Sofia Kenin vs Zhaoxuan YangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸Sofia Kenin
#125 · 27 yrs · Right-Handed
41 meeting · sets 2–0
🇨🇳Zhaoxuan Yang
Unranked · 31 yrs · Right-Handed
9wSofia Kenin and Zhaoxuan Yang have met 1 time since 2021; Sofia Kenin leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kenin has taken 2 sets to Yang's 0. Their most recent meeting: Sofia Kenin won at Abu Dhabi Tennis Open - Abu Dhabi (2021).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kenin | Yang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sofia Kenin | Zhaoxuan Yang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 60% | 6/10 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 41% | 11/27 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 15/37 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 30% | 3/10 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 48% | 13/27 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | — | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 53% | 8/15 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kenin 1, Yang 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kenin
🎯 Baseliner
Yang
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs 🎯 Baseliner across 404 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Zhaoxuan Yang.
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
Jan 7, 2021
Abu Dhabi Tennis Open - Abu Dhabi
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kenin | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–7 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 3.54 | 9.00 |
| ROI % | -63.4% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -5.71u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kenin | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
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
Sunam Jeong
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 12
Dabin Kim
Billie Jean King Cup, Group I, Asia/Oceania · Rubber 1
Apr 12
Sofia Kenin
Abu Dhabi Tennis Open - Abu Dhabi · 1st Round
Jan 7
Samantha Stosur
Tianjin · Round of 32
Oct 9
Fiona Ferro
Zhengzhou · Round of 32
Sep 11
Aldila Sutjiadi
Fed Cup G1 RR: CHN vs INA · Round Robin
Feb 8
Violet Apisah
Fed Cup G1 RR: CHN vs POC · Round Robin
Feb 6
So Ra Lee
Fed Cup G1 PM: CHN vs KOR · Round Robin
Feb 10
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–37 matches
| Metric | Kenin | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 27% | 0% |
| Sets won | 35% | 0% |
| Games won | 44% | 32% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kenin | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kenin | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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