Jelena Ostapenko and Lulu Sun will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. 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 Jelena Ostapenko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jelena Ostapenko is the pick to win this match.
Jelena Ostapenko -> 1.18
Lulu Sun -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Lulu Sun
There is no head to head record between Jelena Ostapenko and Lulu Sun since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jelena Ostapenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-9 | 13-6 | 4-3 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 21-15 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-19 | 19-10 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-19 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 7-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-8 | 3-2 | 4-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9, Ostapenko got to the 2nd round after beating Xiyu Wang 5-7 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Wang, Jelena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-3). During the match, Ostapenko scored 87 points vs Wang’s 76. The Latvian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ostapenko blasted 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Jelena Ostapenko was very effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of her 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. The Latvian broke Wang 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).
Ostapenko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (297-193). 11-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Ostapenko has an overall 130-101 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Adelaide where she overcame Daria Kasatkina in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Linz where she defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova in the final 6-2 6-3.
Jelena has an overall 15-3 win-loss record in 2024, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Lulu Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-10 | 10-6 | 7-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 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. 181 (career-high), Sun got to the 2nd round after beating Paula Badosa Gibert 6-4 ret..
In the 1st round against Badosa, LuluAnke had a free pass after Badosa retired on a 6-4 . scoreline.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W50 Roehampton where she defeated Heather Watson in the final 7-5 7-5.
Sun has an aggregate 12-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Sun has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ostapenko | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 10 |
| Pts | 87-76 | 38-35 |
| Total Points | 163 | 73 |
| Winners | 29 | 15 |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% |
Both Ostapenko and Sun played 1 match. At the moment, Jelena Ostapenko conceded 1 set while Lulu Sun hasn’t lost a set so far. Ostapenko has played 1 set more than Sun (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ostapenko played 19 games more than Sun. The Latvian scored 29 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss managed to score 15 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ostapenko | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 37/73 | 18/34 |
| %1st in | 51% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 15/18 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 8/16 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 50% |
Ostapenko blasted 2 aces . Sun struck 3 aces . Ostapenko won 78% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 83% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ostapenko | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 1 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 1/5 |
| % Converted | 40% | 20% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 25% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Jelena broke her opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Jelena conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded. LuluAnke broke her opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. LuluAnke was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Ostapenko | |||
| R1 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 87-76 | 87-76 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/73 | 37/73 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sun | |||
| R1 Badosa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | |
| pts | 38-35 | 38-35 | |
| Total points | 73 | 73 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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