Lulu Sun and Mccartney Kessler will fight against each other in the 1st round of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Grandstand. 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 Mccartney Kessler who should win in 3 sets.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.909
Lulu Sun -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Lulu Sun vs. Mccartney Kessler
There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Mccartney Kessler since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Lulu Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-15 | 10-6 | 10-4 | 6-3 | 5-2 | 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. 214, LuluAnke got to the 1st round after defeating Destanee Aiava 6-2 6-2 and Viktoria Hruncakova 7-61 7-64.
In the qualifications, LuluAnke had a good straight sets win against Kuzmova (7-61 7-64). During the match, Sun scored 81 points vs Kuzmova’s 74. Sun was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sun fired 11 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Lulu Sun was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (42/50) of her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sun broke Kuzmova once after converting 25% of her break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
LuluAnke started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Sun has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of her matches (196-108). 2-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sun has a compiled128-58 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Sun has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Sun has never competed in this tournament before.
Mccartney Kessler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-15 | 12-6 | 2-6 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 21-12 | 11-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-2 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-5 | 10-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 221 (career-high), the American got to the 1st round after beating Jessika Ponchet 6-2 6-75 6-3 and Ya-Yi Yang 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kessler had a good straight sets win against Yang (7-5 6-4). During the match Kessler scored 76 points vs Yang’s 60. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Kessler scored 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kessler put 53% of her first serves in, winning 57% (20/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Kessler broke Yang 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Kessler has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sun | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 52 |
| Pts | 145-118 | 184-150 |
| Total Points | 263 | 334 |
| Winners | 67 | 60 |
| %Winners | 46% | 33% |
Both Sun and Kessler played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mccartney Kessler lost 1 set while Lulu Sun hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sun has played 1 set(s) less than Kessler (4 vs 5). Therefore, Sun played 10 games less than Kessler. Sun scored 67 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Kessler blasted 60 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sun | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 78/128 | 91/167 |
| %1st in | 61% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 67/78 | 60/91 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 23/50 | 46/76 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 61% |
Sun bagged 19 aces (9.5 per match). Kessler struck 4 aces (2 per match). Sun won 86% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Kessler won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sun | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 43% | 63% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 82% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Swiss broke her opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. LuluAnke lost her serve twice and she saved 82% of the break points that she conceded. Kessler broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sun | ||||
| Q1 Aiava | Q3 Kuzmova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-61 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 | 42 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 81-74 | 145-118 | |
| Total points | 108 | 155 | 263 | |
| Winners | 25 | 42 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 52% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 50/79 | 78/128 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 42/50 | 67/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 84% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 15/29 | 23/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 52% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 1/4 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 67% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kessler | ||||
| Q1 Ponchet | Q3 Yang | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-75 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 22 | 52 | |
| pts | 108-90 | 76-60 | 184-150 | |
| Total points | 198 | 136 | 334 | |
| Winners | 40 | 20 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 26% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 56/101 | 35/66 | 91/167 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 20/35 | 60/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 57% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/45 | 16/31 | 46/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 52% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 7/10 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 70% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 29% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
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Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-4) – H2H and prediction
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- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Xiyu WangWang (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction