Ayana Akli vs Elizabeth IonescuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Ayana Akli
#263 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
3w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇺🇸Elizabeth Ionescu
Unranked · 18 yrs · Right-Handed
8wAyana Akli and Elizabeth Ionescu have met 1 time since 2025; Ayana Akli leads 1–0. Across all meetings Akli has taken 2 sets to Ionescu's 0. Their most recent meeting: Ayana Akli won at W100 Evansville 1 (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Akli | Ionescu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ayana Akli | Elizabeth Ionescu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 13/18 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins a set when losing | 45% | 9/20 | 100% | 3/3 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 14/38 | 60% | 3/5 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 47% | 8/17 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 55% | 11/20 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 4/6 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 16/20 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 13/20 | 40% | 2/5 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Akli 1, Ionescu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Akli
🏹 Frontrunner
Ionescu
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 68% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 181 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Ayana Akli.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 23, 2025
W100 Evansville 1
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Akli | Ionescu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 12–5 | 2–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.94 | 1.72 |
| ROI % | +25.7% | -48.6% |
| Units P/L | +4.37u | -2.43u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Akli | Ionescu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 5 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | CZE → POL | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Anastasia Zakharova
W100 Landisville · Quarterfinals
Aug 8
Carolyn Ansari
W100 Landisville · 2nd Round
Aug 7
Priscilla Hon
W100 Landisville · 1st Round
Aug 5
Anastasia Kulikova
W75 Lexington · Final
Aug 2
Fiona Crawley
W75 Lexington · Semifinals
Aug 1
Hanna Chang
W75 Lexington · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Janae Preston
W75 Lexington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Dasha Ivanova
W75 Lexington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Lexington Reed
Columbus ITF
Jul 6
Ariana Arseneault
W35 Rome · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Misa Malkin
W35 Rome · 1st Round
Jun 24
Alessandra Anghel
Galati ITF · Round of 32
Jun 24
Iulia Maria Buculei
Bucharest 4 ITF · Round of 32
Jun 17
Janice Tjen
W100 Landisville 1 · 1st Round
Aug 6
Ayana Akli
W100 Evansville 1 · 1st Round
Jul 23
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 5–38 matches
| Metric | Akli | Ionescu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | 40% |
| Sets won | 50% | 54% |
| Games won | 50% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Akli | Ionescu |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W100 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Akli | Ionescu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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