Emerson Jones vs Tatjana Maria — Brisbane Round of 64

Brisbane · WTA · Round of 64
AUS
Emerson Jones
#135WTA
1671ELO
1664Hard ELO
18 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 4 January 2026
hard
Tatjana Maria
GER
Tatjana Maria
#96WTA
1703ELO
1608Hard ELO
38 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWLWLWWW
Jones E.
6-3 6-3
Maria T.
Jones E.
662
Maria T.
330

Emerson Jones defeated Tatjana Maria 6-3 6-3 in the Brisbane round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tatjana Maria came in ranked #96, but Emerson Jones had arrived on a 8-match winning run.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Jones E.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Maria T.

Maria T.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Jones E.

Serve advantage — Jones E.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Jones E.Maria T.
—
Serve
9
—
Return
13

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Jones E.Maria T.
1st serve in·Even
62%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
40%
Break points saved·Even
59%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.9
3.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.3
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (23 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Jones E.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 41 days (−0.7)
Maria T.
3.8
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Injury return: 34 days (−1.0)
Form & Matchup
6.6+56 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
3.4Hard Elo 1608
6.4Overall Elo 1671
ELO gap
3.6Overall Elo 1703
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
9.1
Surface form
3.6
10.08-match win streak
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
6.0
Country comfort
Surface transition
6.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Jones E.Maria T.
Freshness·Dominant
100
69

Jones E.: 18 days rest · Maria T.: 1 day rest · 4 matches, 63 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
29°COvercast
Wind 1 km/hHumidity 56%

Draw

Final
Sabalenka A.[1]
Kostyuk M.[16]
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Sabalenka A.[1]
Muchova K.[11]
6-36-4
Kostyuk M.[16]
Pegula J.[4]
6-06-3
Quarter-finals
Pegula J.[4]
Samsonova L.[10]
6-37-63
Muchova K.[11]
Rybakina E.[3]
6-22-66-4
Sabalenka A.[1]
Keys M.[5]
6-36-3
Kostyuk M.[16]
Andreeva M.[6]
7-676-3
R16
Keys M.[5]
Shnaider D.[12]
6-757-657-64
Rybakina E.[3]
Badosa P.[15]
6-36-2
Pegula J.[4]
Yastremska D.
5-76-26-3
Samsonova L.[10]
Sasnovich A.
6-46-4
Sabalenka A.[1]
Cirstea S.
6-36-3
Andreeva M.[6]
Noskova L.[9]
5-76-47-5
Muchova K.[11]
Alexandrova E.[7]
6-47-5
Kostyuk M.[16]
Anisimova A.[2]
6-46-3
R32
Shnaider D.[12]
Potapova A.
6-16-3
Keys M.[5]
Kessler M.
6-46-3
Andreeva M.[6]
Gadecki O.
4-66-16-2
Noskova L.[9]
Frech M.
6-756-46-4
Alexandrova E.[7]
Kenin S.
7-626-3
Rybakina E.[3]
Zhang S.
6-37-5
Pegula J.[4]
Kalinskaya A.
6-22-66-4
Cirstea S.
Ostapenko J.[14]
6-27-65
Kostyuk M.[16]
Putintseva Y.
6-756-16-0
Samsonova L.[10]
Jones E.
6-46-1
Sabalenka A.[1]
Bucsa C.
6-06-1
Sasnovich A.
Tauson C.[8]
6-26-3
Anisimova A.[2]
Birrell K.
6-16-3
Badosa P.[15]
Bouzkova M.
6-746-46-2
Muchova K.[11]
Tomljanovic A.
4-66-17-65
Yastremska D.
Fernandez L.[13]
6-16-2
R64
Yastremska D.
Gibson T.
7-637-64
Birrell K.
Sramkova R.
6-43-66-3
Tomljanovic A.
Jacquemot E.
6-16-3
Bucsa C.
Bondar A.
4-67-646-2
Kalinskaya A.
Valentova T.
6-46-4
Bouzkova M.
Cristian J.
6-46-3
Putintseva Y.
Baptiste H.
6-26-4
Sasnovich A.
Blinkova A.
7-56-1
Frech M.
Vondrousova M.
7-56-737-60
Jones E.
Maria T.
6-36-3
Kessler M.
Arango E.
6-16-3
Kenin S.
Ruse E.
6-44-66-3
Cirstea S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-36-1
Gadecki O.
Li A.
6-46-4
Potapova A.
Kasatkina D.
7-54-66-4
Zhang S.
Krueger A.
6-45-76-4