Sofia Kenin and Xiyu Wang will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the ASB Classic for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:30 am on GRAND STAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Xiyu Wang who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Xiyu Wang is the pick to win this match.
Xiyu Wang -> 1.727
Sofia Kenin -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Xiyu Wang

There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Xiyu Wang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 81, the American will start her run in Auckland after she played her last match in Hong Kong where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Yuan in the quarter on the 1^st of November.

Sofia has an overall 16-26 win-loss record in 2024, 10-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kenin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Tokyo.

Talking about her overall career, Sofia has an overall 273-191 record. She has a positive 166-112 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See her history.

Xiyu Wang

Ranked no. 98, the Chinese will start her run in Auckland after she played her last match in 2 where she lost 7-5 7-5 to Costoulas in the Rubber 3 on the 17^th of November.

The Chinese has an aggregate 28-30 win-loss record in 2024, 18-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Xiyu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Austin.

In terms of her career, Wang has an overall 214-158 record. She has a positive 130-98 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Auckland

• Clara TausonTauson – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nao HibinoHibino – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano BattaglinoBattaglino – Marat DeviatiarovDeviatiarov (1-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Samuele RamazzottiRamazzotti – Edoardo EreminEremin (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mattia FrinziFrinzi – Andrea TurcoTurco (6-4 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico IannacconeIannaccone – Riccardo Di NoceraDi Nocera (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alen AvidzbaAvidzba – Leonardo TaddiaTaddia (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca TomasettoTomasetto – Toby MartinMartin (6-2 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giorgio RiccaRicca – Francesco VilardoVilardo (6-2 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emiliano MaggioliMaggioli – Mateo Nicolas MartinezNicolas Martinez (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Davide GaloppiniGaloppini (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pascal MeisMeis – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francesco FortiForti – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Madison KeysKeys – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lulu SunSun – Rebecca MarinoMarino (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ann LiLi – Sloane StephensStephens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Lina GlushkoGlushko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leyre Romero GormazRomero Gormaz – Julia GrabherGrabher (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – (0-0) – H2H and prediction