Paula Badosa and Lulu Sun will play each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER 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 Paula Badosa who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa -> 1.2
Lulu Sun -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun
This will be the 2nd time that Paula Badosa and Lulu Sun square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sun (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sun won 6-4 ret. in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2024.
Paula Badosa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-7 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-19 | 26-11 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-9 | 6-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 20-13 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-17 | 19-9 | 17-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10, the Spaniard will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Anisimova in the 2nd round on the 11th of February.
Badosa has a compiled 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Talking about her overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 374-205 record. She has a positive 157-85 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. See her history.
Lulu Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-9 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 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, Sun will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Samsonova in the 1st round on the 9th of February.
LuluAnke has an aggregate 1-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, LuluAnke has an overall 236-135 record. She has a positive 144-73 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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