H2H. Shuai Zhang vs Caty McNally | Australian Open prediction, odds, preview, pick

Melbourne. Zhang and McNally will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Caty McNally

Shuai Zhang and Caty McNally will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11 am on Court 13. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

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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 -> 1.44
Caty McNally -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Caty McNally

There is no head to head record between Shuai Zhang and Caty McNally since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Shuai Zhang

Ranked no. 35, Zhang reached the 2nd round after defeating Sloane Stephens 2-6 7-5 6-2.

In the 1st round against Stephens, Shuai recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Zhang scored 99 points vs Stephens’s 82. Zhang was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhang blasted 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 76% of her first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Stephens 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Zhang has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (811-654). 6-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a 198-190 record in the last 10 years on hard.

The Chinese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Hobart.

The Chinese has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Zhang lost in the 3rd round 4-6 6-4 7-5 to Elina Svitolina.

Caty McNally

Ranked no. 116, Caty reached the 2nd round after beating Asia Muhammad 6-4 0-6 6-2, Daria Lopatetskaya 6-2 6-3, Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-1 6-1 and Samantha Stosur 6-1 6-4.

In the 1st round, McNally had a good straight sets win against Stosur (6-1 6-4). During the match McNally scored 78 points vs Stosur’s 64. Caty was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, McNally blasted 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Caty McNally lost the serve once and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, McNally put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Caty broke Stosur 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

McNally has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 60% of her matches (64-43). 6-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, McNally has a 33-24 record in the last 5 years on hard.

McNally has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

The American didn’t compete at the Australian Open in 2019.

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zhang McNally
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 3 9
Tot Games 28 72
Pts 99-82 279-212
Total Points 181 491
Winners 43 100
%Winners 43% 36%

Zhang played 1 match while McNally competed in 4 matches. McNally started her run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Shuai Zhang conceded 1 set, while Caty McNally dropper 1 set. Zhang has played 6 sets less than McNally (3 vs 9). Therefore, Zhang played 44 games less than McNally. Zhang scored 43 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, The American blasted 100 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zhang McNally
Aces 3 5
Avg per match 3 1.3
1st in 65/85 140/232
%1st in 76% 60%
1st pts 43/65 100/140
%1st pts 66% 71%
2nd pts 9/20 41/92
%2nd pts 45% 45%

Zhang blasted 3 aces (3 per match). McNally blasted 5 aces (1.3 per match). Zhang won 66% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, McNally won 71% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zhang McNally
Won 6 22
Converted 6/9 22/49
% Converted 67% 45%
Conceded 6 28
Saved 1 19
% Saved 17% 68%
Times Broken 5 9

The Chinese broke her opponent 6 times with 67% conversion rate. Shuai conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded. Caty broke her opponents 22 times with 45% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.

Zhang
R1
Stephens
Total
Score 2-6 7-5 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 99-82 99-82
Total points 181 181
Winners 43 43
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 65/85 65/85
% 1st in 76% 76%
1st pts 43/65 43/65
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 9/20 9/20
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 1 1
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 5 5
McNally
Q1
Muhammad
Q2
Lopatetskaya
Q3
Gabriela Ruse
R1
Stosur
Total
Score 6-4 0-6 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 2 2 9
Tot Games 24 17 14 17 72
pts 75-75 66-42 60-31 78-64 279-212
Total points 150 108 91 142 491
Winners 27 23 20 30 100
%Winners 36% 35% 33% 38% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1 3 5
Double Faults 8 4 3 3 18
1st in 40/72 32/46 26/41 42/73 140/232
% 1st in 56% 70% 63% 58% 60%
1st pts 27/40 23/32 20/26 30/42 100/140
% 1st pts 68% 72% 77% 71% 71%
2nd pts 11/32 7/14 10/15 13/31 41/92
% 2nd pts 34% 50% 67% 42% 45%
Breaks
Won 6 6 5 5 22
Converted 6/12 6/15 5/10 5/12 22/49
Converted % 50% 40% 50% 42% 45%
Conceded 10 4 2 12 28
Saved 4 2 2 11 19
Saved % 60% 50% 0% 8% 118%
Times Broken 6 2 0 1 9

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Zhang
LLL
McNally
LWLL
2024 2023 2022
0 - 3
1 - 3
0-3
Hard
1-1

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