Mika Stojsavljevic wins first WTA Tour match by beating Sofia Kenin
The 17-year-old Briton won 6-3 4-6 6-4 at the Hong Kong Open after entering the main draw as a lucky loser.
Mika Stojsavljevic, 17, claimed her first WTA Tour main-draw win by beating former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin at the Hong Kong Open. She had only an hour's notice before playing.
Key takeaways
- Mika Stojsavljevic, aged 17, beat Sofia Kenin 6-3 4-6 6-4 at the Hong Kong Open.
- Stojsavljevic entered the main draw as a lucky loser after losing in qualifying.
- She had only an hour's notice that she would be playing.
- She will face world number 67 Zeynep Sonmez in the second round.
British teenager Mika Stojsavljevic won her first WTA Tour main-draw match by beating former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin at the Hong Kong Open, BBC Sport reported. Stojsavljevic, ranked world number 411, triumphed 6-3 4-6 6-4 despite receiving only an hour’s notice that she would play.
She entered the main draw as a lucky loser after losing in qualifying for the Hong Kong Open. Kenin, aged 27, is ranked 224 places above Stojsavljevic. Kenin won the Australian Open in 2020 but has had a torrid time since that Melbourne title.
Stojsavljevic hit six winners to Kenin’s zero and saved three of the eight break points she faced. "I only knew an hour before I was going to be playing. I kind of just went out and swung today," Stojsavljevic said. "
Career background
Stojsavljevic started playing tennis aged seven at Ealing Lawn Tennis Club in north-west London after watching her brother practise. She reached a high of fifth in the junior world rankings.
Earlier this year, she reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 125 event in Birmingham, the tier that sits below the main Tour.
It is a second big win of the year for Stojsavljevic, who stunned then world number 56 Talia Gibson at Billie Jean King Cup qualifying in April. The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organised by the Women’s Tennis Association.
The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and the third tier is the Women’s World Tennis Tour. The 2026 WTA Tour is the global elite women’s professional tennis circuit organised by the WTA for the 2026 tennis season.
The calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA 1000 tournaments, the WTA 500 tournaments, the WTA 250 tournaments, the Billie Jean King Cup, the year-end championships, and the team event United Cup.
What happens next
Stojsavljevic will face world number 67 Zeynep Sonmez in the second round in Hong Kong. BBC Sport did not give a date or start time for that match.
Match result and player rankings
Player | Country | Ranking | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
Mika Stojsavljevic | Great Britain | 411 | Winner |
Sofia Kenin | United States | Loser | |
Zeynep Sonmez | Turkey | 67 | Next opponent |
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