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Lulu Sun #214 def. Mccartney Kessler #217

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 4, 2024*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Lulu Sun
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Mccartney Kessler

Stat	Lulu Sun	Mccartney Kessler
Aces	2	1
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	57	60
First serve points won %	81	58
Second serve points won %	55	32
Break points saved %	50	38
Break points converted %	62	50
Service points won %	70	48
Return points won %	52	30
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lulu Sun	Mccartney Kessler
Country	NZL	USA
Birth date	Apr 14, 2001	Jul 8, 1999
Age	22	24
Height	—	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	214	217
Ranking points (entering)	362	359
Elo (entering)	1,581	1,554
Career W-L	26–37	52–47
Career earnings	$2,147,108	$2,620,756

Pre-match H2H

Lulu Sun 0 – 0 Mccartney Kessler

Path

Lulu Sun's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 2023	Q2	Viktoria Hruncakova	7-6(1) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 2023	Q1	Destanee Aiava	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Lulu Sun's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2024	R16	Varvara Gracheva	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mccartney Kessler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 2023	Q2	Ya Yi Yang	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 29, 2023	Q1	Jessika Ponchet	6-2 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data