H2H, prediction of Sofia Kenin vs Mei Yamaguchi in Hong Kong with odds, preview, pick | 29th October 2024

PREVIEW. Hong Kong. Kenin and Yamaguchi will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Tuesday the 29th of October

Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Mei Yamaguchi

Sofia Kenin and Mei Yamaguchi will face off in the 1st round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.13
Mei Yamaguchi -> 5.95

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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Mei Yamaguchi

There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Mei Yamaguchi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Sofia Kenin

Sofia Kenin
Sofia Kenin

14 - 25win/loss

Hard
8-16
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-6
Grass
1-3
Rank
88
High
4
LWWWWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-25 8-16 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. 88, Kenin will start her run in Hong Kong after she played her last match in Tokyo where she lost 7-6(5) 6-3 to Zheng in the final on the 27th of October.

The American has a composed 14-25 win-loss record in 2024, 8-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Sofia’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Tokyo.

Talking about her overall career, Kenin has an overall 271-190 record. She has a positive 164-111 record on hard.

Previously in Hong Kong

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Kenin
Hong Kong
Kenin's Record

Mei Yamaguchi

Mei Yamaguchi
Mei Yamaguchi

37 - 23win/loss

Hard
28-19
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-1
Carpet
8-3
Rank
362
High
362
WWLWWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-23 28-19 1-1 0-0 0-0 8-3
2023 36-31 30-24 1-1 0-1 1-2 4-3
2022 15-13 1-4 8-5 1-2 0-0 5-2
2021 26-13 13-4 13-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 8-4 7-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 362 (career-high), Mei reached the 1st round after beating Meiqi Guo 7-5 6-4 and Jia-Jing Lu 6-1 7-6(7).

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Lu (6-1 7-67). During the match Yamaguchi scored 86 points vs Lu’s 66. Mei was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Yamaguchi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Mei Yamaguchi lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Yamaguchi put 72% of her first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Mei broke Lu 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points she played.

Mei’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Kurume.

Mei has a compiled 37-23 win-loss record in 2024, 28-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

Yamaguchi has never competed in this tournament before.

Yamaguchi
Hong Kong
Yamaguchi's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kenin
LWWWWLLLWL
Yamaguchi
WWLWWLWWLL
2024 2023 2022
14 - 25
37 - 23
8-16
Hard
28-19
5-6
Clay
1-1
1-3
Grass
0-0
0-0
Carpet
8-3

Tennis Scores in Hong Kong

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Soccer Tonic Predictions
Bonus

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