Sloane Stephens vs Sofia KeninPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Sloane Stephens
#133 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed
4w42 meetings · sets 2–3
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
4Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin have met 2 times since 2022; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at National Bank Open - Toronto in 2022 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Stephens has taken 2 sets to Kenin's 3. Their most recent meeting: Sofia Kenin won at BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Stephens | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sloane Stephens | Sofia Kenin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 72% | 13/18 | 60% | 6/10 |
| Wins a set when losing | 24% | 5/21 | 41% | 11/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 26% | 10/39 | 41% | 15/37 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 40% | 4/10 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 52% | 14/27 | 48% | 13/27 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 57% | 4/7 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | 53% | 8/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 72% | 13/18 | 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 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Stephens 0, Kenin 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Stephens
⚙️ Grinder
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 64% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 101 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sofia Kenin.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Mar 9, 2023
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells
H Hard · 1st Round
Aug 8, 2022
National Bank Open - Toronto
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Stephens | Kenin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Sloane Stephens | Sofia Kenin | ||
| 1 or more | 73% | 11/15 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 7% | 1/15 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Stephens | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 2–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.98 | 3.54 |
| ROI % | +21.4% | -63.4% |
| Units P/L | +3.43u | -5.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Stephens | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 3 |
| Events | 1 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 3 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 1,246 mi · 2,005 km |
| Route | UKR | 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
Stephens has a higher win rate against shared opponents (20% vs Kenin's 0%).
| Opponent | Stephens | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Peyton Stearns | L 67 46 | L 36 36 |
| Marta Kostyuk | L 16 57 | L 64 36 57 |
| Clara Tauson | W 64 61 | L 67 26 |
| Belinda Bencic | L 36 16 | L 67 63 26 |
| Qinwen Zheng | L 36 26 | L 61 36 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Peyton Stearns
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Janice Tjen
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round
Sep 16
Carole Monnet
Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round
Sep 14
Marta Kostyuk
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Clara Tauson
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 1
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 25
Marta Kostyuk
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Anastasia Potapova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 17
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 37–39 matches
| Metric | Stephens | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 46% | 27% |
| Sets won | 47% | 35% |
| Games won | 48% | 44% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Stephens | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Stephens | Kenin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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