Katie Volynets is about to kick off her campaign in the draw in Guangzhou. Last season in Guangzhou, Katie lost in the 1st round to Katie Volynets 4-6 6-2 6-2. In the previous edition of this tournament, she managed to beat Dominika Salkova 6-2 7-5, Lanlana Tararudee 6-2 4-6 6-4, Katarzyna Kawa 4-6 6-2 6-2 and Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah 6-3 6-3.
Draw prediction with head to head records
This is Katie Volynets’s projected draw together withherplausible opponents in Guangzhou Open. Katie has a weak record (1-3) against the plausible opposition.
R1 – Dayana Yastremska’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 1-1
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-23 | 11-15 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-22 | 12-13 | 8-5 | 4-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-22 | 12-12 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 19-13 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-25 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 7-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-12 | 3-8 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 36-22 | 23-14 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Dayana Yastremska has a 21-23 record in 2026, 11-15 on hard. In the previous 11 years, the Ukrainian has a 118-105 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Yastremska will try to keep a positive momentum since she is on a 10 matches winning streak.
Yastremska’s best achievement of the current season was getting to the final the Parma.
Last year in Guangzhou Open the Ukrainian didn’t play in this tournament.
H2H Katie Volynets vs. Dayana Yastremska
This match would represent the 3rd time that Katie Volynets and Dayana Yastremska play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 for Yastremska on hard in major tournaments.
R2 – Han Shi’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 0-0
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66-27 | 63-22 | 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 |
Han Shi has a 66-27 win-loss record in 2026, 63-22 on hard. In the last 5 years, the Chinese has a 171-98 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Shi will try to keep a positive momentum since she is on a 10 matches winning streak.
The Chinese’s best achievement of the season was getting to the final the W50 Monastir, W15 Monastir, the W50 Elvas and W15 Tianjin.
Last year in Guangzhou Open Han lost to Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva in the qualifications 6-2 6-1.
H2H Katie Volynets vs. Han Shi
There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Han Shi since this would be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
1/4 – Lilli Tagger’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 0-0
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-21 | 26-12 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-9 | 5-4 | 29-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-11 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-6 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Lilli Tagger has a 32-21 record in 2026, 26-12 on hard. Talking about the previous 4 years, Tagger has a 38-20 record on hard. Tagger will try to keep a positive momentum since she is on a 10 matches winning streak.
Her best achievement of the year was conquering the tournament the W100 Fujairah where she defeated Harriet Dart in the final 6-4 6-2, and in Prague where she defeated Daria Snigur in the final 7-6(3) 6-2.
Last year in Guangzhou Open the Austrian didn’t play in this event.
H2H Katie Volynets vs. Lilli Tagger
There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Lilli Tagger since this would be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Yet, Katie Volynets may square off with Magda Linette. Their head to head is 1-0 for Magda Linette.
1/2 – Zeynep Sonmez’s rankings and performance.
Head to head 2-0 for Zeynep Sonmez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-24 | 17-16 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 28-28 | 14-16 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-25 | 19-9 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-28 | 4-4 | 23-10 | 17-8 | 6-4 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 38-21 | 22-8 | 14-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 2-3 | 14-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 17-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 20-17 | 9-8 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Zeynep Sonmez has a 32-24 record in 2026, 17-16 on hard. Regarding the last 10 years, Sonmez has a 100-69 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Turk will try to keep a positive momentum since she is on a 10 matches winning streak.
Last year in Guangzhou Open Zeynep didn’t take part in this event.
H2H Katie Volynets vs. Zeynep Sonmez
This would be the 3rd time that Katie Volynets and Zeynep Sonmez play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sonmez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.
Alternatively, Katie Volynets could square off with Anna Bondar. Their H2H record is 1-1.
Final – Janice Tjen’s rankings and performance.
Head to head record 0-0
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-28 | 16-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 77-15 | 72-15 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-3 | 28-2 | 13-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Janice Tjen has a 20-28 record in 2026, 16-18 on hard. In the course of the previous 3 years, Tjen has a 116-35 record on hard. The Indonesian will try to keep a positive momentum since she is on a 10 matches winning streak.
Last year in Guangzhou Open the Indonesian lost to Tatiana Prozorova in the qualifications 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(4).
H2H Katie Volynets vs. Janice Tjen
There is no head to head record between Katie Volynets and Janice Tjen since this would be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nevertheless, Katie Volynets could fight against Katerina Siniakova. Their H2H is 0-0.
