Qinwen Zheng and Diana Shnaider will face off in the semifinal of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.46
Diana Shnaider -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Diana Shnaider
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Diana Shnaider since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Qinwen Zheng
47 - 16win/loss
7
7
WWWWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-16 | 31-10 | 17-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Qinwen reached the semifinal after defeating Unknown Player bye, Moyuka Uchijima 7-5 6-0 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-0 1-6 6-3.
In the quarter, The Chinese defeated Annie Fernandez (6-0 1-6 6-3). During the match, Zheng scored 78 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 64. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zheng bagged 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 56% of her first serves in, winning 73% (29/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Qinwen broke Annie Fernandez 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zheng has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Zheng has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 71% of her matches (223-93). 29-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zheng has a composed115-53 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Palermo where she beat Karolina Muchova in the final 6-4 4-6 6-2 and in Paris where she defeated Donna Vekic in the final 6-2 6-3.
Qinwen has an aggregate 47-16 win-loss record in 2024, 29-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Diana Shnaider
50 - 22win/loss
14
14
LWLLLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-23 | 26-15 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-22 | 14-13 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 58-17 | 11-4 | 46-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16 (career-high), Shnaider reached the semifinal after beating Unknown Player bye, Viktoriya Tomova 6-2 6-2 and Sayaka Ishii w/o.
In the quarter, Shnaider defeated Ishii (w/o). During the match Shnaider and Ishii scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 7 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Shnaider was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
Talking about serving, Shnaider couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Diana Shnaider conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hua Hin where she beat Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1 and the Paris where she beat Emma Navarro in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4 and in Bad Homburg where she overcame Donna Vekic in the final 6-3 2-6 6-3 and in Budapest where she beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the final 6-4 6-4.
Diana has a compiled 50-22 win-loss record in 2024, 26-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Shnaider |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 16 |
| Pts | 141-108 | 67-47 |
| Total Points | 249 | 114 |
| Winners | 52 | 26 |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% |
Zheng played 2 matches while Shnaider competed in 1 match. At the moment, Qinwen Zheng lost 1 set while Diana Shnaider hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zheng has played 3 sets more than Shnaider (5 vs 2). Therefore, Zheng played 24 games more than Shnaider. Zheng scored 52 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 26 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Shnaider |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 67/124 | 40/50 |
| %1st in | 54% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 52/67 | 26/40 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 27/57 | 4/10 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 40% |
Zheng struck 10 aces (5 per match). Shnaider blasted 2 aces . Zheng won 78% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Shnaider won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Shnaider |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/17 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 59% | 67% |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 64% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Zheng broke her opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Chinese surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Diana broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | ||||
| R2 Uchijima |
1/4 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | 6-0 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 40 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 78-64 | 141-108 | |
| Total points | 107 | 142 | 249 | |
| Winners | 23 | 29 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/53 | 40/71 | 67/124 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 56% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 29/40 | 52/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 14/31 | 27/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 45% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 56% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Shnaider | ||||
| R2 Tomova |
1/4 Ishii |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | – | 16 | |
| pts | 67-47 | – | 67-47 | |
| Total points | 114 | – | 114 | |
| Winners | 26 | – | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | – | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | – | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/50 | – | 40/50 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | – | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | – | 26/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | – | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | – | 4/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | – | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | – | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | – | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | – | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | – | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | – | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Jelle SelsSels – Harri HeliovaaraHeliovaara (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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