Wakana Sonobe vs Yue Yuan — Abu Dhabi Round of 32

Abu Dhabi · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Wakana Sonobe
#537WTA
1506ELO
1523Hard ELO
18 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 February 2025
hard
CHN
Yue Yuan
#121WTA
1629ELO
1610Hard ELO
27 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWL
Sonobe W.
6-4 6-3
Yuan Y.
Sonobe W.
662
Yuan Y.
430

Wakana Sonobe defeated Yue Yuan 6-4 6-3 in the Abu Dhabi round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yue Yuan came in ranked #121.

Key context

  • Match story: Wakana Sonobe closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sonobe W.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Yuan Y.

Yuan Y.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Sonobe W.

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

Sonobe W.Yuan Y.
—
Serve
30
—
Return
35

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

Statistics

This season
Sonobe W.Yuan Y.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
57%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.1
2.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.1
1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 73). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Sonobe W.
4.0
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 63 days (−1.2)
Yuan Y.
6.8
Slight advantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
3.6Hard Elo 1523
Surface ELO
6.4+87 Hard Elo edge
2.9Overall Elo 1506
ELO gap
7.1Overall Elo 1629
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.2
Surface form
4.4
Win streak
0.0Lost last 3
Fatigue & Travel
Prev. match
7.0
6.0
Surface transition
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
22°CPartly cloudy
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 39%

Draw

Final
Bencic B.
Krueger A.
4-66-16-1
Semi-finals
Krueger A.
Noskova L.
7-626-4
Bencic B.
Rybakina E.[1]
3-66-36-4
Quarter-finals
Noskova L.
Linette M.
6-46-3
Rybakina E.[1]
Jabeur O.
6-24-67-64
Bencic B.
Vondrousova M.
7-56-3
Krueger A.
Fernandez L.[8]
7-54-66-2
R16
Linette M.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
5-74-1
Krueger A.
Kasatkina D.[3]
1-67-56-4
Noskova L.
Badosa P.[2]
6-46-1
Fernandez L.[8]
Sun L.
6-06-3
Rybakina E.[1]
Volynets K.
2-66-46-4
Bencic B.
Kudermetova V.
6-06-0
Vondrousova M.
Putintseva Y.[4]
6-26-3
Jabeur O.
Sonobe W.
6-36-3
R32
Fernandez L.[8]
Uchijima M.
7-637-60
Volynets K.
Kartal S.
3-66-46-4
Linette M.
Zarazua R.
6-47-66
Krueger A.
Kessler M.
6-36-746-3
Jabeur O.
Ostapenko J.[7]
7-647-5
Noskova L.
Frech M.
6-06-3
Bencic B.
Sramkova R.
6-23-66-1
Vondrousova M.
Raducanu E.
6-36-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Kenin S.
6-36-1
Kudermetova V.
Samsonova L.[5]
5-76-17-65
Sun L.
Garcia C.
6-16-3
Sonobe W.
Yuan Y.
6-46-3