Lulu Sun

Lulu Sun

Sun at the 2024 Australian Open
Country (sports)	Switzerland (– Mar 2024)   New Zealand (Mar 2024 –) [1] [2]
Residence	Geneva, Switzerland
Born	(2001-04-14) 14 April 2001 (age 23) Te Anau, New Zealand
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2022[ citation needed ]
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Texas
Prize money	US$259,388
Singles
Career record	212–120 (63.9%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 151 (26 February 2024)
Current ranking	No. 164 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	60–46 (56.6%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 318 (18 March 2024)
Current ranking	No. 323 (22 April 2024)
Last updated on: 18 March 2024.

Lulu Sun (formerly known as Lulu Radovcic; born 14 April 2001) is a Swiss New Zealand tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA world of No. 151, achieved on 26 February 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 318, reached on 18 March 2024.

Career

Sun represented Switzerland as a junior, finishing runner-up with Violet Apisah in the 2018 Australian Open girls' doubles, but also played under the New Zealand flag at junior Wimbledon that year, losing in the second round in singles and the first round in doubles. ^[3]

She played college tennis at the University of Texas at Austin ^[4] and turned pro after graduating in 2022.^{[ citation needed ]}

She won her first big ITF title at the 2022 Saint-Gaudens Open, partnering Fernanda Contreras in doubles, ^[5] and 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. ^[6]

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Australian Open, ^{[7] [8]} and recorded her first win at the WTA 1000 level at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships as a wildcard following the retirement of Paula Badosa. As a result she moved to a new career-high singles ranking of No. 151 on 26 February 2024.

In April 2024 Sun played under the New Zealand flag as part of the New Zealand team for the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup. ^{[9] [1]}

Personal life

Sun was born in New Zealand, then moved to Switzerland when she was 5. She attended college in the United States at the University of Texas in Austin, graduating in 2022 with a BA in Political Science.^{[ citation needed ]}

She has an older sister Phenomena Radovcic (born in 1998) who played in some professional tournaments until 2016. ^{[10] [11]}

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	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Australian Open	A	A	1R	0 / 0	0–1	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	0–1	0 / 0	0–1	0%

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Legend W80 tournaments (1–0) W60 tournaments (0–1) W40/50 tournaments (1–0) W25 tournaments (1–2) W15 tournaments (3–2)

Finals by surface Hard (6–4) Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2017	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	W15	Hard	Choi Ji-hee	2–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2019	ITF Port Pirie, Australia	W15	Hard	Jennifer Elie	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–1	Feb 2019	ITF Perth, Australia	W15	Hard	Jennifer Elie	7–6(1), 6–3
Loss	2–2	Nov 2020	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Joanna Garland	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–2	Dec 2020	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Carole Monnet	6–0, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Jun 2021	ITF Palma del Río, Spain	W25	Hard	Rebeka Masarova	3–6, 6–1, 6–7(4)
Win	4–3	Jul 2021	ITF Lisbon, Portugal	W25	Hard	Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–4	Jan 2023	ITF Boca Raton, United States	W25	Clay	Renata Zarazúa	2–6, 5–7
Win	5–4	Aug 2023	ITF Brasilia, Brazil	W80	Hard	Léolia Jeanjean	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	5–5	Oct 2023	ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States	W60	Hard	Yuliia Starodubtseva	5–7, 3–6
Win	6–5	Feb 2024	ITF Roehampton, Great Britain	W50	Hard (i)	Heather Watson	7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners–up)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (2–1) W40/W50 tournaments (1–0) W25 tournaments (0–3) W15 tournaments (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2019	ITF Playford, Australia	W25	Hard	Amber Marshall	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Anastasia Grymalska	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2020	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	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	W15	Hard	Valentina Ryser	Elina Avanesyan Iryna Shymanovich	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Jun 2021	ITF Palma del Río, Spain	W25	Clay	Himari Sato	Eri Hozumi Valeria Savinykh	6–7(6), 3–6
Win	1–4	May 2022	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	W60	Clay	Fernanda Contreras Gómez	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasia Tikhonova	7–5, 6–2
Win	2–4	Feb 2023	ITF Rome, United States	W60	Hard (i)	Fanny Stollár	Mana Ayukawa Gabriela Knutson	6–3, 6–0
Loss	2–5	Jul 2023	ITF Corroios, Portugal	W25	Hard	Sofia Costoulas	Talia Gibson Petra Hule	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	3–5	Feb 2024	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	W50	Hard (i)	Moyuka Uchijima	Weronika Falkowska Fanny Stollár	6–4, 7–6(3)
Loss	3–6	Mar 2024	Říčany Open, Czech Republic	W75	Hard (i)	Fanny Stollár	Gabriela Knutson Tereza Valentová	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]

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

1. "ASB Classic star Lulu Sun confirms switch from Switzerland to New Zealand". 14 March 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
2. "Lulu Sun's announcement on her Instagram".
3. "Teen tennis prospect Lulu Sun sends signal on sticking with New Zealand". www.stuff.co.nz. 8 July 2018.
4. "Lulu Sun - Women's Tennis". University of Texas Athletics.
5. "Lulu Sun | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
6. "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
7. "Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more".
8. "What next for Lulu Sun and Tennis New Zealand?".
9. "The inside story of Lulu Sun's switch to New Zealand".
10. https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/phenomena-radovcic/800401010/sui/wt/s/overview/ ^{[ bare URL ]}
11. "Women's Tennis Association - Official Website".

External links

• Lulu Sun at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lulu Sun at the International Tennis Federation