Ekaterina Alexandrova and Sofia Kenin will square off in the quarter of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.26
Sofia Kenin -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Sofia Kenin
This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Sofia Kenin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alexandrova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Alexandrova won 6-1 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Wuhan back in 2024.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Sofia Kenin – Wuhan 08-October-2024
Ekaterina Alexandrova
47 - 23win/loss
10
10
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-25 | 22-16 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 17-13 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-21 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-18 | 12-10 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-23 | 10-9 | 6-5 | 7-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10 (career-high), Ekaterina reached the quarter after beating Jaqueline Cristian 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alexandrova had a good straight sets win against Cristian (6-1 6-2). During the match, Alexandrova scored 61 points vs Cristian’s 40. Ekaterina was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alexandrova managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 66% of her first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterina broke Cristian 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Alexandrova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (340-219). 22-15 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Alexandrova has an overall 129-101 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Linz where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.
The Russian has a compiled 47-23 win-loss record in 2025, 22-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Sofia Kenin
30 - 24win/loss
28
4
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-26 | 19-18 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 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. 25, Kenin reached the quarter after defeating Moyuka Uchijima 6-1 6-3 and Wakana Sonobe 3-6 6-1 7-6(2).
In the 2nd round against Sonobe, Sofia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-62). During the match Kenin scored 107 points vs Sonobe’s 93. Kenin was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Kenin wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Sofia Kenin was very efficient on serve to win 71% (47/66) of her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Kenin broke Sonobe 3 times after converting 27% of her break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kenin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Sofia’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Charleston.
The American has a composed 30-24 win-loss record in 2025, 18-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alexandrova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 45 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 174-137 |
| Total Points | 101 | 311 |
| Winners | 27 | 72 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Alexandrova played 1 match while Kenin competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Sofia Kenin conceded 1 set while Ekaterina Alexandrova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alexandrova has played 3 set(s) less than Kenin (2 vs 5). Therefore, Alexandrova played 30 games less than Kenin. The Russian scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Kenin managed to score 72 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alexandrova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 102/151 |
| %1st in | 66% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 72/102 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 31/49 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 63% |
Alexandrova managed to score 3 aces . Kenin bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Alexandrova won 82% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alexandrova | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 36% | 37% |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Russian broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Russian quite strong on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Sofia broke her opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Kenin conceded her serve twice and she saved 85% of the break points that she conceded.
| Alexandrova | |||
| R2 Cristian | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenin | ||||
| R1 Uchijima | R2 Sonobe | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 3-6 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 45 | |
| pts | 67-44 | 107-93 | 174-137 | |
| Total points | 111 | 200 | 311 | |
| Winners | 25 | 47 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 66/94 | 102/151 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 47/66 | 72/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 16/28 | 31/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 57% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/11 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 6/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Ellen Perez/Taylor TownsendPerez/Taylor Townsend – Hao-Ching Chan/Xinyu JiangChan/Xinyu Jiang (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jason JungJung (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis IstominIstomin – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jason Jung/Evan KingJung/Evan King – Tom Fawcett/Anderson ReedFawcett/Anderson Reed (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Belinda BencicBencic – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Sofia KeninKenin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – (0-1) – H2H and prediction