Annika Penickova vs Jia Jing LuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Annika Penickova
#569 · 16 yrs · Left-Handed
3wTitle41 meeting · sets 2–0
🇨🇳Jia Jing Lu
#378 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
Annika Penickova and Jia Jing Lu have met 1 time since 2026; Annika Penickova leads 1–0. Across all meetings Penickova has taken 2 sets to Lu's 0. Their most recent meeting: Annika Penickova won at W35 Southaven (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Penickova | Jing Lu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Annika Penickova | Jia Jing Lu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 56% | 10/18 | 75% | 21/28 |
| Wins a set when losing | 44% | 4/9 | 35% | 8/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 44% | 12/27 | 29% | 15/51 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 40% | 6/15 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 78% | 7/9 | 89% | 8/9 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 40% | 2/5 | 29% | 2/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 84% | 16/19 | 88% | 23/26 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 53% | 10/19 | 81% | 21/26 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Penickova 1, Jing Lu 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Penickova
🪃 Counterpuncher
Lu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Annika Penickova and Jia Jing Lu are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 14,668 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 7, 2026
W35 Southaven
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Penickova | Lu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Annika Penickova | Jia Jing Lu | ||
| 1 or more | 80% | 8/10 | 81% | 13/16 |
| 3 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 31% | 5/16 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/16 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Penickova | Lu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–2 | 7–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.15 | 1.82 |
| ROI % | +68.3% | +45.5% |
| Units P/L | +5.46u | +4.09u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Penickova | Lu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 6 | 5 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POR → USA | USA |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Penickova and Lu posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Penickova | Lu |
|---|---|---|
| Piper Charney | W 63 64 | W 75 75 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Dana Guzman
W35 Southaven · Final
Aug 9
Anne Christine Lutkemeyer Obregon
W35 Southaven · Semifinals
Aug 8
Jia Jing Lu
W35 Southaven · Quarterfinals
Aug 7
Mayu Crossley
W35 Southaven · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Piper Charney
W35 Florence · Final
Aug 2
Angelina Voloshchuk
W35 Florence · Semifinals
Aug 1
Ekaterina Khayrutdinova
W35 Florence · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Carmen Andreea Herea
W35 Florence · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Han Shi
W15 Tianjin · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Patcharin Cheapchadej
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Patcharin Cheapchadej
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Sijia Wei
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 26
Annika Penickova
W35 Southaven · Quarterfinals
Aug 7
Aspen Schuman
W35 Southaven · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Piper Charney
W35 Southaven · 1st Round
Aug 5
Mai Hontama
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 27–52 matches
| Metric | Penickova | Lu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 67% | 56% |
| Sets won | 61% | 55% |
| Games won | 54% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Penickova | Lu |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Penickova | Lu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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