Emerson Jones vs Mai HontamaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇦🇺Emerson Jones
#122 · 17 yrs · Right-Handed
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇯🇵Mai Hontama
#164 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
Emerson Jones and Mai Hontama have met 1 time since 2026; Emerson Jones leads 1–0. Across all meetings Jones has taken 2 sets to Hontama's 0. Their most recent meeting: Emerson Jones won at Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Jones | Hontama | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Emerson Jones | Mai Hontama | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 28/39 | 61% | 23/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 36% | 9/25 | 35% | 11/31 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 20/64 | 38% | 26/69 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 23/42 | 46% | 16/35 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 39% | 7/18 | 59% | 17/29 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 12/18 | 46% | 6/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 32/36 | 80% | 33/41 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 28/36 | 56% | 23/41 |
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 (Jones 1, Hontama 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Jones
🏹 Frontrunner
Hontama
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,750 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Emerson Jones.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 6, 2026
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Jones | Hontama | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Emerson Jones | Mai Hontama | ||
| 1 or more | 77% | 10/13 | 38% | 6/16 |
| 3 or more | 23% | 3/13 | 13% | 2/16 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/16 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Jones | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–8 | 10–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.66 | 1.88 |
| ROI % | -39.0% | +2.2% |
| Units P/L | -5.85u | +0.37u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Jones | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 6 | 5 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POR → CHN → ROU | POR → ROU |
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.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Jones has a higher win rate against shared opponents (86% vs Hontama's 57%).
| Opponent | Jones | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| Eunhye Lee | W 62 75 | L 06 75 36 |
| Maddison Inglis | W 64 61 | L 36 46 |
| Himeno Sakatsume | W 36 62 63 | W 62 62 |
| Anastasia Gasanova | L 75 46 36 | W |
| Taylah Preston | W 75 46 76 | W 75 63 |
| Katarina Zavatska | W 63 36 63 | W 61 26 63 |
| Storm Hunter | W 63 61 | L 76 26 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Zhuoxuan Bai
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 2nd Round
Oct 8
Mai Hontama
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 6
Alexandra Shubladze
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · Semifinals
Oct 3
Kyoka Okamura
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · Quarterfinals
Oct 2
Unknown Player
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 2nd Round
Sep 30
Haruka Kaji
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 1st Round
Sep 28
Ye Xin Ma
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Suzan Lamens
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Emerson Jones
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 6
Katie Boulter
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Jodie Burrage
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Alexandra Panova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Eunhye Lee
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Andrea Lazaro Garcia
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Lina Gjorcheska
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Katrina Scott
W100 Landisville · Quarterfinals
Aug 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 64–69 matches
| Metric | Jones | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 55% |
| Sets won | 59% | 53% |
| Games won | 53% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Jones | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 125 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Jones | Hontama |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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