_(52190096327).jpg) Sun at the2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
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| Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Born | (2001-04-14)14 April 2001 (age 24) Te Anau, New Zealand |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Turned pro | 2022 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Texas |
| Prize money | US$ 1,850,496 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 265–158 |
| Career titles | 1WTA 125 |
| Highest ranking | No. 39 (9 September 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 88 (17 November 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2024,2025) |
| French Open | 1R (2025) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2024) |
| US Open | 2R (2025) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 71–57 |
| Career titles | 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 190 (24 February 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 221 (24 November 2025) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2025) |
| French Open | 2R (2025) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2025) |
| US Open | 1R (2024) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
| Team competitions | |
| BJK Cup | 3–3 |
| Last updated on: 24 November 2025. | |
Lulu Sun (Chinese:孙璐璐;pinyin:Sūn Lùlù,née Lulu Radovcic; born 14 April 2001) is a New Zealand professionaltennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 39 by theWTA, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a best doubles ranking of No. 190, reached on 24 February 2025.
Sun was bornLulu Radovcic[a] (Croatian:Radovčić) inTe Anau, New Zealand, to aChinese mother and aCroatian father. Sun briefly lived inShanghai thereafter.[6] From the age of five she was raised in Geneva, Switzerland, where she completed her school education while still visiting New Zealand to visit family.[7]
She attended college in the United States at theUniversity of Texas at Austin, graduating with abachelor's degree in international relations and global studies in 2022[8] and completing her degree in just 3 years.[9]
Sun speaks English,French, andMandarin Chinese fluently; she expressed interest in learningKorean andJapanese.[10]
She has an older sister, Phenomena Sun (born 1998), who played in professional tournaments until 2016.[11]
As a teenager, Sun entered a number ofITF Women's Circuit events, playing as Lulu Radovcic[12] and later changed her last name to Sun, her mother's maiden name.[citation needed]
Sun represented Switzerland as a junior, finishing runner-up withViolet Apisah in the2018 Australian Open girls' doubles.[13][14] She also played under the New Zealand flag at junior Wimbledon that year, losing in the second round insingles and the first round indoubles.[15]
Before turning professional, Sun played one season of college tennis for theTexas Longhorns in 2020–21.[16] She went 15–1 on singles court three and 6–1 on court two. In the final of the2021 NCAA tournament, Sun won the championship-clinching match for the Longhorns to beatPepperdine 4–3. Sun partnered Kylie Collins in the team's top doubles spot, going 22–4 in dual matches, and they reached the final of the NCAA doubles tournament but fell toNorth Carolina'sMakenna Jones andElizabeth Scotty.[17]
In May 2022, she won her first big ITF title at theSaint-Gaudens Open, partneringFernanda Contreras in doubles.[18] She made herWTA Tour main-draw debut at theMorocco Open two days later, where she received a wildcard into the singles draw,[19] but lost to seventh seedArantxa Rus in the first round.[20]
Sun made her Grand Slam debut at theAustralian Open after qualifying[21][22] but was beaten in the first round byElisabetta Cocciaretto.[23]
On her WTA 1000 debut, she recorded her first win at that level at theDubai Championships as a wildcard, following the retirement ofPaula Badosa.[24] She lost to ninth seedJelena Ostapenko in the second round.[25]
In April, Sun played under theNew Zealand flag for the first time as part of the team for the 2024Billie Jean King Cup.[26][1]In May, Sun won the singles and doubles titles at the W100 Bonita Springs Championship in Florida.[27] She reached the top 125 on 17 June 2024.[citation needed]
She qualified for the2024 Wimbledon Championships making her debut at this major and upset eighth seedZheng Qinwen in the first round.[28] It was her first top 10 win, and also her first completed victory over any player in the top 100.[7] Next, she reached the third round with a win over fellow qualifierYulia Starodubtseva[29] and the fourth with a win overZhu Lin.[30] She equalled the feat of reaching the fourth round at the All England Club as the first New Zealand female player in theOpen Era, and second afterDame Ruia Morrison in 1957 and 1959.[31][32] She reached her first quarterfinal with a win overEmma Raducanu becoming the first New Zealand woman to ever reach that stage at Wimbledon in the Open Era. She was only the second woman from New Zealand to reach a major quarterfinal, followingBelinda Cordwell at the 1989 Australian Open.[33] Her run finally ended in the quarterfinals where she was beaten in three sets byDonna Vekić.[34][35] She would go on to represent New Zealand at the2024 Olympics in singles, where she entered as an alternate, as well as in doubles.[36]
Ranked No. 64, she qualified for theCincinnati Open making her debut at this WTA 1000, and defeatedLinda Nosková in the first round,[37] before losing to 15th seedMarta Kostyuk.[38]
Sun followed this result by reaching her first WTA Tour-level final at the newly upgraded WTA 500Monterrey Open, with wins overChloé Paquet,[39]María Lourdes Carlé,[40][41]Erika Andreeva[42][43] and third seedEkaterina Alexandrova.[44] She lost the final to Linda Nosková in straight sets.[45] As a result she reached world No. 41 on 26 August 2024 and the top 40 two weeks later.[citation needed]
At theUS Open, Sun retired due to a hip injury after losing the opening set of her first round match againstLucia Bronzetti.[46] Having taken a month off tour, she returned to the court at theChina Open, but lost in the first round toAshlyn Krueger.[47] Sun withdrew from her next scheduled tournament, theHong Kong Tennis Open, and announced she was bringing an end to her 2024 season.[48]
In December, Sun was namedWTA Newcomer of the Year.[49][50]
Having suffered opening round defeats in her first four tournaments of the 2025 season, Sun secured her first win of the year at theAbu Dhabi Open, overcomingCaroline Garcia.[51][52] She lost to eighth seedLeylah Fernandez in the second round.[53]
In March, at the WTA 1000 event inIndian Wells, she defeatedRebecca Šramková[54] and 31st seed Linda Nosková[55] to reach the third round, where her run was ended by eighth seed Zheng Qinwen.[56]
Partnering withLeylah Fernandez, Sun was runner-up in the doubles at theWTA 125 Catalonia Open in May, losing toBianca Andreescu andAldila Sutjiadi in the final.[57] The following week at theItalian Open, she defeated wildcard entrantGiorgia Pedone[58] to reach the second round, in which she lost to sixth seedJasmine Paolini.[59]
Sun lost in the first round at theFrench Open andWimbledon toVictoria Mboko[60] andMarie Bouzková[61] respectively.
Moving onto the North American hard-court swing of the season at theCanadian Open, she defeatedSorana Cîrstea in the first round,[62] but lost her next match to fifth seedAmanda Anisimova.[63] A win over qualifierAntonia Ružić saw Sun into the second round at theCincinnati Open,[64] at which point she lost to 12th seedEkaterina Alexandrova.[65] At theUS Open, she defeatedCamila Osorio to record her first win at a major since the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[66] Sun lost to 19th seedElise Mertens in the second round.[67]
In September, Sun won her first WTA 125 title at theJingshan Open, defeatingMa Yexin in the final.[68][69]
Having made it through qualifying at theGuangzhou Open in October, she defeated top seedJéssica Bouzas Maneiro,[70] wildcard entrantWang Yafan,[71]Caty McNally[72] and qualifierClaire Liu to reach her second WTA Tour final.[73] Sun lost the championship match to second seedAnn LI in straight sets.[74] Despite the loss, she returned to the world's top-100, moving up 28 places to No. 88 on 27 October 2025.[75]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | A | QF | 1R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2024 | Monterrey Open, Mexico | WTA 500 | Hard |  Linda Nosková | 6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2025 | Guangzhou Open, China | WTA 250 | Hard |  Ann Li | 6–7(6–8), 2–6 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2025 | WTA 125 Jingshan, China | Hard |  Ma Yexin | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2025 | WTA 125 Vic, Spain | Clay |  Leylah Fernandez | Bianca Andreescu Aldila Sutjiadi | 2–6, 4–6 |
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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 | 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 Brasília, 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, United Kingdom | W50 | Hard (i) |  Heather Watson | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–5 | May 2024 | ITF Bonita Springs, United States | W100 | Clay | Maya Joint | 6–1, 6–3 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2019 | ITF Playford, Australia | W25 | Hard | Amber Marshall |  Giulia Gatto-MonticoneAnastasia Grymalska | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2020 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard |  Valentina Ryser |  Ksenia LaskutovaDaria 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 HozumiValeria 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 AyukawaGabriela Knutson | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jul 2023 | ITF Corroios, Portugal | W25 | Hard |  Sofia Costoulas | Talia GibsonPetra 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 | ITF Říčany, Czech Republic | W75 | Hard (i) | Fanny Stollár | Gabriela KnutsonTereza Valentová | 4–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
| Win | 4–6 | May 2024 | ITF Bonita Springs, United States | W100 | Clay | Fanny Stollár | Valentini GrammatikopoulouValeriya Strakhova | 6–4, 7–6(3) |
| Season | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
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| Wins | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| # | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | LSR |
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| 1. | Zheng Qinwen | 8 | Wimbledon Championships, UK | Grass | 1R | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 | 123 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard |  Violet Apisah | Liang En-shuoWang Xinyu | 6–7(4), 6–4, [5–10] |
