Lucrezia Stefanini and Hina Inoue will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on Court 9. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lucrezia Stefanini who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lucrezia Stefanini is the pick to win this match.
Lucrezia Stefanini -> 1.52
Hina Inoue -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head Lucrezia Stefanini vs. Hina Inoue

There is no head to head record between Lucrezia Stefanini and Hina Inoue since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Lucrezia Stefanini

Lucrezia Stefanini

29 - 23win/loss

Hard
12-10
I Hard
7-5
Clay
5-4
Grass
5-4
Rank
140
High
99
LWWWWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-29 21-16 5-4 7-5 5-4 0-0
2024 35-26 19-10 6-8 7-6 3-2 0-0
2023 37-23 22-12 6-6 4-2 5-3 0-0
2022 36-30 16-7 13-13 5-6 2-4 0-0
2021 41-24 24-15 16-8 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 149, the Italian got to the qualifications after beating Vitalia Diatchenko 7-6(6) 6-2 and Carol Zhao 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications, Stefanini had a good straight sets win against Zhao (6-1 6-4). During the match, Stefanini scored 67 points vs Zhao’s 46. Lucrezia was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Stefanini was unable to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 4 double faults. Lucrezia Stefanini lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Stefanini put 66% of her first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Zhao 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lucrezia started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Stefanini has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (317-234). 12-9 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Stefanini has a compiled 108-64 match record in the last years on hard.

Stefanini has a composed 29-22 win-loss record in 2025, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Stefanini's Record

Hina Inoue

Hina Inoue

30 - 19win/loss

Hard
28-14
I Hard
1-2
Clay
0-2
Grass
1-1
Rank
232
High
203
LWWWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-27 36-22 0-2 1-2 1-1 0-0
2024 64-25 63-23 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 30-28 21-16 5-7 4-5 0-0 0-0
2022 38-24 31-17 6-4 1-3 0-0 0-0
2021 30-19 17-11 13-8 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 218, the American got to the qualifications after beating Lauren Davis 6-1 6-2 and Simona Waltert 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, Inoue had a good straight sets win against Waltert (6-3 6-2). During the match Inoue scored 74 points vs Waltert’s 62. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Inoue managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Hina Inoue was very effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of her 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Waltert 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Inoue started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points she played.

Hina has a composed 29-19 win-loss record in 2025, 27-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Hina has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Inoue's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L. Stefanini
H.Inoue
3h:14
3h:14
Time on court​
2h:41
2h:41
1h:22
1h:22
Last match​
1h:41
1h:41
2
2
Match played
2
2
38
38
Games Played​
32
32
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
151
151
Total points​
127
127
75.5
75.5
Avg point​
63.5
63.5
54
54
Winners
41
41
27
27
Avg Winners​
20.5
20.5
36%
36%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
9
9
0
0
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
11
11
Double Faults
1
1
!
5.5
5.5
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
54/78
54/78
1st won total​
41/55
41/55
69%
69%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
21/39
21/39
2nd won total​
34/58
34/58
54%
54%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
9/26
9/26
BP won
8/16
8/16
4.5/13
4.5/13
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
35%
35%
Won
50%
50%
5
5
Conceded
8
8
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
4
4
4
4
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
1
1
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Stefanini Inoue
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 38 32
Pts 151-115 127-90
Total Points 266 217
Winners 54 41
%Winners 36% 32%

Both Stefanini and Inoue played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Stefanini and Inoue have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Stefanini played 6 games more than Inoue. The Italian scored 54 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 41 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Stefanini Inoue
Aces 0 9
Avg per match 0 4.5
1st in 78/117 55/113
%1st in 67% 49%
1st pts 54/78 41/55
%1st pts 69% 75%
2nd pts 21/39 34/58
%2nd pts 54% 59%

Stefanini didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Inoue scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Stefanini won 69% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Inoue won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Stefanini Inoue
Won 9 8
Converted 9/26 8/16
% Converted 35% 50%
Conceded 5 8
Saved 1 7
% Saved 20% 88%
Times Broken 4 1

The Italian broke her opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Lucrezia lost her serve 4 times and she saved 20% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Inoue conceded her serve once and she saved 88% of the break points that she conceded.

Stefanini
Q1
Diatchenko
Q2
Zhao
Total
Score 7-66 6-2 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 21 17 38
pts 84-69 67-46 151-115
Total points 153 113 266
Winners 32 22 54
%Winners 38% 33% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 7 4 11
1st in 43/64 35/53 78/117
% 1st in 67% 66% 67%
1st pts 32/43 22/35 54/78
% 1st pts 74% 63% 69%
2nd pts 9/21 12/18 21/39
% 2nd pts 43% 67% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/16 5/10 9/26
Converted % 25% 50% 35%
Conceded 2 3 5
Saved 0/2 1/3 1
Saved % 0% 33% 17%
Times Broken 2 2 4
Inoue
Q1
Davis
Q2
Waltert
Total
Score 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 17 32
pts 53-28 74-62 127-90
Total points 81 136 217
Winners 17 24 41
%Winners 32% 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 5 4 9
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 21/40 34/73 55/113
% 1st in 53% 47% 49%
1st pts 17/21 24/34 41/55
% 1st pts 81% 71% 75%
2nd pts 12/19 22/39 34/58
% 2nd pts 63% 56% 59%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/7 3/9 8/16
Converted % 71% 33% 50%
Conceded 2 6 8
Saved 1/2 6/6 7
Saved % 50% 100% 75%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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