[UPDATED R2]. Prediction, H2H of Lulu Sun’s draw vs Blinkova, Alexandrova, Zhu, Ostapenko to win the Seoul

Seoul draw preview with H2H - Lulu Sun may need to overcome Anna Blinkova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Lin Zhu, Jelena Ostapenko to conquer the title in the Hana Bank Korea Open.

Lulu Sun Stats info

Lulu Sun is 4 wins away to conquer the title in Seoul. The Swiss has defeated Lizette Cabrera 7-66 6-2 to reach the 2nd round where she will face Anna Blinkova.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Lulu Sun’s projected draw alongside with the likely opponents in Hana Bank Korea Open. The Swiss has no record with the projected opponents.

R1 – Lizette Cabrera (229) – 7-66 6-2
R2 – Anna Blinkova (146) – H2H 0-0
1/4 – Ekaterina Alexandrova (24) – H2H 0-0
1/2 – Lin Zhu (70) – H2H 0-0
or Tatjana Maria (80) – H2H 1-1
Fin – Jelena Ostapenko (19) – H2H 0-0
or Magda Linette (51) – H2H 0-0
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R2 – Anna Blinkova’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

46 - 29win/loss in 2024

Rank
73
High
34
LWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2022 46-29 7-8 16-10 21-7 1-3 1-1
2021 15-24 5-11 6-6 2-4 2-3 0-0
2020 9-14 4-10 4-3 1-1 0-0 0-0
2019 48-28 24-15 14-5 5-4 5-4 0-0
2018 42-27 18-13 6-5 14-6 4-3 0-0
2017 30-22 8-4 3-5 14-9 5-4 0-0
2016 41-16 9-2 8-7 21-6 0-0 3-1
2015 11-6 8-3 0-1 3-2 0-0 0-0

Anna Blinkova has a 33-24 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on hard. In the last 9 years, Anna has a 83-65 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Russian won 6 of her last 10 matches.

Anna’s best result of this season was reaching the final the Boutheon, the W60 Grenoble, the W25 Le Havre and the Malo.

Last year in Hana Bank Korea Open the Russian didn’t play in this tournament.

H2H Lulu Sun vs. Anna Blinkova

There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Anna Blinkova since this would be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

1/4 – Ekaterina Alexandrova’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

35 - 18win/loss in 2024

Rank
19
High
15
LLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2019 42-27 16-12 3-7 18-4 5-4 0-0
2018 29-24 7-10 8-7 11-3 3-4 0-0
2017 33-25 15-11 6-8 10-4 2-2 0-0
2016 49-21 4-4 15-7 22-7 4-1 4-2
2015 34-21 0-0 25-13 7-6 0-0 2-2

Ekaterina Alexandrova has a 29-16 record in 2022, 9-9 on hard. In connection to the last 8 years, the Russian has a 70-59 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Russian won 6 of her last 10 matches.

Her best achievement of the current season was winning the competition in Hertogenbosch where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-5 6-0.

Last year in Hana Bank Korea Open Alexandrova didn’t compete in this tournament.

H2H Lulu Sun vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Ekaterina Alexandrova since this would be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

1/2 – Lin Zhu’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

41 - 26win/loss in 2024

Rank
84
High
31
LWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2022 41-26 34-15 6-6 1-2 0-3 0-0
2021 13-14 8-10 0-1 4-0 1-3 0-0
2020 5-6 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 56-27 53-20 1-3 0-0 2-4 0-0
2018 32-24 30-20 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-1
2017 37-23 30-17 0-1 5-2 2-2 0-1
2016 35-31 32-25 0-2 0-0 3-4 0-0
2015 19-24 15-14 3-6 0-0 1-4 0-0

Lin Zhu has a 36-21 win-loss record in 2022, 30-11 on hard. As for the previous 12 years, Lin has a 302-179 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Chinese won 8 of her last 10 matches.

Zhu’s most significant achievement of the season was reaching the final the W60+H Irapuato, the W25 Monastir and the W100 Landisville.

Last year in Hana Bank Korea Open Zhu won the competition after ousting Kristina Mladenovic 6-0 6-4.

H2H Lulu Sun vs. Lin Zhu

There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Lin Zhu since this would be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Notwithstanding, Lulu Sun may compete against Tatjana Maria. Their H2H is 1-1.

Final – Jelena Ostapenko’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

33 - 19win/loss in 2024

Rank
18
High
5
WWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
2020 9-8 3-2 4-3 2-3 0-0 0-0
2019 26-28 8-14 3-7 11-4 4-3 0-0
2018 28-22 12-14 5-4 4-2 7-2 0-0
2017 50-21 21-11 21-4 3-4 5-2 0-0
2016 21-30 12-18 2-4 3-4 4-4 0-0
2015 46-21 11-5 10-6 14-5 4-3 7-2

Jelena Ostapenko has a 26-15 record in 2022, 14-8 on hard. During the previous 11 years, the Latvian has a 97-84 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Jelena won 6 of her last 10 matches.

Her best achievement of the year was conquering the tournament in Dubai where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-0 6-4.

Last year in Hana Bank Korea Open Jelena didn’t compete in this tournament.

H2H Lulu Sun vs. Jelena Ostapenko

There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Jelena Ostapenko since this would be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Possibly, Lulu Sun may square off with Magda Linette. Their head to head is 0-0.