Joanna Garland and Mei Yamaguchi will square off in the 2nd round of the Chennai Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Joanna Garland who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joanna Garland is the pick to win this match.
Joanna Garland -> 1.189
Mei Yamaguchi -> 4.7

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Prediction and head to head Joanna Garland vs. Mei Yamaguchi

This will be the 2nd time that Joanna Garland and Mei Yamaguchi play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Garland (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Garland won 6-0 6-2 in the qualifications in the W25 The Hague back in 2021.

Joanna Garland

Joanna Garland

44 - 20win/loss

Hard
14-11
I Hard
1-2
Clay
12-3
Grass
4-2
Carpet
13-2
Rank
123
High
120
LWWWLLWWLW
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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
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Ranked no. 132, Garland got to the 2nd round after beating Arianne Hartono 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Hartono (6-4 6-3). During the match, Garland scored 67 points vs Hartono’s 57. Garland was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Garland scored 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Joanna Garland lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Garland put 68% of her first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Hartono 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Garland has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 68% of her matches (272-127). 14-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Garland has an overall166-71 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W35 Nairobi where she overcame Angella Okutoyi in the final 6-1 6-4 and the W35 Solarino where she beat 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.

Joanna has a compiled 44-20 win-loss record in 2025, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chennai

Garland has never competed in this tournament before.

Chennai
Garland's Record

Mei Yamaguchi

Mei Yamaguchi

29 - 29win/loss

Hard
21-19
I Hard
2-2
Clay
5-7
Carpet
1-1
Rank
282
High
242
LWWLWWWLLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-31 23-21 5-7 2-2 0-0 1-1
2024 47-28 33-24 1-1 0-0 0-0 13-3
2023 36-31 30-24 1-1 0-1 1-2 4-3
2022 15-13 1-4 8-5 1-2 0-0 5-2
2021 26-13 13-4 13-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 279, Yamaguchi got to the 2nd round after defeating Ankita Raina 6-1 6-3, Arina Rodionova 2-6 6-4 6-2 and Francesca Jones 5-7 6-0 1-0 ret..

In the 1st round against Jones, Mei had a free pass after Jones retired on a 5-7 6-0 1-0 . scoreline.

The Japanese has an overall 29-29 win-loss record in 2025, 21-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Chennai
Yamaguchi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Garland
M.Yamaguchi
1h:27
1h:27
Time on court​
!
5h:02
5h:02
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
1h:31
1h:31
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
19
19
Games Played​
61
61
2
2
Set played​​
9
9
67
67
Total points​
222
222
67
67
Avg point​
74
74
24
24
Winners
80
80
24
24
Avg Winners​
26.7
26.7
36%
36%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
8
8
2
2
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
3
3
Double Faults
8
8
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2.7
2.7
24/40
24/40
1st won total​
80/127
80/127
60%
60%
1st won %
63%
63%
8/19
8/19
2nd won total​
35/69
35/69
42%
42%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
BP won
17/36
17/36
7/12
7/12
Avg BP won
5.7/12
5.7/12
!
58%
58%
Won
47%
47%
6
6
Conceded
18
18
6
6
Avg Conceded
6
6
4
4
Broken
10
10
4
4
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
2
2
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Garland Yamaguchi
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 9
Tot Games 19 61
Pts 67-57 222-182
Total Points 124 404
Winners 24 80
%Winners 36% 36%

Garland played 1 match while Yamaguchi competed in 3 matches. Yamaguchi started her run from the qualifications while Garland had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mei Yamaguchi dropped 2 sets while Joanna Garland hasn’t lost a set so far. Garland has played 7 set(s) less than Yamaguchi (2 vs 9). Therefore, Garland played 42 games less than Yamaguchi. Joanna scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Yamaguchi recorded 80 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Garland Yamaguchi
Aces 2 8
Avg per match 2 2.7
1st in 40/59 127/196
%1st in 68% 65%
1st pts 24/40 80/127
%1st pts 60% 63%
2nd pts 8/19 35/69
%2nd pts 42% 51%

Garland recorded 2 aces . Yamaguchi recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Garland won 60% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Yamaguchi won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Garland Yamaguchi
Won 7 17
Converted 7/12 17/36
% Converted 58% 47%
Conceded 6 18
Saved 2 8
% Saved 33% 44%
Times Broken 4 10

The Chinese broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Garland dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Mei broke her opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.

Garland
R1
Hartono		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 67-57 67-57
Total points 124 124
Winners 24 24
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 40/59 40/59
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 24/40 24/40
% 1st pts 60% 60%
2nd pts 8/19 8/19
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/12 7/12
Converted % 58% 58%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 2/6 2
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 4 4
Yamaguchi
Q1
Raina		 Q3
Rodionova		 R1
Jones		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-0 1-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 16 26 19 61
pts 66-46 90-84 66-52 222-182
Total points 112 174 118 404
Winners 19 38 23 80
%Winners 29% 42% 35% 36%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 7 8
Double Faults 1 6 1 8
1st in 33/53 55/85 39/58 127/196
% 1st in 62% 65% 67% 65%
1st pts 19/33 38/55 23/39 80/127
% 1st pts 58% 69% 59% 63%
2nd pts 11/20 15/30 9/19 35/69
% 2nd pts 55% 50% 47% 51%
Breaks
Won 7 4 6 17
Converted 7/17 4/11 6/8 17/36
Converted % 41% 36% 75% 47%
Conceded 5 9 4 18
Saved 2/5 6/9 0/4 8
Saved % 40% 67% 0% 107%
Times Broken 3 3 4 10

Tennis Scores in Chennai

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