Sofia Kenin and Clara Tauson will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on Court 7. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clara Tauson who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Clara Tauson is the pick to win this match.
Clara Tauson -> 1.81
Sofia Kenin -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Clara Tauson

There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Clara Tauson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Sofia Kenin

Sofia Kenin

6 - 14win/loss

Hard
1-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-6
Rank
85
High
4
LWWLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-26 10-17 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. 56, Sofia reached the 3rd round after defeating Laura Siegemund 4-6 6-2 6-2 and Caroline Garcia 6-3 6-3.

In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Garcia (6-3 6-3). During the match, Kenin scored 74 points vs Garcia’s 57. Sofia was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kenin scored just 1 ace in the match and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Sofia Kenin was quite effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of her 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Kenin broke Garcia 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sofia has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Kenin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (257-174). 5-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kenin has an overall 67-49 record in the last years on clay.

The American has an overall 6-13 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Kenin's Record

Clara Tauson

Clara Tauson

26 - 12win/loss

Hard
8-6
I Hard
4-2
Clay
14-3
Carpet
0-1
Rank
51
High
33
LWLWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-28 19-16 14-5 5-3 0-3 0-1
2023 38-21 6-7 13-5 12-8 2-1 5-0
2022 26-18 10-12 0-1 16-4 0-1 0-0
2021 42-15 13-4 4-5 21-4 0-2 4-0
2020 30-7 8-3 12-2 10-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 72, Clara got to the 3rd round after beating Tatjana Maria 6-2 6-3 and Jelena Ostapenko 7-64 4-6 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Clara defeated Ostapenko (7-64 4-6 6-3). During the match Tauson scored 110 points vs Ostapenko’s 99. Clara was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Tauson scored 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Clara Tauson lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tauson put 50% of her first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (22/48) on the 2nd serve. Clara broke Ostapenko 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Dane has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Clara’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Oeiras.

Tauson has an aggregate 25-12 win-loss record in 2024, 13-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See her history.

French Open
Tauson's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Kenin
C.Tauson
3h:22
3h:22
Time on court​
3h:25
3h:25
1h:25
1h:25
Last match​
!
2h:21
2h:21
2
2
Match played
2
2
44
44
Games Played​
49
49
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
158
158
Total points​
170
170
79
79
Avg point​
85
85
68
68
Winners
55
55
34
34
Avg Winners​
27.5
27.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
7
7
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
3
3
68/101
68/101
1st won total​
55/74
55/74
67%
67%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
22/36
22/36
2nd won total​
32/66
32/66
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
10/16
10/16
BP won
11/26
11/26
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
5.5/13
5.5/13
!
63%
63%
Won
42%
42%
15
15
Conceded
11
11
7.5
7.5
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
4
4
Broken
7
7
2
2
Avg Broken
3.5
3.5
11
11
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kenin Tauson
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 44 49
Pts 158-122 170-142
Total Points 280 312
Winners 68 55
%Winners 43% 32%

Both Kenin and Tauson played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sofia Kenin conceded 1 set, while Clara Tauson conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kenin and Tauson have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kenin played 5 games less than Tauson. Sofia scored 68 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Clara fired 55 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kenin Tauson
Aces 1 7
Avg per match 0.5 3.5
1st in 101/137 74/140
%1st in 74% 53%
1st pts 68/101 55/74
%1st pts 67% 74%
2nd pts 22/36 32/66
%2nd pts 61% 48%

Kenin blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Tauson also bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kenin won 67% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Tauson won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kenin Tauson
Won 10 11
Converted 10/16 11/26
% Converted 63% 42%
Conceded 15 11
Saved 11 4
% Saved 73% 36%
Times Broken 4 7

Kenin broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American lost her serve 4 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Dane broke her opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Tauson conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 36% of the break points that she conceded.

Kenin
R1
Siegemund
R2
Garcia
Total
Score 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 26 18 44
pts 84-65 74-57 158-122
Total points 149 131 280
Winners 36 32 68
%Winners 43% 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1
Double Faults 3 0 3
1st in 57/83 44/54 101/137
% 1st in 69% 81% 74%
1st pts 36/57 32/44 68/101
% 1st pts 63% 73% 67%
2nd pts 16/26 6/10 22/36
% 2nd pts 62% 60% 61%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/7 4/9 10/16
Converted % 86% 44% 63%
Conceded 11 4 15
Saved 8/11 3/4 11
Saved % 73% 75% 74%
Times Broken 3 1 4
Tauson
R1
Maria
R2
Ostapenko
Total
Score 6-2 6-3 7-64 4-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 32 49
pts 60-43 110-99 170-142
Total points 103 209 312
Winners 21 34 55
%Winners 35% 31% 32%
SERVE
Aces 3 4 7
Double Faults 1 5 6
1st in 26/44 48/96 74/140
% 1st in 59% 50% 53%
1st pts 21/26 34/48 55/74
% 1st pts 81% 71% 74%
2nd pts 10/18 22/48 32/66
% 2nd pts 56% 46% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 6 11
Converted 5/11 6/15 11/26
Converted % 45% 40% 42%
Conceded 1 10 11
Saved 0/1 4/10 4
Saved % 0% 40% 20%
Times Broken 1 6 7

Tennis Scores – French Open

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