Jessica Pegula and Sofia Kenin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.165
Sofia Kenin -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Sofia Kenin
This will be the 5th time that Jessica Pegula and Sofia Kenin face off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kenin won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in at the French Open back in 2021.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs Jessica Pegula – French Open 05-June-2021
Jessica Pegula
31 - 11win/loss
7
3
LLLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-16 | 29-9 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-18 | 45-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 28-15 | 11-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-19 | 29-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, Pegula got to the 2nd round after defeating Shelby Rogers 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Jessica had a good straight sets win against Rogers (6-4 6-3). During the match, Pegula scored 67 points vs Rogers’s 57. Pegula was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pegula blasted 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 59% of her first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Pegula broke Rogers 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Pegula has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (329-176). 21-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pegula has a compiled 207-96 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Berlin where she overcame Anna Kalinskaya in the final 6-7(0) 6-4 7-6(3) and in Toronto where she overcame Amanda Anisimova in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1.
The American has an overall 31-11 win-loss record in 2024, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Sofia Kenin
9 - 20win/loss
86
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. 54, Sofia reached the 2nd round after defeating Emma Raducanu 6-1 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kenin defeated Raducanu (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match Kenin scored 92 points vs Raducanu’s 80. The American was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Kenin recorded 6 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 74% of her first serves in, winning 65% (45/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Raducanu 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Kenin has an overall 9-20 win-loss record in 2024, 3-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pegula | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 |
| Pts | 67-57 | 92-80 |
| Total Points | 124 | 172 |
| Winners | 33 | 45 |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% |
Both Pegula and Kenin played 1 match. At the moment, Sofia Kenin lost 1 set while Jessica Pegula hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pegula has played 1 set(s) less than Kenin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Pegula played 7 games less than Kenin. The American scored 33 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 45 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pegula | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 69/93 |
| %1st in | 59% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 45/69 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 50% |
Pegula struck 3 aces . Kenin made 6 aces . Pegula won 75% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 65% of the points on 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 | Pegula | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The American broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American lost her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Kenin broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kenin conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pegula | |||
| R1 Rogers |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-57 | 67-57 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 44/74 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 33/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kenin | |||
| R1 Raducanu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 92-80 | 92-80 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 69/93 | 69/93 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 45/69 | 45/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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