Ayana Akli vs Janae PrestonPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Ayana Akli and Janae Preston have met 1 time since 2026; Ayana Akli leads 1–0. Across all meetings Akli has taken 2 sets to Preston's 0. Their most recent meeting: Ayana Akli won at W75 Lexington (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Akli | Preston | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ayana Akli | Janae Preston | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 13/18 | 86% | 12/14 |
| Wins a set when losing | 45% | 9/20 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 14/38 | 24% | 5/21 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 47% | 8/17 | 60% | 9/15 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 55% | 11/20 | 67% | 2/3 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 4/6 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 16/20 | 87% | 13/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 65% | 13/20 | 80% | 12/15 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Akli 1, Preston 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Akli
🏹 Frontrunner
Preston
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 55% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,501 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Ayana Akli.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 30, 2026
W75 Lexington
H Hard · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Akli | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 12–5 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.94 | 1.69 |
| ROI % | +25.7% | -24.5% |
| Units P/L | +4.37u | -0.49u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Akli | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Akli and Preston posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Akli | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Ena Koike | W 64 62 | L 67 06 |
| Diletta Cherubini | L 16 61 67 | W 16 75 30 |
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
Ayana Akli
W75 Lexington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Boyoung Jeong
W75 Lexington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Hibah Shaikh
W35 Boca Raton · 1st Round
Apr 29
Welles Newman
W15 Orlando · Final
Apr 26
Justina Maria Gonzalez Daniele
W15 Orlando · Semifinals
Apr 25
Maria Jose Portillo Ramirez
W15 Orlando · Quarterfinals
Apr 24
Jessica Hinojosa Gomez
W15 Orlando · 2nd Round
Apr 23
Camila Romero
W15 Orlando · 1st Round
Apr 22
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 21–38 matches
| Metric | Akli | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | 67% |
| Sets won | 50% | 66% |
| Games won | 50% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Akli | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Akli | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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