Linda Noskova and Lulu Sun will play each other in the final of the Abierto GNP Seguros for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Linda Noskova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Linda Noskova is the pick to win this match.
Linda Noskova -> 1.63
Lulu Sun -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Lulu Sun

This will be the 2^nd time that Linda Noskova and Lulu Sun clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sun (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Sun won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1^st round in Cincinnati back in August 2024.

Highlights Lulu Sun vs Linda Noskova – Cincinnati 13-August-2024

Linda Noskova

Ranked no. 35, Linda got to the final after beating Anna Danilina 6-0 6-1, Xiyu Wang 6-4 7-6(11), Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-4 and Emma Navarro 7-6(7) 7-5.

In the semifinal, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Navarro (7-6⁷ 7-5). During the match, Noskova scored 85 points vs Navarro’s 80. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Noskova recorded 5 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Linda Noskova lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Noskova put 51% of her first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. Linda broke Navarro 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Linda hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Noskova has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of her matches (146-72). 18-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Noskova has a compiled63-29 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Linda’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane, Prague and Monterrey.

Linda has an aggregate 27-16 win-loss record in 2024, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Monterrey

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Lulu Sun

Ranked no. 57, LuluAnke got to the final after defeating Chloe Paquet 7-6(3) 6-3, Maria Lourdes Carle 6-3 2-6 7-6(2), Erika Andreeva 6-4 6-3 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-5 3-6 7-6(6).

In the semifinal, LuluAnke defeated Alexandrova (7-5 3-6 7-6⁶).During the match Sun scored less points (3) than Alexandrova. In fact, the world no. 35 won 102 points vs Alexandrova’s. That means that Sun was more focused during the important points. Sun was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, Sun bagged 17 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Lulu Sun was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (52/70) of her 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sun broke Alexandrova once after converting 33% of her break points (1/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sun has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.

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

LuluAnke has a compiled 41-18 win-loss record in 2024, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Noskova	Sun
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	8	10
Tot Games	81	105
Pts	278-227	344-314
Total Points	505	658
Winners	117	149
%Winners	42%	43%

Both Noskova and Sun played 4 matches. At the moment, Lulu Sun dropped 2 sets while Linda Noskova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Noskova has played 2 set(s) less than Sun (8 vs 10). Therefore, Noskova played 24 games less than Sun. Linda scored 117 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, LuluAnke fired 149 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Noskova	Sun
Aces	18	37
Avg per match	4.5	9.3
1st in	145/259	202/318
%1st in	56%	64%
1st pts	117/145	149/202
%1st pts	81%	74%
2nd pts	56/114	69/116
%2nd pts	49%	59%

Noskova fired 18 aces (4.5 per match). Sun bagged 37 aces (9.3 per match). Noskova won 81% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Noskova	Sun
Won	13	8
Converted	13/26	8/21
% Converted	50%	38%
Conceded	11	12
Saved	7	7
% Saved	64%	58%
Times Broken	4	5

Linda broke her opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Noskova dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Sun broke her opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Sun conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.

Noskova
	R1 Danilina	R2 Wang	1/4 Svitolina	1/2 Navarro	Total
Score	6-0 6-1	6-4 7-611	6-4 6-4	7-67 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	13	23	20	25	81
pts	50-23	76-69	67-55	85-80	278-227
Total points	73	145	122	165	505
Winners	23	28	32	34	117
%Winners	46%	37%	48%	40%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	4	5	18
Double Faults	7	4	4	8	23
1st in	26/41	39/70	35/59	45/89	145/259
% 1st in	63%	56%	59%	51%	56%
1st pts	23/26	28/39	32/35	34/45	117/145
% 1st pts	88%	72%	91%	76%	81%
2nd pts	6/15	17/31	11/24	22/44	56/114
% 2nd pts	40%	55%	46%	50%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	3	2	3	13
Converted	5/6	3/9	2/5	3/6	13/26
Converted %	83%	33%	40%	50%	50%
Conceded	0	4	2	5	11
Saved	0/0	2/4	2/2	3/5	7
Saved %	–	50%	100%	60%	53%
Times Broken	0	2	0	2	4

Sun
	R1 Paquet	R2 Lourdes	1/4 Andreeva	1/2 Alexandrova	Total
Score	7-63 6-3	6-3 2-6 7-62	6-4 6-3	7-5 3-6 7-66
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	22	30	19	34	105
pts	73-59	107-105	62-45	102-105	344-314
Total points	132	212	107	207	658
Winners	32	37	28	52	149
%Winners	44%	35%	45%	51%	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	8	17	37
Double Faults	5	4	0	3	12
1st in	41/69	57/105	34/48	70/96	202/318
% 1st in	59%	54%	71%	73%	64%
1st pts	32/41	37/57	28/34	52/70	149/202
% 1st pts	78%	65%	82%	74%	74%
2nd pts	18/28	27/48	10/14	14/26	69/116
% 2nd pts	64%	56%	71%	54%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2	3	1	8
Converted	2/4	2/8	3/6	1/3	8/21
Converted %	50%	25%	50%	33%	38%
Conceded	3	8	0	1	12
Saved	2/3	5/8	0/0	0/1	7
Saved %	67%	63%	–	0%	33%
Times Broken	1	3	0	1	5

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