Lulu Sun and Varvara Gracheva will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. 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 Varvara Gracheva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Varvara Gracheva is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.9
Lulu Sun -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Lulu Sun vs. Varvara Gracheva
This will be the 2nd time that Lulu Sun and Varvara Gracheva play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gracheva (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Gracheva won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Auckland back in 2024.
Lulu Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-13 | 7-9 | 3-3 | 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. 45, the Kiwi will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Miami where she lost 7-5 1-6 6-4 to Sherif in the 1st round on the 19th of March.
The Kiwi has an aggregate 3-10 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about her overall career, Sun has an overall 238-139 record. She has a positive 44-36 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
LuluAnke has never competed in this tournament before.
Varvara Gracheva
7 - 11win/loss
65
39
LWLLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-13 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 11-10 | 7-10 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, the French player will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Rouen where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Bouzas in the 2nd round on the 17th of April.
Varvara has an overall 6-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Gracheva has an overall 270-200 record. She has a positive 144-76 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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