Ayana Akli vs Elizabeth IonescuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Ayana Akli
#282 · 24 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇺🇸Elizabeth Ionescu
Unranked · 18 yrs · Right-Handed
13wAyana 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 | 75% | 15/20 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins a set when losing | 48% | 12/25 | 75% | 3/4 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 17/45 | 50% | 3/6 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 58% | 15/26 | 100% | 1/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 82% | 18/22 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 68% | 15/22 | 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 66% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 215 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 | 8–7 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.11 | - |
| ROI % | +3.9% | - |
| Units P/L | +0.59u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Akli | Ionescu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | GEO → EGY → ECU | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
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Sep 15
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Aug 24
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W100 Landisville · Quarterfinals
Aug 8
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W100 Landisville · 2nd Round
Aug 7
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Aug 5
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Jul 6
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Olivia Lincer
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Jun 1
Janice Tjen
W100 Landisville 1 · 1st Round
Aug 6
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–45 matches
| Metric | Akli | Ionescu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 33% |
| Sets won | 49% | 47% |
| Games won | 49% | 50% |
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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