Xinyu Wang and Sofia Kenin will fight against each other in the 1st round of the ASB Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on Stadium. 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 Xinyu Wang who should win in 3 sets.
Xinyu Wang -> 1.89
Sofia Kenin -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Xinyu Wang vs. Sofia Kenin
This will be the 2nd time that Xinyu Wang and Sofia Kenin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for 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 6-2 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2021.
Xinyu Wang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-25 | 12-15 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-26 | 20-18 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 32-17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-27 | 8-14 | 5-5 | 15-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 10-9 | 6-8 | 14-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 86, Xinyu will start her run in Auckland after she won the title in the W60 Tokyo after beating 6-1 4-6 6-3 Uchijima in the final.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Xinyu won her last 5 matches.
Talking about her overall career, The Chinese has an overall 163-107 record. She has a positive 90-65 record on hard.
Previously in Auckland
Wang has never competed in this tournament before.
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 227, Kenin will start her run in Auckland after she played her last match in the Limoges where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Blinkova in the 1st round on the 11th of December.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of her career, Kenin has an overall 230-144 record. She has a positive 139-83 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cori GauffGauff – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Erin RoutliffeRoutliffe (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Bernarda PeraPera (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Caty McNallyMcNally (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Brenda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ingrid Martins/Ingrid NeelMartins/Ingrid Neel – Sophie Chang/Angela KulikovChang/Angela Kulikov (6-3 4-6 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Dalma GalfiGalfi (6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miyu Kato/Aldila SutjiadiKato/Aldila Sutjiadi – Monique Adamczak/Alexandra OsborneAdamczak/Alexandra Osborne (6-4 4-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lin ZhuZhu – Madison BrengleBrengle (4-6 7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Katie VolynetsVolynets (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Julia GrabherGrabher – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (5-7 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Latisha Chan/Alexa GuarachiChan/Alexa Guarachi – Nao Hibino/Olivia TjandramuliaHibino/Olivia Tjandramulia (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Andrea BorroniBorroni (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Nicolo TurchettiTurchetti (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea BassoBasso – Andrea GolaGola (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Stefano BattaglinoBattaglino (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniele CapecchiCapecchi – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (0-6 6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andres Gabriel CiurlettiGabriel Ciurletti – Stefano ReitanoReitano (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani – Marco MiceliMiceli (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Antonio ZuccaZucca (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabrizio OrnagoOrnago – Filippo BorellaBorella (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Sofia KeninKenin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Lauren DavisDavis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nao HibinoHibino – Danka KovinicKovinic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xiyu WangWang – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Venus WilliamsWilliams – Lin ZhuZhu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Julia GrabherGrabher – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction