas RosolRosol – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-5 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Steven DiezDiez (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gianluca MagerMager – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro CachinCachin – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6² 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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