Sofia Kenin and Su Jeong Jang will face off in the 1st round of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.144
Su Jeong Jang -> 5.6
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Su Jeong Jang
This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Su Jeong Jang face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Jeong Jang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Jeong Jang won 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 1st round in the Newport Beach back in 2018.
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-21 | 4-12 | 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 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 12-6 | 6-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, Kenin will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Sabalenka in the 1st round on the 1st of October.
Kenin has an aggregate 26-19 win-loss record in 2023, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sofia’s best result of the season was reaching the final in San Diego.
Talking about her overall career, Sofia has an overall 256-163 record. She has a positive 156-94 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
Sofia has never competed in this tournament before.
Su Jeong Jang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-15 | 11-11 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 27-17 | 2-4 | 7-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-20 | 5-8 | 20-8 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 0-0 | 40-14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 162, Jeong Jang will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match in Osaka where she lost 7-5 0-6 6-2 to Hontama in the 1st round on the 12th of September.
The Korean has an aggregate 31-19 win-loss record in 2023, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W60 Astana where she defeated Moyuka Uchijima in the final 6-1 6-4 and the W25 Kofu where she defeated Na-Lae Han in the final 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In terms of her career, The Korean has an overall 394-259 record. She has a positive 278-188 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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- Arantxa RusRus – Na-Lae HanHan (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Eri Hozumi/Makoto NinomiyaHozumi/Makoto Ninomiya – Quinn Gleason/Laura PigossiGleason/Laura Pigossi (3-6 6-4 10-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yue YuanYuan – Arianne HartonoHartono (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann – Irina KhromachevaKhromacheva (5-7 6-4 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – En Shuo LiangShuo Liang (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Alycia ParksParks (3-6 6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Mai HontamaHontama (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Claire LiuLiu – Yeon Woo KuWoo Ku (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eva LysLys – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kayla DayDay – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Su Jeong JangJeong Jang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laura PigossiPigossi – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sachia VickeryVickery – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dayeon BackBack – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Arantxa RusRus (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Yanina WickmayerWickmayer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaja JuvanJuvan – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
