Anna Blinkova and Sofia Kenin will square off in the 2nd round of the Hobart International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on WEST COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 3 sets.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.47
Anna Blinkova -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Anna Blinkova vs. Sofia Kenin
This will be the 3rd time that Anna Blinkova and Sofia Kenin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Blinkova won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Limoges back in 2022.
Anna Blinkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 14-15 | 2-8 | 7-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 15-15 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-29 | 7-8 | 16-10 | 21-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 15-24 | 5-11 | 6-6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 75, Blinkova reached the 2nd round after beating Bernarda Pera 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Pera (7-5 6-4). During the match, Blinkova scored 84 points vs Pera’s 73. Anna was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blinkova scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 58% (31/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (16/38) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Pera 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Blinkova has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (291-219). 2-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Blinkova has a compiled 106-94 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Anna has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hobart
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 81, Kenin reached the 2nd round after defeating Lulu Sun 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Sun, Kenin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Kenin scored 90 points vs Sun’s 78. Kenin was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Kenin recorded 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 62% of her first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Sofia broke Sun 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Sofia has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Hobart
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blinkova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 |
| Pts | 84-73 | 90-78 |
| Total Points | 157 | 168 |
| Winners | 31 | 32 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Blinkova and Kenin played 1 match. At the moment, Sofia Kenin conceded 1 set while Anna Blinkova hasn’t dropped a set so far. Blinkova has played 1 set(s) less than Kenin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Blinkova played 6 games less than Kenin. Blinkova scored 31 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kenin scored 32 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blinkova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 53/91 | 48/77 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 31/53 | 32/48 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 17/29 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 59% |
Blinkova bagged 1 ace . Kenin also made 2 aces . Blinkova won 58% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blinkova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 64% | 38% |
| Conceded | 18 | 4 |
| Saved | 13 | 1 |
| % Saved | 72% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Anna broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Anna dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded. Kenin broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kenin conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded.
| Blinkova | |||
| R1 Pera | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 84-73 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/91 | 53/91 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/53 | 31/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 16/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 13/18 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 72% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kenin | |||
| R1 Sun | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 90-78 | 90-78 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 48/77 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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