Sofia Kenin and Mccartney Kessler will square off in the 1^st round of the Ningbo Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Mccartney Kessler who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.57
Sofia Kenin -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Sofia Kenin vs. Mccartney Kessler

There is no head to head record between Sofia Kenin and Mccartney Kessler since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Sofia Kenin

Ranked no. 28, the American will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 3-6 6-3 6-1 to Samsonova in the 2^nd round on the 8^th of October.

Kenin has an overall 28-23 win-loss record in 2025, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Charleston.

Talking about her overall career, Sofia has an overall 301-214 record. She has a positive 182-127 record on hard.

Previously in Ningbo

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Mccartney Kessler

Ranked no. 33, Mccartney will start her run in Ningbo after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-7(6) 6-0 6-3 to Cristian in the 1^st round on the 7^th of October.

Mccartney has a compiled 34-22 win-loss record in 2025, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Hobart where she overcame Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0 and in Nottingham where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-4 7-5.

In terms of her career, The American has an overall 165-91 record. She has a positive 114-57 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Ningbo

• Nikola CacicCacic – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Samuele RamazzottiRamazzotti – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (7-5 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alessandro BegaBega – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (2-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pavel KotovKotov – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Aldin SetkicSetkic (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Gleb SakharovSakharov (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Kaichi UchidaUchida (2-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo ViolaViola – Emiliano MaggioliMaggioli (6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-1 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alen AvidzbaAvidzba – Luca VanniVanni (7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Marco BortolottiBortolotti (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Lin ZhuZhu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Xiyu WangWang – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yue YuanYuan – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hanyu GuoGuo – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (1-1) – H2H and prediction