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Sinja Kraus vs Sofia Kenin — Japan Open - Osaka Qualifying Round of 16

Japan Open - OsakaQ16QualifyingHardSun 18 Oct · ~01:00Final1h 37m
Sinja KrausWTA #75 · AUT
Sofia KeninWTA #125 · USA
SetsGames2
776
0
644

Sinja Kraus defeated Sofia Kenin 7-6, 6-4 in the Osaka Japan Open second round. Kraus hit 5 aces and 3 double faults, winning 69 percent of her first serves. She converted 38 percent of break points and won 5 service breaks to Kenin's 4.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

How the match was decided

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Kraus S. took it in straight sets, with five breaks of serve.

  • Breaks of serveKraus S. 5 · Kenin S. 4
  • 1st-serve points wonKraus S. 69% · Kenin S. 54%
  • AcesKraus S. 5 · Kenin S. 2

Turning points

When the match moved
  1. Set 11–1Break backKraus S. · Broke back
  2. Set 15–5Break backKraus S. · Broke back
  3. Set 16–6Break backKraus S. · Broke back
  4. Set 21–1Break backKenin S. · Broke back
  5. Set 25–4BreakKraus S. · Broke, never broken back

Win probability during the match

i
100%Kraus S.
0%Kenin S.
Final · 7–6 6–4
0–11–12–12–23–23–34–34–44–55–55–66–67–61–01–11–22–22–33–33–44–45–46–4Set 1 · 7–6Set 2 · 6–4
  1. Break by Kenin S.
  2. Break by Kraus S.
  3. Break by Kenin S.
  4. Break by Kraus S.
  5. Break by Kenin S.
  6. Break by Kraus S.
  7. Set won by Kraus S.
  8. Break by Kraus S.
  9. Break by Kenin S.
  10. Break by Kraus S.
  11. Set won by Kraus S.
Sinja KrausSofia Kenin
Recorded during the match
Serve flowKraus S. broken 4 times · Kenin S. broken 5 times.
  • Hold to love/15
  • Hold to 30
  • Hold to 40 / deuce
  • Broken
  • Result unknown
Kraus S.
7/11Kenin S.
6/11
Set 1Set 2

Match momentum

Whole matchKraus S.Kenin S.
EvenKraus S.Kenin S.
Late momentumKraus S.33
8Last 12 points4
11Last 3 games8
5/13Break points3/9

Break of serve

Match statistics

Kraus S.Kenin S.
Serve
  • 5Aces2
  • 3Double faults2
  • 69%1st serve points won54%
  • 64% · 7/11Service games held55% · 6/11
Return
  • 38%Break points won40%
  • 5Breaks of serve4

Serve & return performance

Key performance gaps
First-serve pointsKraus S. won 69% of points behind the first serve, Kenin S. 54%. Largest performance gap of the match.+15 ptsKraus S.1st-serve pts won69%Kenin S.1st-serve pts won54%

Common opponents

9 shared · last 12 months

Kraus S. and Kenin S. faced 9 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Kraus S. went 5–5 (50%) against them, Kenin S. 2–8 (20%). Kraus S. came out better against 3 of 8 comparable opponents, Kenin S. against 0 — though 1 of those edges carries caveats (lower-tier event).

5–550%Kraus S. · better vs 3Record vs common opponents2–820%Kenin S. · better vs 0
Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines
11–13Sets9–17
103–124Games115–135
1–0Tiebreaks1–3
3–1Deciding sets1–5
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Head-to-head

1 meeting · Kraus S. leads 1–0
10

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match
Kraus S.Kenin S.1 840ELO1 7811 623Hard ELO1 6597–3Last 103–724Age27RightPlaysRightCareer $1.3M2026 $700KEarningsCareer $12.8M2026 $1.1M

Match info

  • Started~01:00 local
  • Duration1h 37m

Cite this

Sinja Kraus beat Sofia Kenin 7-6(4) 6-4. Umpiry, "Sinja Kraus vs Sofia Kenin — Japan Open - Osaka Qualifying Round of 16", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-10-18/kenin-vs-kraus-japan-open-osaka-q16?utm_source=cite (as of 18 October 2026).