Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lulu Sun will face off in the quarter of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.147
Lulu Sun -> 5.9
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lulu Sun
There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Lulu Sun since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ekaterina Alexandrova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 14-12 | 1-7 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-12 | 9-4 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24 (career-high), the Russian reached the quarter after defeating Asia Muhammad 6-1 3-6 6-1 and Na-Lae Han 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ekaterina had a good straight sets win against Han (6-1 6-3). During the match, Alexandrova scored 62 points vs Han’s 35. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova struck 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ekaterina Alexandrova was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (16/19) of her 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Alexandrova broke Han 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandrova has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 60% of the points she played.
Alexandrova has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (262-169). 9-9 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has a composed70-59 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-5 6-0.
Ekaterina has an aggregate 29-16 win-loss record in 2022, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Lulu Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-21 | 17-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-20 | 23-10 | 4-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-24 | 16-12 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 27-13 | 19-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-11 | 24-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, the Swiss got to the quarter after defeating Justina Mikulskyte 6-4 6-4, Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 3-6 6-3 6-2, Lizette Cabrera 7-66 6-2 and Anna Blinkova 6-4 7-66.
In the 2nd round, LuluAnke had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-4 7-66). During the match Sun scored 85 points vs Blinkova’s 77. Sun was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Sun struck 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Lulu Sun lost the serve twice and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sun put 65% of her first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Blinkova 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sun started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Sun has a composed 29-19 win-loss record in 2022, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 90 |
| Pts | 135-89 | 326-284 |
| Total Points | 224 | 610 |
| Winners | 40 | 126 |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% |
Alexandrova played 2 matches while Sun competed in 4 matches. Sun started her run from the qualifications while Alexandrova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ekaterina Alexandrova dropped 1 set, while Lulu Sun dropped 1 set. Alexandrova has played 4 set(s) less than Sun (5 vs 9). Therefore, Alexandrova played 51 games less than Sun. Ekaterina scored 40 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 126 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 47/105 | 186/298 |
| %1st in | 45% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 126/186 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 33/58 | 58/112 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Alexandrova fired 4 aces (2 per match). Sun managed to score 12 aces (3 per match). Alexandrova won 85% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 16 |
| Converted | 11/19 | 16/44 |
| % Converted | 58% | 36% |
| Conceded | 8 | 26 |
| Saved | 5 | 17 |
| % Saved | 63% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 9 |
Alexandrova broke her opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Alexandrova lost her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. LuluAnke broke her opponents 16 times with a 36% conversion rate. LuluAnke conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | ||||
| R1 Muhammad |
R2 Han |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| pts | 73-54 | 62-35 | 135-89 | |
| Total points | 127 | 97 | 224 | |
| Winners | 24 | 16 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 26% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 28/62 | 19/43 | 47/105 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 44% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 16/19 | 40/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 84% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 16/24 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/9 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sun | ||||||
| Q1 Mikulskyte |
Q3 Jimenez |
R1 Cabrera |
R2 Blinkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 7-66 6-2 | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 90 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 92-83 | 77-66 | 85-77 | 326-284 | |
| Total points | 130 | 175 | 143 | 162 | 610 | |
| Winners | 28 | 35 | 25 | 38 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 32% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 55/87 | 36/64 | 56/86 | 186/298 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 56% | 65% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 35/55 | 25/36 | 38/56 | 126/186 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 64% | 69% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 17/32 | 12/28 | 15/30 | 58/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 53% | 43% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/15 | 5/14 | 3/7 | 16/44 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 36% | 43% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 2/5 | 8/10 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 40% | 80% | 126% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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