Aryna Sabalenka and Renata Zarazua will play each other in the 2nd round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on Court 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.004
Renata Zarazua -> 16.5
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Renata Zarazua
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Renata Zarazua clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sabalenka won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in Brisbane back in 2024.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Renata Zarazua – Brisbane 31-December-2024
Aryna Sabalenka
46 - 9win/loss
2
1
LWLWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47-10 | 34-5 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 63-12 | 35-6 | 17-3 | 4-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-14 | 38-7 | 15-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-14 | 35-9 | 14-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-22 | 20-15 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 2, Sabalenka will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-4 5-7 6-2 to Rybakina in the final on the 12th of September.
Aryna has an overall 46-9 win-loss record in 2026, 33-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Brisbane where she beat Marta Kostyuk in the final 6-4 6-3 and in Indian Wells where she beat Elena Rybakina in the final 3-6 6-3 7-6(6) and in Miami where she defeated Cori Gauff in the final 6-2 4-6 6-3.
Talking about her overall career, Sabalenka has an overall 483-189 record. She has a positive 295-102 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2018, 2023 and 2024. See her history.
Renata Zarazua
28 - 30win/loss
94
51
WLWLLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-31 | 19-20 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-30 | 29-18 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-30 | 25-15 | 18-11 | 4-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 63-31 | 21-12 | 37-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-24 | 5-14 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, Renata got to the 2nd round after beating Anna Bondar 7-6(4) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Mexican had a good straight sets win against Bondar (7-64 6-3). During the match Zarazua scored 91 points vs Bondar’s 72. The Mexican was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Zarazua was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Renata Zarazua lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zarazua put 74% of her first serves in, winning 58% (32/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. The Mexican broke Bondar 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W100 Charlottesville where she overcame Martina Capurro Taborda in the final 6-1 1-6 7-5.
Zarazua has a composed 28-30 win-loss record in 2026, 18-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (5-7 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Paula BadosaBadosa – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (4-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Aoi ItoIto (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Storm HunterHunter – Yu Jun LinJun Lin (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Han ShiShi (7-66 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Sonay KartalKartal – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Talia GibsonGibson (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Daria SnigurSnigur – Katarzyna KawaKawa (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Janice TjenTjen – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Yexin MaMa (6-72 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Elvina KalievaKalieva (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Mai HontamaHontama (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Oleksandra OliynykovaOliynykova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sinja KrausKraus – Maya JointJoint (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Maddison InglisInglis – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Lilli TaggerTagger (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Zhuoxuan BaiBai (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Elsa JacquemotJacquemot (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Anna BondarBondar (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva – Darja VidmanovaVidmanova (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Taylah PrestonPreston – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Alina CharaevaCharaeva – Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva (5-7 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Sonay KartalKartal – Andrea Lazaro GarciaLazaro Garcia (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Aoi ItoIto (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Han ShiShi (7-6(6) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Storm HunterHunter – Yu Jun LinJun Lin (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Magda LinetteLinette (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (4-6 7-6(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
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- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Alina CharaevaCharaeva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Storm SandersSanders (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-5) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Elise MertensMertens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Daria SnigurSnigur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yue YuanYuan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katie BoulterBoulter (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Sinja KrausKraus (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
