Zeynep Sonmez and Lulu Sun will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on Court 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lulu Sun who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lulu Sun is the pick to win this match.
Lulu Sun -> 1.72
Zeynep Sonmez -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Zeynep Sonmez vs. Lulu Sun

There is no head to head record between Zeynep Sonmez and Lulu Sun since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Zeynep Sonmez

Ranked no. 155, Zeynep got to the qualifications after beating Xiaodi You 7-5 6-2 and Olga Danilovic 4-6 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications against Danilovic, Zeynep recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-1). During the match, Sonmez scored 93 points vs Danilovic’s 73. Sonmez was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sonmez couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 6 double faults. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 63% of her first serves in, winning 71% (37/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Danilovic 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Turk started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Sonmez has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of her matches (171-106). 4-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sonmez has an aggregate54-29 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Zeynep has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Sonmez has never competed in this tournament before.

Lulu Sun

Ranked no. 189 (career-high), Sun reached the qualifications after defeating Heather Watson 6-4 6-3 and Su Jeong Jang 6-1 1-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Swiss defeated Jeong Jang (6-1 1-6 6-4). During the match Sun scored 77 points vs Jeong Jang’s 74. Sun was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Sun made 3 aces and she was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lulu Sun lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sun put 58% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Jeong Jang 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

LuluAnke started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

The Swiss has a composed 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sonmez	Sun
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	44	43
Pts	169-136	149-131
Total Points	305	280
Winners	73	59
%Winners	43%	40%

Both Sonmez and Sun played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Zeynep Sonmez conceded 1 set, while Lulu Sun lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sonmez and Sun have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Sonmez played 1 game more than Sun. Zeynep scored 73 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Sun made 59 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sonmez	Sun
Aces	0	11
Avg per match	0	5.5
1st in	104/166	84/132
%1st in	63%	64%
1st pts	73/104	59/84
%1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	24/62	25/48
%2nd pts	39%	52%

Sonmez didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sun struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Sonmez won 70% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sonmez	Sun
Won	12	9
Converted	12/19	9/17
% Converted	63%	53%
Conceded	20	10
Saved	15	5
% Saved	75%	50%
Times Broken	5	5

Zeynep broke her opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sonmez surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Swiss broke her opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Sun conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Sonmez
	Q1 You	Q2 Danilovic	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	4-6 6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	24	44
pts	76-63	93-73	169-136
Total points	139	166	305
Winners	36	37	73
%Winners	47%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	7	6	13
1st in	52/84	52/82	104/166
% 1st in	62%	63%	63%
1st pts	36/52	37/52	73/104
% 1st pts	69%	71%	70%
2nd pts	13/32	11/30	24/62
% 2nd pts	41%	37%	39%
Breaks
Won	5	7	12
Converted	5/6	7/13	12/19
Converted %	83%	54%	63%
Conceded	11	9	20
Saved	9/11	6/9	15
Saved %	82%	67%	75%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Sun
	Q1 Watson	Q2 Jeong Jang	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-1 1-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	24	43
pts	72-57	77-74	149-131
Total points	129	151	280
Winners	30	29	59
%Winners	42%	38%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	3	11
Double Faults	4	0	4
1st in	42/59	42/73	84/132
% 1st in	71%	58%	64%
1st pts	30/42	29/42	59/84
% 1st pts	71%	69%	70%
2nd pts	10/17	15/31	25/48
% 2nd pts	59%	48%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/8	5/9	9/17
Converted %	50%	56%	53%
Conceded	3	7	10
Saved	2/3	3/7	5
Saved %	67%	43%	55%
Times Broken	1	4	5

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