Lulu Sun

Lulu Sun
Sun at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) New Zealand (2015 – Jun 2018)
  Switzerland (July 2018 – present)
ResidenceGeneva, Switzerland
Born (2001-04-14) 14 April 2001 (age 22)
Te Anau, New Zealand
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeAustin
Prize moneyUS$139,059
Singles
Career record193–110 (63.7%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 189 (14 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 218 (16 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record50–42 (54.3%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 329 (27 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 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]

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 2023 SR W–L Win%
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)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
$15,000 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 15,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2019 ITF Port Pirie, Australia 15,000 Hard United States Jennifer Elie 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–1 Feb 2019 ITF Perth, Australia 15,000 Hard United States Jennifer Elie 7–6(1), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–2 Dec 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard France Carole Monnet 6–0, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Jun 2021 ITF Palma del Río, Spain 25,000 Hard Spain Rebeka Masarova 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4)
Win 4–3 Jul 2021 ITF Lisbon, Portugal 25,000 Hard Australia Ellen Perez 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Jan 2023 ITF Boca Raton, United States 25,000 Clay Mexico Renata Zarazúa 2–6, 5–7
Win 5–4 Aug 2023 ITF Brasilia, Brazil 80,000 Hard France Léolia Jeanjean 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 5–5 Oct 2023 ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States 60,000 Hard Ukraine Yuliia Starodubtseva 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runners–up)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (0–3)
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2019 ITF Playford, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Amber Marshall Italy Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Italy Anastasia Grymalska 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Switzerland Valentina Ryser Russia Ksenia Laskutova
Russia Daria Mishina 		6–7(3), 7–6(2), [10–12]
Loss 0–3 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Switzerland Valentina Ryser Russia Elina Avanesyan
Belarus Iryna Shymanovich 		4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2021 ITF Palma del Río, Spain 25,000 Clay Japan Himari Sato Japan Eri Hozumi
Russia Valeria Savinykh 		6–7(6), 3–6
Win 1–4 May 2022 ITF Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay Mexico Fernanda Contreras Gómez Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Anastasia Tikhonova 		7–5, 6–2
Win 2–4 Feb 2023 ITF Rome, United States 60,000 Hard (i) Hungary Fanny Stollár Japan Mana Ayukawa
Czech Republic Gabriela Knutson 		6–3, 6–0
Loss 2–5 Jul 2023 ITF Corroios, Portugal 25,000 Hard Belgium Sofia Costoulas Australia Talia Gibson
Australia 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 Papua New Guinea Violet Apisah Chinese Taipei Liang En-shuo
China 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/[bare URL]
  6. ^ "Women's Tennis Association - Official Website".

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