Belinda Bencic and Sofia Kenin will face off in the semifinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.4
Sofia Kenin -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Sofia Kenin

This will be the 3rd time that Belinda Bencic and Sofia Kenin fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kenin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kenin won 6-0 6-3 in the 2nd round in Charleston back in April 2025.

Highlights Sofia Kenin vs Belinda Bencic – Charleston 02-April-2025

Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic

36 - 17win/loss

Hard
28-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-3
Grass
5-2
Rank
11
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-17 31-12 3-3 0-0 5-2 0-0
2024 8-2 0-0 0-0 8-2 0-0 0-0
2023 31-13 24-10 4-2 0-0 3-1 0-0
2022 42-18 13-9 13-4 10-2 6-3 0-0
2021 37-20 22-9 5-5 5-3 5-3 0-0
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Ranked no. 13, Belinda got to the semifinal after defeating Varvara Gracheva 6-4 6-3 and Karolina Muchova 3-6 7-5 7-5.

In the quarter against Muchova, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-5). During the match, Bencic scored 114 points vs Muchova’s 109. Belinda was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bencic struck 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 73% of her first serves in, winning 61% (49/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Muchova 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Belinda has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Bencic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of her matches (290-154). 27-12 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Bencic has a composed 152-84 match record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she overcame Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.

Belinda has a compiled 35-17 win-loss record in 2025, 27-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Tokyo
Bencic's Record

Sofia Kenin

Sofia Kenin

31 - 25win/loss

Hard
19-17
I Hard
0-0
Clay
9-5
Grass
3-3
Rank
28
High
4
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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
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Ranked no. 25, Kenin reached the semifinal after beating Moyuka Uchijima 6-1 6-3, Wakana Sonobe 3-6 6-1 7-6(2) and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-0 2-6 7-6(3).

In the quarter, The American defeated Alexandrova (6-0 2-6 7-63). During the match Kenin scored 100 points vs Alexandrova’s 93. Kenin was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Kenin recorded 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Sofia Kenin lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kenin put 71% of her first serves in, winning 69% (48/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (8/28) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Alexandrova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Sofia’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Charleston.

Sofia has a compiled 31-24 win-loss record in 2025, 19-16 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Tokyo

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2024. See her history.

Tokyo
Kenin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Bencic
S.Kenin
4h:33
4h:33
Time on court​
5h:45
5h:45
!
3h:08
3h:08
Last match​
!
2h:17
2h:17
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
52
52
Games Played​
72
72
5
5
Set played​​
8
8
175
175
Total points​
274
274
87.5
87.5
Avg point​
91.3
91.3
69
69
Winners
120
120
34.5
34.5
Avg Winners​
40
40
39%
39%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
4
4
Double Faults
15
15
2
2
Avg Double Faults
5
5
69/112
69/112
1st won total​
120/172
120/172
62%
62%
1st won %
70%
70%
26/49
26/49
2nd won total​
39/77
39/77
53%
53%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
12/28
12/28
BP won
12/29
12/29
6/14
6/14
Avg BP won
4/9.7
4/9.7
43%
43%
Won
41%
41%
18
18
Conceded
24
24
9
9
Avg Conceded
8
8
8
8
Broken
6
6
4
4
Avg Broken
2
2
10
10
Saved
18
18
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bencic Kenin
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 5 8
Tot Games 52 72
Pts 175-156 274-230
Total Points 331 504
Winners 69 120
%Winners 39% 44%

Bencic played 2 matches while Kenin competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Belinda Bencic dropped 1 set, while Sofia Kenin lost 2 sets. Bencic has played 3 set(s) less than Kenin (5 vs 8). Therefore, Bencic played 20 games less than Kenin. The Swiss scored 69 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kenin managed to score 120 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bencic Kenin
Aces 3 4
Avg per match 1.5 1.3
1st in 112/161 172/249
%1st in 70% 69%
1st pts 69/112 120/172
%1st pts 62% 70%
2nd pts 26/49 39/77
%2nd pts 53% 51%

Bencic bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kenin recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Bencic won 62% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kenin won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bencic Kenin
Won 12 12
Converted 12/28 12/29
% Converted 43% 41%
Conceded 18 24
Saved 10 18
% Saved 56% 75%
Times Broken 8 6

The Swiss broke her opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Bencic conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Sofia broke her opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Sofia conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Bencic
R2
Gracheva		 1/4
Muchova		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3 3-6 7-5 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 33 52
pts 61-47 114-109 175-156
Total points 108 223 331
Winners 20 49 69
%Winners 33% 43% 39%
SERVE
Aces 0 3 3
Double Faults 0 4 4
1st in 32/51 80/110 112/161
% 1st in 63% 73% 70%
1st pts 20/32 49/80 69/112
% 1st pts 63% 61% 62%
2nd pts 10/19 16/30 26/49
% 2nd pts 53% 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 6 6 12
Converted 6/14 6/14 12/28
Converted % 43% 43% 43%
Conceded 7 11 18
Saved 4/7 6/11 10
Saved % 57% 55% 56%
Times Broken 3 5 8
Kenin
R1
Uchijima		 R2
Sonobe		 1/4
Alexandrova		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-1 7-62 6-0 2-6 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 16 29 27 72
pts 67-44 107-93 100-93 274-230
Total points 111 200 193 504
Winners 25 47 48 120
%Winners 37% 44% 48% 44%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 3 4
Double Faults 2 7 6 15
1st in 36/57 66/94 70/98 172/249
% 1st in 63% 70% 71% 69%
1st pts 25/36 47/66 48/70 120/172
% 1st pts 69% 71% 69% 70%
2nd pts 15/21 16/28 8/28 39/77
% 2nd pts 71% 57% 29% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 3 5 12
Converted 4/8 3/11 5/10 12/29
Converted % 50% 27% 50% 41%
Conceded 5 8 11 24
Saved 5/5 6/8 7/11 18
Saved % 100% 75% 64% 120%
Times Broken 0 2 4 6

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

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