Lulu Sun and Yuliia Starodubtseva will square off in the 2nd round of Wimbledon for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 16. 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 Yuliia Starodubtseva who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuliia Starodubtseva is the pick to win this match.
Yuliia Starodubtseva -> 1.909
Lulu Sun -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Lulu Sun vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva

This will be the 2nd time that Lulu Sun and Yuliia Starodubtseva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Starodubtseva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Starodubtseva won 7-5 6-3 in the final in the W60 Rancho Santa Fe back in 2023.

Lulu Sun

Lulu Sun

31 - 15win/loss

Hard
10-6
I Hard
6-3
Clay
10-4
Grass
5-2
Rank
40
High
39
LLLWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-21 17-10 10-5 6-3 8-3 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. 123 (career-high), Sun got to the 2nd round after beating Miriam Bianca Bulgaru 6-2 6-1, Gabriela Andrea Knutson 4-6 6-4 7-66, Alexandra Eala 7-63 7-5 and Qinwen Zheng 4-6 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round against Zheng, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Sun scored 85 points vs Zheng’s 74. LuluAnke was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sun blasted 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Lulu Sun was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (35/44) of her 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Sun broke Zheng 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Sun has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 65% of her matches (225-123). 5-2 on grass in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sun has a compiled16-9 match record in the last 9 years on grass.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W50 Roehampton where she overcame Heather Watson in the final 7-5 7-5 and the W100 Bonita Springs where she defeated Maya Joint in the final 6-1 6-3.

The Swiss has a composed 31-15 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Wimbledon
Sun's Record

Yuliia Starodubtseva

Yuliia Starodubtseva

21 - 14win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
9-8
Grass
5-1
Rank
97
High
79
LLLLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-26 26-15 9-9 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 46-17 20-5 19-10 7-2 0-0 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 153, Starodubtseva got to the 2nd round after beating Anna Bondar 6-4 6-0, Anastasia Tikhonova 6-1 6-2, Maddison Inglis 6-4 6-2 and Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Yuliia had a good straight sets win against Van Uytvanck (6-4 6-3). During the match Starodubtseva scored 65 points vs Van Uytvanck’s 45. Yuliia was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Starodubtseva struck 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yuliia Starodubtseva lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Starodubtseva put 81% of her first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Van Uytvanck 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Starodubtseva’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the W100 Oeiras.

The Ukrainian has a compiled 21-14 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Wimbledon
Starodubtseva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Sun
Y.Starodubtsewa
6h:38
6h:38
Time on court​
4h:46
4h:46
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
4
4
Match played
4
4
101
101
Games Played​
68
68
10
10
Set played​​
8
8
330
330
Total points​
251
251
82.5
82.5
Avg point​
62.8
62.8
122
122
Winners
94
94
30.5
30.5
Avg Winners​
23.5
23.5
37%
37%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
5
5
2.8
2.8
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
9
9
Double Faults
2
2
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
122/165
122/165
1st won total​
94/131
94/131
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
71/130
71/130
2nd won total​
37/58
37/58
55%
55%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
18/35
18/35
BP won
19/33
19/33
4.5/8.8
4.5/8.8
Avg BP won
4.8/8.3
4.8/8.3
!
51%
51%
Won
!
58%
58%
28
28
Conceded
9
9
7
7
Avg Conceded
2.3
2.3
10
10
Broken
5
5
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
18
18
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sun Starodubtseva
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 10 8
Tot Games 101 68
Pts 330-279 251-165
Total Points 609 416
Winners 122 94
%Winners 37% 37%

Both Sun and Starodubtseva played 4 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Lulu Sun lost 2 sets while Yuliia Starodubtseva hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sun has played 2 sets more than Starodubtseva (10 vs 8). Therefore, Sun played 33 games more than Starodubtseva. Sun scored 122 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian scored 94 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sun Starodubtseva
Aces 11 5
Avg per match 2.8 1.3
1st in 165/295 131/189
%1st in 56% 69%
1st pts 122/165 94/131
%1st pts 74% 72%
2nd pts 71/130 37/58
%2nd pts 55% 64%

Sun scored 11 aces (2.8 per match). Starodubtseva managed to score 5 aces (1.3 per match). Sun won 74% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Starodubtseva won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sun Starodubtseva
Won 18 19
Converted 18/35 19/33
% Converted 51% 58%
Conceded 28 9
Saved 18 4
% Saved 64% 44%
Times Broken 10 5

The Swiss broke her opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. LuluAnke lost her serve 10 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Starodubtseva broke her opponents 19 times with a 58% conversion rate. Yuliia conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.

Sun
Q1
Bianca
Q2
Andrea Knutson
Q3
Eala
R1
Zheng
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-4 7-66 7-63 7-5 4-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 10
Tot Games 15 33 25 28 101
pts 58-35 102-100 85-70 85-74 330-279
Total points 93 202 155 159 609
Winners 15 41 31 35 122
%Winners 26% 40% 36% 41% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 3 3 11
Double Faults 3 4 1 1 9
1st in 19/39 54/103 48/75 44/78 165/295
% 1st in 49% 52% 64% 56% 56%
1st pts 15/19 41/54 31/48 35/44 122/165
% 1st pts 79% 76% 65% 80% 74%
2nd pts 12/20 24/49 17/27 18/34 71/130
% 2nd pts 60% 49% 63% 53% 55%
Breaks
Won 6 3 5 4 18
Converted 6/10 3/7 5/11 4/7 18/35
Converted % 60% 43% 45% 57% 51%
Conceded 4 10 6 8 28
Saved 3/4 7/10 2/6 6/8 18
Saved % 75% 70% 33% 75% 63%
Times Broken 1 3 4 2 10
Starodubtseva
Q1
Bondar
Q2
Tikhonova
Q3
Inglis
R1
Van Uytvanck
Total
Score 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 16 15 18 19 68
pts 66-45 60-38 60-37 65-45 251-165
Total points 111 98 97 110 416
Winners 22 18 22 32 94
%Winners 33% 30% 37% 49% 37%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 1 2 5
Double Faults 0 1 0 1 2
1st in 31/46 26/45 31/45 43/53 131/189
% 1st in 67% 58% 69% 81% 69%
1st pts 22/31 18/26 22/31 32/43 94/131
% 1st pts 71% 69% 71% 74% 72%
2nd pts 10/15 11/19 12/14 4/10 37/58
% 2nd pts 67% 58% 86% 40% 64%
Breaks
Won 5 6 4 4 19
Converted 5/12 6/8 4/5 4/8 19/33
Converted % 42% 75% 80% 50% 58%
Conceded 2 3 2 2 9
Saved 1/2 2/3 1/2 0/2 4
Saved % 50% 67% 50% 0% 42%
Times Broken 1 1 1 2 5

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

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