Sofia Kenin vs Ann Li — Miami Qualifying Round 1

Miami · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Sofia Kenin
USA
Sofia Kenin
#105WTA
1694ELO
1659Hard ELO
27 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 March 2018
hard
Ann Li
USA
Ann Li
#29WTA
1807ELO
1746Hard ELO
$718kYTD
$3.8MCAREER
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLWLWW
Kenin S.
6-2 7-5
Li A.
Kenin S.
672
Li A.
25–

Sofia Kenin defeated Ann Li 6-2 7-5 in the Miami qualifying round 1 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ann Li came in ranked #29. Sofia Kenin extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Sofia Kenin closed it out in two sets, 6–2 7–5.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-02-21DohaR64hardAnn Li6-3 6-7(5) 6-3
2020-01-20Australian OpenR64hardSofia Kenin6-1 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Kenin S.serving58% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Li A.

Li A.serving66% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Kenin S.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Kenin S.Li A.
13
Serve
47
0
Return
49

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Kenin S.Li A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
68%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
47%
Service points won·Even
58%
58%
Return points won·Even
41%
44%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.7
3.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.5
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kenin S.Li A.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
66
76
Break points saved·Slight edge
92
83
Break points won·Even
85
87
Deciding sets·Dominant
54
87
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
73
66

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Kenin S.Li A.
Freshness·Slight edge
91
96

Kenin S.: 9 days rest · 2 matches (14d) · Li A.: 12 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Petkovic A.
Lapko V.
7-616-2
Riske Amritraj A.
Dodin O.
6-10-0
Wang Y.
Abanda F.
6-46-3
Kenin S.
Bonaventure Y.
3-66-46-3
Boulter K.
Zhao C.
3-67-616-2
Golubic V.
Vinci R.
6-46-3
Collins D.
Cepelova J.
7-636-4
Peterson R.
Bouchard E.
6-46-3
Voegele S.
Martincova T.
7-56-2
Vikhlyantseva N.
Gibbs N.
7-636-4
Hercog P.
Krejcikova B.
6-46-2
Niculescu M.
Wickmayer Y.
6-16-3
Q1
Gibbs N.
Zhuk S.
6-26-0
Peterson R.
Parmentier P.
6-06-3
Bonaventure Y.
Duque Marino M.
6-36-2
Petkovic A.
Lisicki S.
4-66-33-1
Vinci R.
Vickery S.
5-76-16-2
Vikhlyantseva N.
Arango E.
6-36-2
Dodin O.
Broady N.
4-67-56-3
Kenin S.
Li A.
6-27-5
Zhao C.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-26-2
Krejcikova B.
Fett J.
4-67-53-1
Boulter K.
Townsend T.
7-616-2
Hercog P.
Wang X.
6-46-2
Abanda F.
Rodina E.
6-46-3
Wickmayer Y.
Rogowska O.
6-46-736-4
Voegele S.
Ahn K.
7-56-2
Niculescu M.
Lottner A.
6-46-0
Collins D.
Smitkova T.
6-26-4
Wang Y.
Duan Y.
7-645-2
Golubic V.
Rodionova A.
6-36-3
Bouchard E.
Kiick A.
6-26-2
Cepelova J.
Tomova V.
6-47-5
Martincova T.
Errani S.
6-45-77-62
Lapko V.
Nara K.
6-736-46-3
Riske Amritraj A.
Jabeur O.
7-56-1