Sofia Kenin and Lulu Sun will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.33
Lulu Sun -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Lulu Sun
This will be the 2nd time that Sofia Kenin and Lulu Sun clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kenin won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Hobart back in January 2025.
Highlights Sofia Kenin vs Lulu Sun – Hobart 07-January-2025
Sofia Kenin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-11 | 12-8 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-26 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-21 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, Sofia will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Charleston where she lost 6-3 7-5 to Pegula in the final on the 6th of April.
The American has an overall 17-9 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Charleston.
Talking about her overall career, Sofia has an overall 290-200 record. She has a positive 75-53 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019, 2023 and 2024. See her history.
Lulu Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-14 | 7-9 | 3-4 | 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 reached the 2nd round after beating Varvara Gracheva 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Gracheva, LuluAnke recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Sun scored 91 points vs Gracheva’s 80. LuluAnke was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Sun bagged 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lulu Sun lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sun put 61% of her first serves in, winning 79% (41/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. LuluAnke broke Gracheva 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
The Kiwi has a composed 4-10 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
The Kiwi has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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