Lulu Sun

Lulu Sun (formerly known as Lulu Radovcic; born 14 April 2001) is a Swiss tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 247, achieved on 31 October 2022, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 329, reached on 27 June 2022.

Lulu Sun
Sun at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Switzerland (2015–Jun 2018; Jul 2018–current)
 New Zealand (Jun–Jul 2018)
ResidenceGeneva, Switzerland
Born (2001-04-14) 14 April 2001
Te Anau, New Zealand
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeTexas
Prize moneyUS$ 112,081
Singles
Career record171–98 (63.6%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 247 (31 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 249 (13 February 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record44–39 (53.0%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 329 (27 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 372 (13 February 2023)
Last updated on: 14 February 2023.

Career

Sun played college tennis at the University of Texas at Austin.[1] She won her first major ITF title at the 2022 Saint-Gaudens Open, partnering Fernanda Contreras in doubles.[2] She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Morocco Open just two days later, where she received a wildcard into the singles draw.[3]

Personal life

Having moved with her family from New Zealand to Geneva when still a toddler, she represented Switzerland as a junior, finishing runner-up with Violet Apisah in the 2018 Australian Open girls' doubles, but played under the New Zealand flag at junior Wimbledon that year while waiting for a new Swiss passport, losing in the second round in singles and the first round in doubles.[4] She has an older sister Phenomena Radovcic (born in 1998) who played in some professional tournaments until 2016.[5][6]

Grand Slam performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament 2022 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$15,000 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 15,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2019 ITF Port Pirie, Australia 15,000 Hard Jennifer Elie 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–1 Feb 2019 ITF Perth, Australia 15,000 Hard Jennifer Elie 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Joanna Garland 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–2 Dec 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Carole Monnet 6–0, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Jun 2021 ITF Palma del Río, Spain 25,000 Hard Rebeka Masarova 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)
Win 4–3 Jul 2021 ITF Lisbon, Portugal 25,000 Hard Ellen Perez 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Jan 2023 ITF Boca Raton, United States 25,000 Clay Renata Zarazúa 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (0–2)
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2019 Playford International, Australia 25,000 Hard Amber Marshall Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Anastasia Grymalska		 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Valentina Ryser Ksenia Laskutova
Daria Mishina		 6–7(3), 7–6(2), [10–12]
Loss 0–3 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Valentina Ryser Elina Avanesyan
Iryna Shymanovich		 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2021 ITF Palma del Río, Spain 25,000 Clay Himari Sato Eri Hozumi
Valeria Savinykh		 6–7(6), 3–6
Win 1–4 May 2022 Open Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay Fernanda Contreras Gómez Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Anastasia Tikhonova		 7–5, 6–2
Win 2–4 Feb 2023 ITF Rome Open, United States 60,000 Hard (i) Fanny Stollár Mana Ayukawa
Gabriela Knutson		 6–3, 6–0

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles (0–1)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 2018 Australian Open Hard Violet Apisah Liang En-shuo
Wang Xinyu		 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [5–10]

References
  1. "Lulu Sun - Women's Tennis". University of Texas Athletics.
  2. "Lulu Sun | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  3. "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. "Teen tennis prospect Lulu Sun sends signal on sticking with New Zealand". www.stuff.co.nz. 8 July 2018.
  5. https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/phenomena-radovcic/800401010/sui/wt/s/overview/
  6. "Women's Tennis Association - Official Website".
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