Petra Kvitova and Shuai Zhang will square off in the 4th round of the French Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11 am on Court Philippe CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Kvitova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Kvitova is the pick to win this match.
Petra Kvitova -> 1.35
Shuai Zhang -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Petra Kvitova vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 6th time that Petra Kvitova and Shuai Zhang play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Kvitova (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Zhang won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in New Haven back in 2017.
Petra Kvitova
Ranked no. 11, Kvitova reached the 1st round after beating Oceane Dodin 6-3 7-5, Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-3 and Leylah Annie Fernandez 7-5 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Petra had a good straight sets win against Annie Fernandez (7-5 6-3). During the match Kvitova scored 88 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 77. Petra was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kvitova bagged 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Petra Kvitova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kvitova put 64% of her first serves in, winning 56% (29/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Annie Fernandez 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.
Kvitova has a an impressive record in the last 10 years having won 72% of her matches (411-157). 3-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kvitova has a 84-29 record in the last years on clay.
Kvitova’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Doha.
The Czech has a 18-5 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Petra didn’t play at the French Open in 2019.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 39, Zhang got to the 1st round after beating Madison Keys 6-3 7-62, Alize Cornet 6-4 7-63 and Clara Burel 7-62 7-5.
In the 3rd round, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Burel (7-62 7-5). During the match Zhang scored 103 points vs Burel’s 88. Zhang was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 6 times and she saved 17 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 70% of her first serves in, winning 53% (37/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Shuai broke Burel 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Zhang’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Hobart.
Shuai has a 16-9 win-loss record in 2020, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the French Open
Zhang lost in the 2nd round to Kaia Kanepi.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kvitova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 70 |
| Pts | 234-193 | 262-232 |
| Total Points | 427 | 494 |
| Winners | 82 | 102 |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% |
Both Kvitova and Zhang played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kvitova and Zhang have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Kvitova played 10 games less than Zhang. The Czech scored 82 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang made 102 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kvitova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 120/194 | 180/255 |
| %1st in | 62% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 82/120 | 102/180 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 57% |
| 2nd pts | 37/74 | 36/75 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 48% |
Kvitova fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Zhang didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kvitova won 68% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 57% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kvitova | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 17 |
| Converted | 16/43 | 17/29 |
| % Converted | 37% | 59% |
| Conceded | 20 | 36 |
| Saved | 12 | 22 |
| % Saved | 60% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 14 |
The Czech broke her opponents 16 times with a 37% conversion rate. Kvitova dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 17 times with a 59% conversion rate. Zhang conceded her serve 14 times and she saved 61% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kvitova | |||||
| R1 Dodin |
R2 Paolini |
R3 Annie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 21 | 60 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 75-64 | 88-77 | 234-193 | |
| Total points | 123 | 139 | 165 | 427 | |
| Winners | 32 | 21 | 29 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 28% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 31/58 | 52/81 | 120/194 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 53% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | 21/31 | 29/52 | 82/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 68% | 56% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/27 | 15/29 | 37/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 41% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/20 | 7/15 | 16/43 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 30% | 47% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/6 | 9/13 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 69% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Zhang | |||||
| R1 Keys |
R2 Cornet |
R3 Burel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | 6-4 7-63 | 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 25 | 70 | |
| pts | 82-69 | 77-75 | 103-88 | 262-232 | |
| Total points | 151 | 152 | 191 | 494 | |
| Winners | 40 | 25 | 37 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 32% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 60/78 | 50/77 | 70/100 | 180/255 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 65% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 25/50 | 37/70 | 102/180 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 50% | 53% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 14/27 | 15/30 | 36/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 52% | 50% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/7 | 7/13 | 17/29 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 86% | 54% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 23 | 36 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 3/8 | 17/23 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 38% | 74% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
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