Sloane Stephens and Yue Yuan will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 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 Sloane Stephens who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sloane Stephens is the pick to win this match.
Sloane Stephens -> 1.47
Yue Yuan -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Sloane Stephens vs. Yue Yuan
There is no head to head record between Sloane Stephens and Yue Yuan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sloane Stephens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-10 | 8-8 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-20 | 11-14 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-17 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-19 | 6-11 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-11 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, the American will start her run in Hobart after she played her last match in Brisbane where she lost 2-6 6-1 6-3 to Mertens in the 2nd round on the 3rd of January.
Sloane has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 364-262 record. She has a positive 194-158 record on hard.
Previously in Hobart
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2013. See her history.
Yue Yuan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-9 | 17-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-29 | 27-17 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 33-16 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 3-6 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73 (career-high), the Chinese got to the 1st round after beating Diana Shnaider 7-5 4-6 6-4 and Nadia Podoroska 4-6 6-4 7-62.
In the qualifications against Podoroska, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-62). During the match Yuan scored 118 points vs Podoroska’s 106. Yue was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.
About the serving games, Yuan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yue Yuan lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Yuan put 70% of her first serves in, winning 68% (53/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Yue broke Podoroska 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yue started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
The Chinese has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hobart
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Hobart
- Elise MertensMertens – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lin ZhuZhu – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daria SavilleSaville – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (3-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-63 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (1-6 7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arantxa RusRus – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (6-3 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pol Toledo BagueToledo Bague – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-65 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Nicolas AlmagroAlmagro (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo DonatiDonati – Gonzalo EscobarEscobar (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gianluigi QuinziQuinzi – Ricardo Ojeda LaraOjeda Lara (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez (7-62 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Ante PavicPavic (6-4 6-78 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Blaz RolaRola – Cristian RodriguezRodriguez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Facundo ArguelloArguello (3-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-61 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gleb SakharovSakharov – Joao DominguesDomingues (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomislav BrkicBrkic – Gerald MelzerMelzer (6-1 1-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mayar SherifSherif – Caroline DolehideDolehide (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Sofia KeninKenin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yue YuanYuan – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Olivia GadeckiGadecki – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clara BurelBurel – Emma NavarroNavarro (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arantxa RusRus – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
