Lulu Sun and Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Guangzhou Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lulu Sun who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lulu Sun is the pick to win this match.
Lulu Sun -> 1.32
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah -> 3.18

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Prediction and head to head Lulu Sun vs. Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah

This will be the 2^nd time that Lulu Sun and Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sun (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sun won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in the Gaudens back in 2022.

Lulu Sun

Ranked no. 124, LuluAnke reached the qualifications after beating Yuyao Li 6-4 6-0.

In the qualifications, LuluAnke had a good straight sets win against Li (6-4 6-0). During the match, Sun scored 62 points vs Li’s 34. The Kiwi was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sun recorded 11 aces and she was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Lulu Sun lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sun put 79% of her first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. LuluAnke broke Li 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Sun has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (262-154). 22-15 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sun has a compiled 165-83 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the Jingshan where she beat Yexin Ma in the final 6-4 6-2.

LuluAnke has an overall 27-25 win-loss record in 2025, 22-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guangzhou

The Kiwi has never competed in this tournament before.

Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah

Ranked no. 128, the French player got to the qualifications after beating Astra Sharma 6-5 ret..

In the qualifications against Sharma, Tiantsoa had a free pass after Sharma retired on a 6-5 . scoreline.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Sao Paulo where she beat Janice Tjen in the final 6-3 6-4.

Tiantsoa has a compiled 35-21 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sun	Rakotomanga
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	11
Pts	62-34	34-32
Total Points	96	66
Winners	26	16
%Winners	42%	47%

Both Sun and Rakotomanga played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sun and Rakotomanga have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sun played 5 games more than Rakotomanga. The Kiwi scored 26 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Rakotomanga blasted 16 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sun	Rakotomanga
Aces	11	4
Avg per match	11	4
1st in	31/39	22/40
%1st in	79%	55%
1st pts	26/31	16/22
%1st pts	84%	73%
2nd pts	4/8	10/18
%2nd pts	50%	56%

Sun struck 11 aces . Rakotomanga recorded 4 aces . Sun won 84% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Rakotomanga won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sun	Rakotomanga
Won	5	1
Converted	5/9	1/3
% Converted	56%	33%
Conceded	2	1
Saved	1	0
% Saved	50%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

The Kiwi broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sun conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Rakotomanga broke her opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Rakotomanga conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.

Sun
	Q1 Li	Total
Score	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	62-34	62-34
Total points	96	96
Winners	26	26
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	31/39	31/39
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	26/31	26/31
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	4/8	4/8
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Rakotomanga
	Q1 Sharma	Total
Score	6-5 ret.
Tot Set	1	1
Tot Games	11	11
pts	34-32	34-32
Total points	66	66
Winners	16	16
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	22/40	22/40
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	16/22	16/22
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	10/18	10/18
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/3	1/3
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

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