Sofia Kenin vs Yafan WangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
43 meetings · sets 3–5
🇨🇳Yafan Wang
#665 · 32 yrs · Right-Handed
50wSofia Kenin and Yafan Wang have met 3 times since 2019; Yafan Wang leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Acapulco in 2019 on hard. On hard courts Wang leads 2–1. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Wang leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Kenin has taken 3 sets to Wang's 5. Their most recent meeting: Yafan Wang won at National Bank Open - Toronto (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kenin | Wang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sofia Kenin | Yafan Wang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 60% | 6/10 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins a set when losing | 41% | 11/27 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 15/37 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 30% | 3/10 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 48% | 13/27 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 53% | 8/15 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 40% | 6/15 | 50% | 1/2 |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kenin 0, Wang 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Wang
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 55% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 269 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Yafan Wang.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the baseliner's precise groundstrokes.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Aug 6, 2024
National Bank Open - Toronto
H Hard · 1st Round
Mar 5, 2019
Indian Wells
H Hard · Round of 128
Mar 3, 2019
Acapulco
H Hard · Final
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kenin | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–7 | - |
| Avg odds | 3.54 | - |
| ROI % | -63.4% | - |
| Units P/L | -5.71u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kenin | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Wang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Kenin's 0%).
| Opponent | Kenin | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Kamilla Rakhimova | L 06 36 | W 62 64 |
| Belinda Bencic | L 67 63 26 | L 26 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Belinda Bencic
Hong Kong · Round of 16
Oct 30
Maddison Inglis
Hong Kong Tennis Open - Hong Kong · 1st Round
Oct 27
Lulu Sun
Guangzhou Open - Guangzhou · 2nd Round
Oct 23
Kamilla Rakhimova
Guangzhou Open - Guangzhou · 1st Round
Oct 20
Janice Tjen
WTA 125 Jinan Open - Jinan · 1st Round
Oct 14
Emma Navarro
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 24
Liudmila Samsonova
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Peyton Stearns
Tennis in the Land - Cleveland · 1st Round
Aug 18
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 5–37 matches
| Metric | Kenin | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 27% | 40% |
| Sets won | 35% | 42% |
| Games won | 44% | 45% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kenin | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 250 | 0 | 1 |
| WTA 1000 | 1 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kenin | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
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