Lulu Sun vs Yulia PutintsevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇳🇿Lulu Sun
#128 · 25 yrs · Left-Handed
11w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇰🇿Yulia Putintseva
#80 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
3Lulu Sun and Yulia Putintseva have met 1 time since 2026; Yulia Putintseva leads 1–0. Across all meetings Sun has taken 0 sets to Putintseva's 2. Their most recent meeting: Yulia Putintseva won at Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sun | Putintseva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Lulu Sun | Yulia Putintseva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 11/15 | 65% | 17/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 5/13 | 42% | 10/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 9/28 | 38% | 19/50 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 6/16 | 48% | 14/29 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 70% | 7/10 | 53% | 10/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 69% | 11/16 | 92% | 22/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 69% | 11/16 | 71% | 17/24 |
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 (Sun 0, Putintseva 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sun
🤖 Servebot
Putintseva
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 749 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Mar 30, 2026
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston
C Clay · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sun | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 6–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.54 | 1.75 |
| ROI % | -52.7% | -34.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.58u | -4.42u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sun | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | 411 mi · 662 km |
| Route | — | CAN → POL |
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
Sun has a higher win rate against shared opponents (43% vs Putintseva's 29%).
| Opponent | Sun | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Claire Liu | W 60 76 | W 75 62 |
| Paula Badosa | L 16 67 | L 16 26 |
| Yue Yuan | L 64 36 46 | L 36 36 |
| Janice Tjen | L 64 67 46 | W 36 63 64 |
| Emma Navarro | W 64 64 | L 16 46 |
| Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva | L 62 46 26 | L 46 61 46 |
| Iva Jovic | W 64 76 | L 06 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Mary Stoiana
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · 2nd Round
Jun 12
Ella Mcdonald
Lexus Ilkley Open - Ilkley · 1st Round
Jun 9
Mary Stoiana
Lexus Birmingham Open - Birmingham · 1st Round
Jun 2
Yue Yuan
Open 35 de Saint-Malo - Saint-Malo · 1st Round
Apr 27
Yulia Putintseva
Credit One Charleston Open - Charleston · 1st Round
Mar 30
Taylor Townsend
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 19
Paula Badosa
Austin 125 - Austin · 2nd Round
Mar 11
Emma Navarro
Austin 125 - Austin · 1st Round
Mar 10
Liudmila Samsonova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Shuai Zhang
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Elina Avanesyan
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Mona Barthel
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open - Hamburg · 1st Round
Jul 21
Mayar Sherif
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · Quarterfinals
Jul 17
Alina Charaeva
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 2nd Round
Jul 15
Claire Liu
UniCredit Iasi Open - Iasi · 1st Round
Jul 14
Chi Fan Liu
Iasi WTA · Round of 32
Jul 14
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–50 matches
| Metric | Sun | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 52% |
| Sets won | 54% | 52% |
| Games won | 52% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sun | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sun | Putintseva |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 0 | 1 |
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