Zeynep Sonmez and Sinja Kraus will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Wuhan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zeynep Sonmez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zeynep Sonmez is the pick to win this match.
Zeynep Sonmez -> 1.55
Sinja Kraus -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Zeynep Sonmez vs. Sinja Kraus
There is no head to head record between Zeynep Sonmez and Sinja Kraus since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Zeynep Sonmez
30 - 22win/loss
58
48
WLLWLLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-22 | 15-14 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-28 | 14-16 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-25 | 19-9 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-28 | 4-4 | 23-10 | 17-8 | 6-4 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 38-21 | 22-8 | 14-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 58, the Turk reached the qualifications after beating Anastasia Zakharova 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Zakharova (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sonmez scored 59 points vs Zakharova’s 43. Zeynep was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sonmez scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 67% of her first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Zakharova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Sonmez has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (266-180). 15-14 on hard in 2026. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sonmez has an aggregate 98-67 record in the last years on hard.
Sonmez has an aggregate 30-22 win-loss record in 2026, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wuhan
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2025. See her history.
Sinja Kraus
45 - 26win/loss
95
80
WLWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45-26 | 16-11 | 20-8 | 6-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-28 | 3-5 | 41-17 | 7-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 |
| 2024 | 44-25 | 3-2 | 27-12 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 1-8 | 26-16 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 51-33 | 2-9 | 46-20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 95, the Austrian got to the qualifications after beating Magda Linette 7-6(3) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sinja had a good straight sets win against Linette (7-63 6-2). During the match Kraus scored 78 points vs Linette’s 65. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Kraus scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sinja Kraus lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kraus put 51% of her first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Sinja broke Linette 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the Kitzbuhel where she overcame Julia Grabher in the final 6-3 6-1.
Sinja has an aggregate 44-26 win-loss record in 2026, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wuhan
Sinja has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sonmez | Kraus |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 59-43 | 78-65 |
| Total Points | 102 | 143 |
| Winners | 27 | 25 |
| %Winners | 46% | 32% |
Both Sonmez and Kraus played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sonmez and Kraus have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sonmez played 4 games less than Kraus. Sonmez scored 27 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian struck 25 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sonmez | Kraus |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 37/73 |
| %1st in | 67% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 25/37 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 18/36 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 50% |
Sonmez managed to score 1 ace . Kraus also bagged 1 ace . Sonmez won 71% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Kraus won 68% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sonmez | Kraus |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 83% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Turk broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Turk dropped her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Sinja broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sonmez | |||
| Q1 Zakharova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 59-43 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kraus | |||
| Q1 Linette |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 78-65 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/73 | 37/73 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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