Elvina Kalieva and Han Shi will fight against each other in the qualifications of the China Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on Court 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elvina Kalieva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elvina Kalieva is the pick to win this match.
Elvina Kalieva -> 1.62
Han Shi -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Elvina Kalieva vs. Han Shi
There is no head to head record between Elvina Kalieva and Han Shi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elvina Kalieva
36 - 24win/loss
117
113
WLLLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-24 | 22-12 | 10-8 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-34 | 19-16 | 11-10 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 5-2 |
| 2024 | 31-36 | 11-16 | 15-15 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 10-14 | 29-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-27 | 16-17 | 13-7 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Elvina reached the qualifications after beating Ellen Perez 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kalieva had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kalieva scored 65 points vs Perez’s 50. The American was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kalieva scored 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elvina Kalieva lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kalieva put 69% of her first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Elvina broke Perez 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Kalieva has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of her matches (209-182). 22-12 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Kalieva has an aggregate95-85 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W100 San Diego where she beat Elizabeth Mandlik in the final 3-6 6-3 6-1.
Elvina has a composed 36-24 win-loss record in 2026, 22-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Elvina has never competed in this tournament before.
Han Shi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57-23 | 54-18 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 18-27 | 16-19 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-26 | 42-26 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-17 | 21-15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-16 | 29-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 231, the Chinese reached the qualifications after defeating Tereza Mihalikova 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Shi had a good straight sets win against Mihalikova (6-0 6-2). During the match Shi scored 66 points vs Mihalikova’s 43. Han was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Shi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Han Shi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Shi put 57% of her first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Mihalikova 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W50 Monastir where she defeated Marina Bassols Ribera in the final 4-6 6-2 6-4 and the W50 Elvas where she beat Matilde Jorge in the final 6-1 6-1.
Shi has a compiled 57-23 win-loss record in 2026, 54-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024 and 2025. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kalieva | Shi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 14 |
| Pts | 65-50 | 66-43 |
| Total Points | 115 | 109 |
| Winners | 27 | 23 |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% |
Both Kalieva and Shi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kalieva and Shi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kalieva played 4 games more than Shi. The American scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Shi struck 23 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kalieva | Shi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 33/58 |
| %1st in | 69% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 23/33 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 15/25 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Kalieva scored 6 aces . Shi fired 1 ace . Kalieva won 75% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Shi won 70% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kalieva | Shi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 45% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Elvina broke her opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Han broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Shi was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Kalieva | |||
| Q1 Perez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Shi | |||
| Q1 Mihalikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 66-43 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 33/58 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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