Lulu Sun and Claire Liu will face off in the semifinal of the Guangzhou Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 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 Lulu Sun who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lulu Sun is the pick to win this match.
Lulu Sun -> 1.36
Claire Liu -> 3.125

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Prediction and head to head Lulu Sun vs. Claire Liu

There is no head to head record between Lulu Sun and Claire Liu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Lulu Sun

Ranked no. 116, the Kiwi reached the semifinal after beating Yuyao Li 6-4 6-0, Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 6-2 6-2, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 7-6(3) 7-6(2), Yafan Wang 6-3 6-1 and Caty McNally 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against McNally, LuluAnke recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Sun scored 96 points vs McNally’s 83. LuluAnke was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sun scored 18 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Lulu Sun was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (40/50) of her 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Kiwi broke McNally twice after converting 15% of her break points (2/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kiwi started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Sun has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (266-154). 26-15 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sun has a composed 169-83 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Sun has a composed 31-25 win-loss record in 2025, 26-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Guangzhou

Sun has never competed in this tournament before.

Claire Liu

Ranked no. 305, Claire reached the semifinal after defeating Linda Fruhvirtova 7-6(5) 6-4, Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 5-7 6-3 6-4, Alexandra Eala 2-6 6-4 6-4, Anna Bondar 6-3 6-4 and Ella Seidel 4-6 6-0 6-4.

In the quarter against Seidel, Claire recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-4). During the match Liu scored 90 points vs Seidel’s 76. Liu was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Liu made 11 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Claire Liu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 72% of her first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Liu broke Seidel 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 6 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.

The American has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2025, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sun	Liu
Match played	5	5
Tot Set	11	13
Tot Games	102	127
Pts	370-275	434-410
Total Points	645	844
Winners	148	192
%Winners	40%	44%

Both Sun and Liu played 5 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Lulu Sun dropped 1 set, while Claire Liu dropped 3 sets. Sun has played 2 set(s) less than Liu (11 vs 13). Therefore, Sun played 25 games less than Liu. LuluAnke scored 148 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Claire fired 192 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sun	Liu
Aces	43	31
Avg per match	8.6	6.2
1st in	181/294	296/425
%1st in	62%	70%
1st pts	148/181	192/296
%1st pts	82%	65%
2nd pts	60/113	58/129
%2nd pts	53%	45%

Sun recorded 43 aces (8.6 per match). Liu managed to score 31 aces (6.2 per match). Sun won 82% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sun	Liu
Won	18	23
Converted	18/49	23/49
% Converted	37%	47%
Conceded	11	46
Saved	6	30
% Saved	55%	65%
Times Broken	5	16

LuluAnke broke her opponents 18 times with a 37% conversion rate. LuluAnke conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. Claire broke her opponents 23 times with a 47% conversion rate. Claire conceded her serve 16 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Sun
	Q1 Li	Q3 Rakotomanga	R1 Bouzas	R2 Wang	1/4 McNally	Total
Score	6-4 6-0	6-2 6-2	7-63 7-62	6-3 6-1	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	3	11
Tot Games	16	16	26	16	28	102
pts	62-34	57-32	98-92	57-34	96-83	370-275
Total points	96	89	190	91	179	645
Winners	26	23	36	23	40	148
%Winners	42%	40%	37%	40%	42%	40%
SERVE
Aces	11	5	8	1	18	43
Double Faults	0	4	4	0	1	9
1st in	31/39	29/46	46/92	25/41	50/76	181/294
% 1st in	79%	63%	50%	61%	66%	62%
1st pts	26/31	23/29	36/46	23/25	40/50	148/181
% 1st pts	84%	79%	78%	92%	80%	82%
2nd pts	4/8	10/17	18/46	10/16	18/26	60/113
% 2nd pts	50%	59%	39%	63%	69%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	4	2	18
Converted	5/9	4/5	3/14	4/8	2/13	18/49
Converted %	56%	80%	21%	50%	15%	37%
Conceded	2	0	7	0	2	11
Saved	1/2	0/0	4/7	0/0	1/2	6
Saved %	50%	–	57%	–	50%	31%
Times Broken	1	0	3	0	1	5

Liu
	Q1 Fruhvirtova	Q1 Fruhvirtova	Q3 Jimenez	Q3 Jimenez	R1 Eala	R1 Eala	R2 Bondar	R2 Bondar	1/4 Seidel	1/4 Seidel	Total
Score	7-65 6-4	7-65 6-4	5-7 6-3 6-4	5-7 6-3 6-4	2-6 6-4 6-4	2-6 6-4 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-4	4-6 6-0 6-4	4-6 6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	26
Tot Games	23	23	31	31	28	28	19	19	26	26	254
pts	77-71	77-71	109-108	109-108	87-93	87-93	71-62	71-62	90-76	90-76	868-820
Total points	148	148	217	217	180	180	133	133	166	166	1688
Winners	34	34	46	46	35	35	35	35	42	42	384
%Winners	44%	44%	42%	42%	40%	40%	49%	49%	47%	47%	44%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	4	4	7	7	5	5	11	11	62
Double Faults	2	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	6	6	28
1st in	55/77	55/77	67/104	67/104	64/89	64/89	48/69	48/69	62/86	62/86	592/850
% 1st in	71%	71%	64%	64%	72%	72%	70%	70%	72%	72%	70%
1st pts	34/55	34/55	46/67	46/67	35/64	35/64	35/48	35/48	42/62	42/62	384/592
% 1st pts	62%	62%	69%	69%	55%	55%	73%	73%	68%	68%	65%
2nd pts	12/22	12/22	17/37	17/37	11/25	11/25	8/21	8/21	10/24	10/24	116/258
% 2nd pts	55%	55%	46%	46%	44%	44%	38%	38%	42%	42%	45%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	4	6	6	3	3	6	6	46
Converted	4/8	4/8	4/14	4/14	6/11	6/11	3/5	3/5	6/11	6/11	46/98
Converted %	50%	50%	29%	29%	55%	55%	60%	60%	55%	55%	47%
Conceded	12	12	11	11	10	10	3	3	10	10	92
Saved	9/12	9/12	8/11	8/11	4/10	4/10	2/3	2/3	7/10	7/10	60
Saved %	75%	75%	73%	73%	40%	40%	67%	67%	70%	70%	130%
Times Broken	3	3	3	3	6	6	1	1	3	3	32

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou

• Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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