Sofia Kenin and Jessika Ponchet will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.31
Jessika Ponchet -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Jessika Ponchet
There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Jessika Ponchet since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Sofia Kenin
15 - 25win/loss
88
4
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-25 | 9-16 | 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 reached the 2nd round after beating Mei Yamaguchi 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sofia had a good straight sets win against Yamaguchi (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kenin scored 69 points vs Yamaguchi’s 60. Sofia was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kenin recorded 6 aces and she was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 71% of her first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Yamaguchi 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).
Kenin has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (266-186). 9-16 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kenin has an overall 162-109 match record in the last years on hard.
Sofia’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Tokyo.
Kenin has an aggregate 15-25 win-loss record in 2024, 9-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
Sofia has never competed in this tournament before.
Jessika Ponchet
33 - 25win/loss
106
104
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-25 | 15-12 | 6-6 | 6-3 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 10-9 | 7-4 | 25-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-26 | 13-8 | 8-3 | 11-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-19 | 19-9 | 4-3 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 106, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Xinyu Wang 4-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Wang, Jessika recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Ponchet scored 87 points vs Wang’s 81. Ponchet was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Ponchet scored 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Jessika Ponchet lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ponchet put 52% of her first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Jessika broke Wang 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Ponchet’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Boutheon and the W100 Ilkley.
Ponchet has a compiled 33-25 win-loss record in 2024, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kenin | Ponchet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 |
| Pts | 69-60 | 87-81 |
| Total Points | 129 | 168 |
| Winners | 30 | 33 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Both Kenin and Ponchet played 1 match. At the moment, Jessika Ponchet conceded 1 set while Sofia Kenin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kenin has played 1 set(s) less than Ponchet (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kenin played 10 games less than Ponchet. Sofia scored 30 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 33 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kenin | Ponchet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 45/86 |
| %1st in | 71% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 33/45 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 20/41 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 49% |
Kenin made 6 aces . Ponchet scored 4 aces . Kenin won 68% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Ponchet won 73% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kenin | Ponchet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 27% | 75% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Sofia broke her opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The American dropped her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Jessika broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Ponchet conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kenin | |||
| R1 Yamaguchi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-60 | 69-60 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 44/62 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ponchet | |||
| R1 Wang | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 87-81 | 87-81 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/86 | 45/86 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/41 | 20/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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