Anett Kontaveit and Shuai Zhang will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on PORSCHE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.56
Shuai Zhang -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 5th time that Anett Kontaveit and Shuai Zhang play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kontaveit won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Sydney back in January 2022.
Anett Kontaveit
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-16 | 13-9 | 6-4 | 9-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-17 | 24-12 | 5-3 | 15-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-11 | 14-7 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 27-16 | 17-9 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Kontaveit got to the 3rd round after beating Tereza Martincova 3-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Martincova, Kontaveit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4).During the match, Kontaveit scored less points (5) than Martincova. In fact, the world no. 2 won 99 points vs Martincova’s. That means that Kontaveit was more focused during the important points. Anett was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kontaveit scored 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Anett Kontaveit lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kontaveit put 58% of her first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 38% (14/37) on the 2nd serve. Kontaveit broke Martincova 6 times after converting 40% of her break points (6/15).
Kontaveit has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of her matches (350-175). 12-7 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kontaveit has a compiled 154-93 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in in St. Petersburg where she beat Maria Sakkari in the final 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5.
Anett has a composed 24-12 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-14 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 17-14 | 4-7 | 10-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-28 | 8-11 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-11 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 44, Shuai got to the 3rd round after beating Naomi Osaka 6-4 7-5 and Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Alexandrova (6-3 6-4). During the match Zhang scored 61 points vs Alexandrova’s 54. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Zhang fired 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Shuai Zhang lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 68% of her first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Alexandrova 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shuai hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Lyon where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 3-6 6-3 6-4.
The Chinese has an aggregate 26-20 win-loss record in 2022, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kontaveit | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 41 |
| Pts | 99-104 | 139-113 |
| Total Points | 203 | 252 |
| Winners | 35 | 68 |
| %Winners | 35% | 49% |
Kontaveit played 1 match while Zhang competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Anett Kontaveit dropped 1 set while Shuai Zhang hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kontaveit has played 1 set(s) less than Zhang (3 vs 4). Therefore, Kontaveit played 10 games less than Zhang. The Estonian scored 35 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Shuai managed to score 68 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kontaveit | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 51/88 | 98/128 |
| %1st in | 58% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 68/98 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 14/37 | 20/30 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 67% |
Kontaveit scored 4 aces . Zhang recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kontaveit won 69% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kontaveit | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 40% | 75% |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 55% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Kontaveit broke her opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Estonian dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded. Zhang broke her opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Zhang conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kontaveit | |||
| R2 Martincova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-104 | 99-104 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/88 | 51/88 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/37 | 14/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Osaka |
R2 Alexandrova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 41 | |
| pts | 78-59 | 61-54 | 139-113 | |
| Total points | 137 | 115 | 252 | |
| Winners | 39 | 29 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 48% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/62 | 45/66 | 98/128 | |
| % 1st in | 85% | 68% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 29/45 | 68/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 64% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 13/21 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 62% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
LWLLWLLLWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-73 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Alison RiskeRiske – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (w/o) – See score progression
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-3 4-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Victoria Azarenka/Ons JabeurAzarenka/Ons Jabeur – Yifan Xu/Zhaoxuan YangXu/Zhaoxuan Yang (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-75 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Simona HalepHalep (w/o) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-62 6-76 6-1) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (w/o) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Ty TrombettaTrombetta (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan KingKing – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Ruben GonzalesGonzales (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Eric QuigleyQuigley (5-7 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Facundo MenaMena (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Thales TuriniTurini – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-0 7-67) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sloane StephensStephens (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Madison KeysKeys – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (6-7(3) 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Simona HalepHalep (w/o) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Madison KeysKeys (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ons JabeurJabeur (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Caroline GarciaGarcia (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Shelby RogersRogers (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (1-3) – H2H and prediction
