Marta Kostyuk and Sofia Kenin will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marta Kostyuk who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.666
Sofia Kenin -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Sofia Kenin

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

Marta Kostyuk

Ranked no. 21, the Ukrainian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Kostyuk had a good straight sets win against Siniakova (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kostyuk scored 65 points vs Siniakova’s 52. Marta was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kostyuk fired 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve once and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 71% of her first serves in, winning 71% (36/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Marta was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Siniakova 3 times.

Kostyuk has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (224-134). 6-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kostyuk has a composed 121-72 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Marta has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 56, Kenin got to the 2^nd round after beating Donna Vekic 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Sofia had a good straight sets win against Vekic (7-5 6-3). During the match Kenin scored 64 points vs Vekic’s 56. Sofia was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Kenin recorded 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Sofia Kenin was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (35/45) of her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sofia broke Vekic 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Sofia has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2019. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kostyuk	Kenin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	21
Pts	65-52	64-56
Total Points	117	120
Winners	36	35
%Winners	55%	55%

Both Kostyuk and Kenin played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kostyuk and Kenin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kostyuk played 2 games less than Kenin. Marta scored 36 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Kenin bagged 35 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kostyuk	Kenin
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	2	5
1st in	51/72	45/59
%1st in	71%	76%
1st pts	36/51	35/45
%1st pts	71%	78%
2nd pts	10/21	8/14
%2nd pts	48%	57%

Kostyuk struck 2 aces . Kenin scored 5 aces . Kostyuk won 71% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 78% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kostyuk	Kenin
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/7
% Converted	100%	43%
Conceded	7	0
Saved	6	0
% Saved	86%	0%
Times Broken	1	0

Kostyuk broke her opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Ukrainian lost her serve once and she saved 86% of the break points that she conceded. Kenin broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Kostyuk
	R1 Siniakova	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	65-52	65-52
Total points	117	117
Winners	36	36
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	51/72	51/72
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	36/51	36/51
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	10/21	10/21
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Kenin
	R1 Vekic	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	64-56	64-56
Total points	120	120
Winners	35	35
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	45/59	45/59
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	35/45	35/45
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	8/14	8/14
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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