Mai Hontama and Lulu Sun will play each other in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Court 13. 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 Mai Hontama who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mai Hontama is the pick to win this match.
Mai Hontama -> 1.86
Lulu Sun -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Mai Hontama vs. Lulu Sun
This will be the 2nd time that Mai Hontama and Lulu Sun fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hontama (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Hontama won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the W25 Porto back in 2021.
Mai Hontama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 16-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-28 | 38-18 | 6-5 | 9-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 25-15 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 32-12 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, Hontama reached the qualifications after defeating Stephanie Wagner 7-5 6-2 and Lizette Cabrera 4-6 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications against Cabrera, Hontama recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Hontama scored 101 points vs Cabrera’s 96. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hontama was unable to score even 1 ace and she committed only 5 double faults. Mai Hontama lost the serve 7 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hontama put 78% of her first serves in, winning 51% (38/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Mai broke Cabrera 10 times after converting 48% of her break points (10/21).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Hontama has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of her matches (153-102). 3-1 on grass in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hontama has a composed3-1 win-loss record in the last 7 years on grass.
Hontama has an overall 13-13 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Lulu Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-15 | 10-6 | 10-4 | 6-3 | 7-2 | 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. 266, the Swiss reached the qualifications after defeating Federica Di Sarra 7-5 6-2 and Sarah Beth Grey 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Beth Askew (6-3 6-2). During the match Sun scored 61 points vs Beth Askew’s 43. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Sun scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Lulu Sun lost the serve once. Furthermore, Sun put 67% of her first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Sun broke Beth Askew 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.
The Swiss has an overall 16-12 win-loss record in 2022, 6-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hontama | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 37 |
| Pts | 176-148 | 126-99 |
| Total Points | 324 | 225 |
| Winners | 66 | 57 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Hontama and Sun played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mai Hontama conceded 1 set while Lulu Sun hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hontama has played 1 set more than Sun (5 vs 4). Therefore, Hontama played 12 games more than Sun. Hontama scored 66 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss recorded 57 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hontama | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 125/157 | 80/114 |
| %1st in | 80% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 66/125 | 57/80 |
| %1st pts | 53% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 50% |
Hontama didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sun struck 4 aces (2 per match). Hontama won 53% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 71% of the points on 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 | Hontama | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 9 |
| Converted | 17/35 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 49% | 64% |
| Conceded | 20 | 8 |
| Saved | 9 | 5 |
| % Saved | 45% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 3 |
Mai broke her opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. Mai lost her serve 11 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded. LuluAnke broke her opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hontama | ||||
| Q1 Wagner |
Q2 Cabrera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 49 | |
| pts | 75-52 | 101-96 | 176-148 | |
| Total points | 127 | 197 | 324 | |
| Winners | 28 | 38 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/62 | 74/95 | 125/157 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 78% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 28/51 | 38/74 | 66/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 51% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 8/21 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 38% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 10/21 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 48% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 16 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 9/16 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 56% | 28% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Sun | ||||
| Q1 Di Sarra |
Q2 Beth Askew |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 65-56 | 61-43 | 126-99 | |
| Total points | 121 | 104 | 225 | |
| Winners | 27 | 30 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/59 | 37/55 | 80/114 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 67% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 30/37 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 81% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 7/18 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 39% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 80% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 0% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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