Lulu Sun and Danka Kovinic will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Court 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lulu Sun who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Lulu Sun is the pick to win this match.
Lulu Sun -> 1.04
Danka Kovinic -> 11

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Prediction and head to head Lulu Sun vs. Danka Kovinic

There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Danka Kovinic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Lulu Sun

Lulu Sun

0 - 2win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
45
High
39
LLLWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-15 7-9 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 41-21 17-10 10-5 6-3 8-3 0-0
2023 39-20 23-10 4-4 12-6 0-0 0-0
2022 32-24 16-12 7-6 1-1 6-4 2-1
2021 27-13 19-9 8-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 43, the Kiwi will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost 4-6 6-3 6-3 to Kenin in the 1st round on the 7th of January.

The Kiwi has a compiled 0-2 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Kiwi has an overall 235-131 record. She has a positive 143-70 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

Australian Open
Sun's Record

Danka Kovinic

Danka Kovinic

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
571
High
46
LLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-4 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 3-4 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 16-16 4-8 10-7 2-1 0-0 0-0
2022 29-21 6-8 23-11 0-1 0-1 0-0
2021 14-20 4-12 10-6 0-1 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 896, Kovinic will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in the Canberra where she lost 7-6(3) 6-1 to Saito in the 1st round on the 31st of December.

Danka has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The has an overall 382-304 record. She has a negative 102-132 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See her history.

Australian Open
Kovinic's Record

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