Elena Rybakina vs Shuai Zhang | Hobart H2H, prediction, odds, preview, pick

Hobart. Rybakina and Zhang will fight against each other in the final of the Hobart International. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Shuai Zhang

Elena Rybakina and Shuai Zhang will play each other in the final of Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 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 Elena Rybakina and Shuai Zhang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuai Zhang who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Shuai Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.66
Elena Rybakina -> 2.20

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Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 30 (career high), the Kazakhstani reached the final after defeating Tamara Zidansek 6-1 6-4, Alize Cornet 7-5 6-3, Lizette Cabrera 6-74 7-62 7-5 and Heather Watson 6-3 4-6 6-4.

In the semifinal, Elena defeated Watson (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Rybakina scored 101 points vs Watson’s 93. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Rybakina blasted 10 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Elena Rybakina lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Rybakina put 59% of her first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Watson 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rybakina has dropped 2 set in this event to win 54% of the points she played.

Rybakina has a losing win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 31% of her matches (129-59). 8-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakina has a 71-35 record in the last 6 years on hard.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Shenzhen.

The Kazakhstani has a 8-1 win-loss record in 2020, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Hobart

Rybakina didn’t compete in Hobart in 2019.

Shuai Zhang

Ranked no. 40, the Chinese got to the final after defeating Kirsten Flipkens 4-6 6-3 6-2, Kateryna Kozlova 4-6 6-1 6-2, Lauren Davis 6-1 6-4 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-3 6-4.

In the semifinal, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-3 6-4). During the match Zhang scored 63 points vs Kudermetova’s 46. Zhang was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhang blasted 3 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Shuai Zhang was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of her 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Kudermetova twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zhang has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Zhang has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (801-644). 5-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a 197-189 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Zhang’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in Hobart.

Shuai has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Hobart

The Chinese had to surrender in the 1st round 6-2 0-6 6-2 to Anna Blinkova.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rybakina Zhang
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 10 10
Tot Games 105 88
Pts 371-318 331-261
Total Points 689 592
Winners 161 140
%Winners 43% 42%

Both Rybakina and Zhang played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Rybakina conceded 2 sets, while Shuai Zhang dropper 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Rybakina and Zhang have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Rybakina played 17 games more than Zhang. Rybakina scored 161 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, Shuai blasted 140 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rybakina Zhang
Aces 25 17
Avg per match 6.3 4.3
1st in 225/346 201/274
%1st in 65% 73%
1st pts 161/225 140/201
%1st pts 72% 70%
2nd pts 58/121 41/73
%2nd pts 48% 56%

Rybakina blasted 25 aces (6.3 per match). Zhang blasted 17 aces (4.3 per match). Rybakina won 72% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 70% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rybakina Zhang
Won 19 18
Converted 19/38 18/41
% Converted 50% 44%
Conceded 30 31
Saved 20 23
% Saved 67% 74%
Times Broken 10 8

Rybakina broke her opponents 19 times with 50% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 18 times with 44% conversion rate. Shuai conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 74% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
R1
Zidansek
R2
Cornet
1/4
Cabrera
1/2
Watson
Total
Score 6-1 6-4 7-5 6-3 6-74 7-62 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 3 3 10
Tot Games 17 21 38 29 105
pts 61-42 81-65 128-118 101-93 371-318
Total points 103 146 246 194 689
Winners 28 32 62 39 161
%Winners 46% 40% 48% 39% 43%
SERVE
Aces 7 2 6 10 25
Double Faults 1 2 4 4 11
1st in 35/51 41/62 92/136 57/97 225/346
% 1st in 69% 66% 68% 59% 65%
1st pts 28/35 32/41 62/92 39/57 161/225
% 1st pts 80% 78% 67% 68% 72%
2nd pts 8/16 10/21 18/44 22/40 58/121
% 2nd pts 50% 48% 41% 55% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 4 6 5 19
Converted 4/6 4/11 6/10 5/11 19/38
Converted % 67% 36% 60% 45% 50%
Conceded 3 5 15 7 30
Saved 2 4 10 4 20
Saved % 33% 20% 33% 43% 32%
Times Broken 1 1 5 3 10
Zhang
R1
Flipkens
R2
Kozlova
1/4
Davis
1/2
Kudermetova
Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 2 2 10
Tot Games 27 25 17 19 88
pts 109-92 86-64 73-59 63-46 331-261
Total points 201 150 132 109 592
Winners 34 41 31 34 140
%Winners 31% 48% 42% 54% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 7 3 3 17
Double Faults 2 1 0 0 3
1st in 51/78 54/74 52/66 44/56 201/274
% 1st in 65% 73% 79% 79% 73%
1st pts 34/51 41/54 31/52 34/44 140/201
% 1st pts 67% 76% 60% 77% 70%
2nd pts 12/27 11/20 10/14 8/12 41/73
% 2nd pts 44% 55% 71% 67% 56%
Breaks
Won 7 5 4 2 18
Converted 7/19 5/12 4/8 2/2 18/41
Converted % 37% 42% 50% 100% 44%
Conceded 12 4 13 2 31
Saved 7 2 12 2 23
Saved % 42% 50% 8% 0% 25%
Times Broken 5 2 1 0 8

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rybakina
WWWWWWLWWW
Zhang
LLL
2024 2023 2022
21 - 3
0 - 3
21-3
Hard
0-3

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