Shuai Zhang and Veronika Kudermetova will square off in the semifinal of Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction and head to head
There is no head to head record between Shuai Zhang and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuai Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shuai Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.80
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.00
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Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 40, Shuai reached the semifinal after beating Kirsten Flipkens 4-6 6-3 6-2, Kateryna Kozlova 4-6 6-1 6-2 and Lauren Davis 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Kozlova, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Zhang scored 86 points vs Kozlova’s 64. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang blasted 7 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Shuai Zhang was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (41/54) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Chinese broke Kozlova 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 56% of the points she played.
Zhang has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (781-644). 3-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a 195-189 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Zhang has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Hobart
Zhang lost in the 1st round 6-2 0-6 6-2 to Anna Blinkova.
Veronika Kudermetova
Ranked no. 42, Veronika got to the semifinal after defeating Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-2, Catherine Cartan Bellis 7-66 6-1 and Garbine Muguruza w/o.
In the quarter, Veronika defeated Muguruza (w/o). During the match Kudermetova and Muguruza scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 40 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Kudermetova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Veronika Kudermetova conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of her first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudermetova hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Kudermetova has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of her matches (224-154). 4-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Kudermetova has a 81-61 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Veronika has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Hobart
Veronika didn’t play in Hobart in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 36 |
| Pts | 195-156 | 155-122 |
| Total Points | 351 | 277 |
| Winners | 75 | 56 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Zhang and Kudermetova played 2 matches. At the moment, Shuai Zhang dropped 2 sets while Veronika Kudermetova hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhang has played 2 sets more than Kudermetova (6 vs 4). Therefore, Zhang played 16 games more than Kudermetova. Zhang scored 75 winners (38% on total points). On the other side, Kudermetova blasted 56 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 105/152 | 80/128 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 75/105 | 56/80 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 23/47 | 24/48 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 50% |
Zhang blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Kudermetova blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Zhang won 71% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kudermetova won 70% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Kudermetova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 9 |
| Converted | 12/31 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 39% | 45% |
| Conceded | 16 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 56% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 |
Zhang broke her opponents 12 times with 39% conversion rate. Zhang conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponents 9 times with 45% conversion rate. Veronika conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
Draw
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Flipkens |
R2 Kozlova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| pts | 109-92 | 86-64 | 195-156 | |
| Total points | 201 | 150 | 351 | |
| Winners | 34 | 41 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 48% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/78 | 54/74 | 105/152 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 73% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 41/54 | 75/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 11/20 | 23/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 55% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/19 | 5/12 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 37% | 42% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 42% | 50% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Kudermetova | |||||
| R1 Stosur |
R2 Cartan Bellis |
1/4 Muguruza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-66 6-1 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 0 | 36 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 94-81 | – | 155-122 | |
| Total points | 102 | 175 | 0 | 277 | |
| Winners | 23 | 33 | 56 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | NAN% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 12 | 0 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 33/49 | 47/79 | / | 80/128 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 59% | NAN% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 33/47 | / | 56/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | NAN% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 15/32 | / | 24/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 47% | NAN% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/13 | / | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 31% | NAN% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 33% | 0% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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- Shuai ZhangZhang – Lauren DavisDavis (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (w/o) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Elise MertensMertens (6-75 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Elise MertensMertens (6-7(5) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Lizette CabreraCabrera (6-7(4) 7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (w/o) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Heather WatsonWatson – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – See H2H details
