WTA OsakaWTA 250Round of 32hardbest of three sets

Li vs Jones 2:1: result and our tips

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Ann LiWTA #25Elo 1893hard 1867
2:1final5:7 6:0 6:3
Emerson JonesWTA #134Elo 1651hard 1652

Our tips

No tip for this match: when the tips were published, no bet on offer had clear support in our data. We never force a tip.

Match chances

Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength. Chances and profiles as they stood before the match.

Winner

Ann Li73%
Emerson Jones27%

Elo: A. Li 78% · E. Jones 23%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 A. Li51%
2:1 A. Li21%
2:1 E. Jones13%
2:0 E. Jones15%

First set

Ann Li68%
Emerson Jones32%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes34%
no66%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineOver 20.5 · 50%market (no margin): 49%

The 20.5 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).

Expected total: 22.0

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
17.574%26%72%
18.566%34%64%
19.558%42%56%
20.550%50%49%
21.545%55%44%
22.539%61%38%
23.535%66%34%

Sample: 1,764 matches

Games handicap

Ann Li −4.548%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes23%

tour average 22%

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite won
  • Most likely set scorewas 2:1
  • Total games Over 20.5in · 27 games
  • Games handicapcovered
  • Tie-breakno tie-break

Match stats

Ann LiEmerson Jones
10Aces1
5Double faults1
51%First serves in64%
71%First-serve points won56%
52%Second-serve points won45%
6/10Break points converted3/8
11/14Service games held7/13
62%Service points won52%
48%Return points won38%
96Total points won79

Serve profile (12 months)

Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.

A. LiTourE. Jones
Service points won59%56%55%
Return points won42%44%44%
Service games held71%63%63%
Breaks of serve31%37%36%
Aces per service game0.430.14
Double faults per game0.250.41
Sets with a tie-break14%15%
Tie-breaks won11/197/11
Wins in straight sets55%60%
Matches in the sample5932

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Ann Li

Emerson Jones

  • 18/10/26WTaylah Preston#87WTA Osaka · Q26:0
  • 17/10/26WHeather Watson#384WTA Osaka · Q16:3 6:3
  • 08/10/26LZhuoxuan Bai#203WTA 125 Suzhou · R166:1 3:6 6:7
  • 06/10/26WMai Hontama#168WTA 125 Suzhou · R326:4 6:0
  • 03/10/26LAlexandra Shubladze#136WTA 125 Jingshan · SF5:7 4:6
  • 02/10/26WKyoka Okamura#246WTA 125 Jingshan · QF7:6 7:6
  • 30/09/26WChenting Zhu#593WTA 125 Jingshan · R166:1 6:4
  • 28/09/26WHaruka Kaji#286WTA 125 Jingshan · R326:2 6:4
  • 22/09/26LYexin Ma#200WTA Seoul · R326:3 0:6 2:6
  • 25/08/26LSuzan Lamens#245WTA US Open · Q15:7 7:6 2:6

Elo over the last year

Ann LiEmerson Jones

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

A. LiE. Jones
Hard court22–1756%14–1352%
Clay9–660%0–10%
Grass2–340%1–325%

Head to head

They have not met yet.

Road through the tournament

Ann Li

First match in this tournament.

Emerson Jones