_(52190096327).jpg.webp) Sun at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  New Zealand (2015 – Jun 2018) .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland (July 2018 – present) |
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| Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Born | 14 April 2001 Te Anau, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Austin |
| Prize money | US$139,059 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 193–110 (63.7%) |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 189 (14 August 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 189 (8 January 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2024) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 50–42 (54.3%) |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 329 (27 June 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 432 (16 October 2023) |
| Last updated on: 16 October 2023. | |
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 226, achieved on 3 April 2023, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 329, reached on 27 June 2022.
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]
She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Australian Open after qualifying.[4][5]
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.[6] She has an older sister Phenomena Radovcic (born in 1998) who played in some professional tournaments until 2016.[7][8]
Grand Slam performance timelines
| 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 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Australian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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(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) |
| Win | 4–3 | Jul 2021 | ITF Lisbon, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
| Win | 5–4 | Aug 2023 | ITF Brasilia, Brazil | 80,000 | Hard | Léolia Jeanjean |
6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Oct 2023 | ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States | 60,000 | Hard |  Yuliia Starodubtseva |
5–7, 3–6 |
Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners–up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2019 | ITF Playford, 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 | ITF Saint-Gaudens, France | 60,000 | Clay | Fernanda Contreras Gómez |
 Valentini Grammatikopoulou  Anastasia Tikhonova |
7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–4 | Feb 2023 | ITF Rome, United States | 60,000 | Hard (i) |  Fanny Stollár |
Mana Ayukawa  Gabriela Knutson |
6–3, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jul 2023 | ITF Corroios, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Sofia Costoulas |
Talia Gibson Petra Hule |
3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| 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
- ↑ "Lulu Sun - Women's Tennis". University of Texas Athletics.
- ↑ "Lulu Sun | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
- ↑ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. October 6, 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ↑ "Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more".
- ↑ "What next for Lulu Sun and Tennis New Zealand?".
- ↑ "Teen tennis prospect Lulu Sun sends signal on sticking with New Zealand". www.stuff.co.nz. 8 July 2018.
- ↑ https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/phenomena-radovcic/800401010/sui/wt/s/overview/
- ↑ "Women's Tennis Association - Official Website".
External links
Women's Tennis Association: Top Swiss female singles tennis players | |
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