Katie Boulter and Sofia Kenin will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on Center Court. 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 Katie Boulter who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.44
Sofia Kenin -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Sofia Kenin

This will be the 2^nd time that Katie Boulter and Sofia Kenin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kenin won 6-4 4-1 ret. in the 2^nd round in Acapulco back in 2019.

Katie Boulter

Ranked no. 33, Katie got to the semifinal after beating Priscilla Hon 6-1 6-4, Kyoka Okamura 6-1 6-2 and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 6-2 6-1.

In the quarter, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Andreescu (6-2 6-1). During the match, Boulter scored 55 points vs Andreescu’s 28. Katie was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Boulter made 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Katie Boulter was very efficient on serve to win 87% (20/23) of her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Andreescu 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 64% of the points she played.

Boulter has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (272-162). 20-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Boulter has a composed 136-94 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in San Diego where she beat Marta Kostyuk in the final 5-7 6-2 6-2 and in Nottingham where she defeated Karolina Pliskova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.

Boulter has a composed 32-20 win-loss record in 2024, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Boulter has never competed in this tournament before.

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 155, Sofia reached the semifinal after defeating Xinyu Wang 6-1 6-4, Clara Tauson 6-7(8) 6-4 7-6(6) and Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Kenin had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-3 6-4). During the match Kenin scored 63 points vs Kasatkina’s 52. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Kenin couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Kenin put 62% of her first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Kasatkina 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Kenin has an overall 13-24 win-loss record in 2024, 7-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Boulter	Kenin
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	47	72
Pts	168-96	254-215
Total Points	264	469
Winners	63	107
%Winners	38%	42%

Both Boulter and Kenin played 3 matches. At the moment, Sofia Kenin conceded 1 set while Katie Boulter hasn’t lost a set so far. Boulter has played 1 set(s) less than Kenin (6 vs 7). Therefore, Boulter played 25 games less than Kenin. The Brit scored 63 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kenin made 107 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Boulter	Kenin
Aces	9	7
Avg per match	3	2.3
1st in	80/133	144/209
%1st in	60%	69%
1st pts	63/80	107/144
%1st pts	79%	74%
2nd pts	32/53	33/65
%2nd pts	60%	51%

Boulter recorded 9 aces (3 per match). Kenin struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Boulter won 79% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Boulter	Kenin
Won	15	11
Converted	15/19	11/24
% Converted	79%	46%
Conceded	3	5
Saved	2	1
% Saved	67%	20%
Times Broken	1	4

Katie broke her opponents 15 times with a 79% conversion rate. Boulter conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Sofia broke her opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Sofia conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded.

Boulter
	R1 Hon	R2 Okamura	1/4 Andreescu	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-1 6-2	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	15	15	47
pts	59-42	54-26	55-28	168-96
Total points	101	80	83	264
Winners	27	16	20	63
%Winners	46%	30%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	0	5	9
Double Faults	3	2	4	9
1st in	37/57	20/37	23/39	80/133
% 1st in	65%	54%	59%	60%
1st pts	27/37	16/20	20/23	63/80
% 1st pts	73%	80%	87%	79%
2nd pts	9/20	13/17	10/16	32/53
% 2nd pts	45%	76%	63%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	5	5	15
Converted	5/5	5/7	5/7	15/19
Converted %	100%	71%	71%	79%
Conceded	2	0	1	3
Saved	1/2	0/0	1/1	2
Saved %	50%	–	100%	50%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Kenin
	R1 Wang	R2 Tauson	1/4 Kasatkina	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-78 6-4 7-66	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	17	36	19	72
pts	71-49	120-114	63-52	254-215
Total points	120	234	115	469
Winners	30	56	21	107
%Winners	42%	47%	33%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	0	7
Double Faults	3	5	1	9
1st in	36/48	77/111	31/50	144/209
% 1st in	75%	69%	62%	69%
1st pts	30/36	56/77	21/31	107/144
% 1st pts	83%	73%	68%	74%
2nd pts	7/12	18/34	8/19	33/65
% 2nd pts	58%	53%	42%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	2	6	11
Converted	3/8	2/6	6/10	11/24
Converted %	38%	33%	60%	46%
Conceded	1	1	3	5
Saved	1/1	0/1	0/3	1
Saved %	100%	0%	0%	33%
Times Broken	0	1	3	4

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Alexander ZhurbinZhurbin – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jelle SelsSels – Harri HeliovaaraHeliovaara (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Qinwen ZhengZheng – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Katie BoulterBoulter (1-0) – H2H and prediction