Sinja Kraus and Sofia Kenin will square off in the qualifications of the Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 am on Court 2. 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 Sinja Kraus who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sinja Kraus is the pick to win this match.
Sinja Kraus -> 1.74
Sofia Kenin -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Sinja Kraus vs. Sofia Kenin
There is no head to head record between Sinja Kraus and Sofia Kenin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Sinja Kraus
46 - 27win/loss
75
75
WLWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46-27 | 17-12 | 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. 75 (career-high), Kraus reached the qualifications after beating Momoko Kobori 6-1 3-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sinja defeated Kobori (6-1 3-6 6-2). During the match, Kraus scored 93 points vs Kobori’s 81. Sinja was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kraus bagged 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Sinja Kraus lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kraus put 50% of her first serves in, winning 60% (24/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. Sinja broke Kobori 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).
Kraus has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (310-202). 17-12 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kraus has a compiled44-51 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the Kitzbuhel where she beat Julia Grabher in the final 6-3 6-1.
Kraus has an overall 46-27 win-loss record in 2026, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
Sinja has never competed in this tournament before.
Sofia Kenin
8 - 24win/loss
125
4
WLLLLWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8-24 | 4-15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-26 | 19-18 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-26 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-21 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 125, Kenin reached the qualifications after defeating Mei Yamaguchi 2-6 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications against Yamaguchi, Sofia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-0 6-1). During the match Kenin scored 71 points vs Yamaguchi’s 55. Sofia was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Kenin fired 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Kenin put 75% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Sofia broke Yamaguchi 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Sofia has an overall 8-24 win-loss record in 2026, 4-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kraus | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 |
| Pts | 93-81 | 71-55 |
| Total Points | 174 | 126 |
| Winners | 24 | 29 |
| %Winners | 26% | 41% |
Both Kraus and Kenin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Sinja Kraus dropped 1 set, while Sofia Kenin dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kraus and Kenin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kraus played 3 games more than Kenin. Kraus scored 24 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 29 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kraus | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 40/80 | 43/57 |
| %1st in | 50% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 29/43 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 6/14 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 43% |
Kraus made 2 aces . Kenin struck 3 aces . Kraus won 60% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kraus | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 64% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 38% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Austrian broke her opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sinja surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kraus | |||
| Q1 Kobori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 93-81 | 93-81 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/80 | 40/80 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kenin | |||
| Q1 Yamaguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 71-55 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/57 | 43/57 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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