Mccartney Kessler vs Sofia KeninPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Mccartney Kessler
#95 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
7w1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
4Mccartney Kessler and Sofia Kenin have met 1 time since 2025; Mccartney Kessler leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kessler has taken 2 sets to Kenin's 0. Their most recent meeting: Mccartney Kessler won at Ningbo Open - Ningbo (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kessler | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Mccartney Kessler | Sofia Kenin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 14/21 | 60% | 6/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 27% | 6/22 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 30% | 13/43 | 41% | 15/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 12/24 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 37% | 7/19 | 48% | 13/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 8/14 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 16/20 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 70% | 14/20 | 40% | 6/15 |
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 (Kessler 1, Kenin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kessler
💥 Big Hitter
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 404 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Mccartney Kessler.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 13, 2025
Ningbo Open - Ningbo
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kessler | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Mccartney Kessler | Sofia Kenin | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 5/5 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 60% | 3/5 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 5 or more | 40% | 2/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kessler | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–4 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.83 | 3.54 |
| ROI % | -77.0% | -63.4% |
| Units P/L | -3.85u | -5.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kessler | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 3 |
| Events | — | 3 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | — | POR → ROU → CZE |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Kessler has a higher win rate against shared opponents (43% vs Kenin's 0%).
| Opponent | Kessler | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Jessica Pegula | L 06 26 | L 36 16 |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | L 26 26 | L 67 36 |
| Peyton Stearns | W 60 36 64 | L 36 36 |
| Oksana Selekhmeteva | W 64 64 | L 61 46 16 |
| Iva Jovic | L 67 67 | L 57 57 |
| Clara Tauson | L 36 46 | L 67 26 |
| Liudmila Samsonova | W 76 61 | L 46 06 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ekaterina Alexandrova
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 30
Caty Mcnally
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Anna Kalinskaya
National Bank Open - Toronto · 2nd Round
Aug 5
Cadence Brace
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Renata Zarazua
The Memphis Classic - Memphis · 1st Round
Jul 29
Aryna Sabalenka
Wimbledon - London · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Oleksandra Oliynykova
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round
Jun 29
Madison Keys
Lexus Eastbourne Open - Eastbourne · Quarterfinals
Jun 25
Kamilla Rakhimova
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 10
Ashlyn Krueger
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Oct 1
Alina Charaeva
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Jessica Pegula
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Venus Williams
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Eva Lys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 15
Lucrezia Stefanini
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–43 matches
| Metric | Kessler | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 49% | 27% |
| Sets won | 48% | 35% |
| Games won | 49% | 44% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kessler | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kessler | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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