Jelena Ostapenko and Sofia Kenin will square off in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.87
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Sofia Kenin
This will be the 3rd time that Jelena Ostapenko and Sofia Kenin face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ostapenko and Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kenin won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs Jelena Ostapenko – French Open 31-May-2021
Jelena Ostapenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-6 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-19 | 14-10 | 8-6 | 4-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 21-15 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-19 | 19-10 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-19 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 7-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Jelena will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in St. Petersburg where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Kontaveit in the semifinal on the 12th of February.
The Latvian has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Latvian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in St. Petersburg.
Talking about her overall career, The Latvian has an overall 295-182 record. She has a positive 85-78 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2021. See her history.
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-6 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, Kenin will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 7-6(2) 7-5 to Keys in the 1st round on the 17th of January.
Kenin has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, The American has an overall 222-130 record. She has a positive 134-72 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simona HalepHalep – Alison RiskeRiske (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-4 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jamie Murray/Bruno SoaresMurray/Bruno Soares – Gilles Muller/Sam QuerreyMuller/Sam Querrey (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor TroickiTroicki – Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic (5-7 7-65 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Nicolas MahutMahut (6-73 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Julien BenneteauBenneteau – James WardWard (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Andy MurrayMurray (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gilles MullerMuller – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-717 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marin CilicCilic – John IsnerIsner (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Steve JohnsonJohnson (3-6 6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Milos RaonicRaonic (7-65 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas BerdychBerdych – Steve DarcisDarcis (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Kyle EdmundEdmund (7-64 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Donald YoungYoung – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (7-63 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
