ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Donna Vekic, Paula Badosa, Anna Kalinskaya and Emma Raducanu are going to play on Sunday at the Dubai Duty Free Championships on CENTER COURT.
Donna Vekic vs. Sofia Kenin
Head to head 0-0
Donna Vekic will fight against Sofia Kenin in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT.
Donna Vekic: ranking and results
Ranked no. 19, Vekic will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost to in the 1st round on the 10th of February.
Vekic has a 3-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai The Croatian lost in the 3rd round 3-6 6-3 7-5 to Sorana Cirstea.
Sofia Kenin: ranking and results
Ranked no. 73, Kenin will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost to Jabeur in the 3rd round on the 12th of February.
Kenin has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai Kenin lost in the 1st round 6-3 7-6(2) to Sorana Cirstea.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Donna Vekic and Sofia Kenin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Donna Vekic who should win in 3 sets.
Donna Vekic -> 1.57
Sofia Kenin -> 2.4
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Paula Badosa vs. Lulu Sun
Head to head 1-0 for Sun
Paula Badosa will come up against Lulu Sun in the 1st round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT.
Paula Badosa: ranking and results
Ranked no. 10, Paula will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost to Anisimova in the 2nd round on the 11th of February.
Paula has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Badosa’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in at the Australian Open .
Last year in Dubai Badosa got to the 1st round last year in Dubai before retiring against Lulu Sun.
Lulu Sun: ranking and results
Ranked no. 43, LuluAnke will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost to Samsonova in the 1st round on the 9th of February.
Sun has a 1-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai LuluAnke lost in the 2nd round 6-4 6-3 to Jelena Ostapenko.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Paula Badosa and Lulu Sun face off. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Sun (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Previously, the last time they locked horns, Sun won 6-4 ret. in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2024.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa who should win in 2 sets.
Paula Badosa -> 1.2
Lulu Sun -> 4.55
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Anna Kalinskaya vs. Elina Svitolina
Head to head 1-0 for Svitolina
Anna Kalinskaya will play Elina Svitolina in the 1st round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT.
Anna Kalinskaya: ranking and results
Ranked no. 18, Kalinskaya will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost to Bucsa in the 1st round on the 9th of February.
The Russian has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2025, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Kalinskaya’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Singapore.
Last year in Dubai The Russian capitulated in the final 4-6 7-5 7-5 to Jasmine Paolini.
Elina Svitolina: ranking and results
Ranked no. 22, Svitolina will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost to Pegula in the 2nd round on the 11th of February.
The Ukrainian has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai Elina lost in the 3rd round 6-1 6-4 to Iga Swiatek. Elina conquered the title at the Dubai Duty Free Championships in 2017 and 2018.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Anna Kalinskaya and Elina Svitolina face off. Their record is 1-0 for Svitolina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time they fought against each other, Svitolina won 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Rome back in 2024.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elina Svitolina who should win in 2 sets.
Elina Svitolina -> 2.91
Anna Kalinskaya -> 1.41
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Emma Raducanu vs. Maria Sakkari
Head to head 2-0 for Raducanu
Emma Raducanu will face Maria Sakkari in the 1st round for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 9:00 pm on CENTER COURT.
Emma Raducanu: ranking and results
Ranked no. 60, Raducanu will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost to Alexandrova in the 1st round on the 9th of February.
Emma has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai Raducanu didn’t compete in Dubai in 2024.
Maria Sakkari: ranking and results
Ranked no. 29, the Greek will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost
to in the 2nd round on the 10th of February.Maria has a 4-7 win-loss record in 2025, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai Sakkari capitulated in the 3rd round 6-4 6-2 to Jasmine Paolini.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 3rd time that Emma Raducanu and Maria Sakkari play each other. Their actual head to head record is 2-0 for Raducanu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Previously, the last time they played, Raducanu won 6-2 6-3 in the 3rd round in London back in 2024.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emma Raducanu who should win in 3 sets.
Emma Raducanu -> 1.666
Maria Sakkari -> 2.21
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Last Results
These are the last results of the Dubai Duty Free Championships
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Marek SemjanSemjan (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Maxim RatniukRatniuk – Nebojsa MilenkovicMilenkovic (6-3 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
- Martins PodzusPodzus – Shunsuke WakitaWakita (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Ljubomir CelebicCelebic – Gorazd SrbljakSrbljak (1-6 7-65 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
- David PichlerPichler – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-1 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Milan DrinicDrinic (6-1 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Nemanja SubanovicSubanovic (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Sebastian PrechtelPrechtel – Dusan RajicRajic (7-5 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Maxime TchoutakianTchoutakian – Frane NincevicNincevic (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Pierre FaivreFaivre – Oscar Jose GutierrezJose Gutierrez (7-5 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (7-63 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Kenneth RaismaRaisma – Bozo BarunBarun (6-1 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Duje KekezKekez (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the Dubai Duty Free Championships
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Clara TausonTauson (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Lulu SunSun – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Eva LysLys – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-3) – H2H – Prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-0) – H2H – Prediction