Lulu Sun vs Iva Jovic — Suzhou 125 Round of 32

Suzhou 125 · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
Lulu Sun
NZL
Lulu Sun
#112WTA
1637ELO
1654Hard ELO
25 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2025
hard
Iva Jovic
USA
Iva Jovic
#16WTA
1906ELO
1847Hard ELO
$1.3MYTD
$2.4MCAREER
18 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWWLW
Sun L.
6-4 7-6
Jovic I.
Sun L.
6772
Jovic I.
463–

Lulu Sun defeated Iva Jovic 6-4 7-6 in the Suzhou 125 round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Iva Jovic came in ranked #16, but Lulu Sun had arrived on a 6-match winning run.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sun L.serving59% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Jovic I.

Jovic I.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Sun L.

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

Sun L.Jovic I.
59
Serve
40
0
Return
70

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

Statistics

This season
Sun L.Jovic I.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
49%
Service points won·Even
60%
59%
Return points won·Slight edge
40%
46%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.3
2.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.4
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (67 vs 74). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sun L.Jovic I.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
72
91
Break points saved·Even
94
95
Break points won·Dominant
52
98
Deciding sets·Even
90
92
Tiebreaks·
78
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Sun L.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Jovic I.
7.3
Strong advantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
3.2Hard Elo 1654
Surface ELO
6.8+193 Hard Elo edge
2.9Overall Elo 1637
ELO gap
7.1Overall Elo 1906
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
8.4
Surface form
7.7
9.06-match win streak
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
8.4
7.0
3-set count
7.0
Prev. match
6.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0
Opponent rise
2.0

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.

Freshness

Recent load
Sun L.Jovic I.
Freshness·Clear edge
100
86

Sun L.: 19 days rest · Jovic I.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Golubic V.
Volynets K.
4-66-46-4
Semi-finals
Volynets K.
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
7-56-2
Golubic V.
Maria T.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
Okamura K.
6-36-1
Volynets K.
Dolehide C.
3-66-27-5
Golubic V.
Eala A.
2-66-27-60
Maria T.
Putintseva Y.
W/O
R16
Volynets K.
Lamens S.
7-56-1
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
Sun L.
2-66-46-2
Okamura K.
Lepchenko V.
6-17-62
Dolehide C.
Garland J.
6-46-4
Golubic V.
Fruhvirtova L.
6-26-0
Eala A.
Minnen G.
7-656-737-5
Putintseva Y.
Galfi D.
3-66-37-5
Maria T.
Jeanjean L.
6-26-4
R32
Putintseva Y.
Parry D.
6-16-746-1
Sun L.
Jovic I.
6-47-63
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
Gibson T.
7-627-5
Lepchenko V.
Tjen J.
6-41-67-62
Okamura K.
Birrell K.
6-26-4
Lamens S.
Yao X.
6-26-3
Dolehide C.
Uchijima M.
4-66-47-65
Volynets K.
Zhu C.
6-06-3
Garland J.
Bronzetti L.
6-37-5
Golubic V.
Masarova R.
6-26-3
Fruhvirtova L.
Zakharova A.
2-66-06-2
Minnen G.
Shi H.
6-46-0
Eala A.
Kawa K.
6-33-67-5
Galfi D.
Starodubtseva Y.
6-26-2
Jeanjean L.
Inglis M.
6-27-5
Maria T.
Zheng S.
6-36-2