Shuai Zhang and Lauren Davis will play each other in the semifinal of the Nottingham Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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 -> 1.83
Lauren Davis -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Lauren Davis
This will be the 4th time that Shuai Zhang and Lauren Davis play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zhang won 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Hobart back in 2020.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 46, Shuai got to the semifinal after beating Arina Rodionova 6-4 6-3, Zarina Diyas 6-4 6-2 and Kristina Mladenovic 3-6 6-2 7-64.
In the quarter against Mladenovic, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-64). During the match, Zhang scored 101 points vs Mladenovic’s 91. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhang was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 69% of her first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Shuai broke Mladenovic 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhang started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points she played.
Zhang has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (277-212). 3-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a compiled 20-20 record in the last years on grass.
Shuai has an aggregate 4-9 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See her history.
Lauren Davis
Ranked no. 86, Lauren got to the semifinal after beating Harriet Dart 1-6 6-3 6-4, Alison Riske 6-73 6-4 6-4 and Katie Boulter 6-76 2-0 ret..
In the quarter against Boulter, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 2-0 ret.). During the match Davis scored 57 points vs Boulter’s 51. Lauren was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Davis was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Lauren Davis lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Davis put 57% of her first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Davis broke Boulter 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lauren started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Davis has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Zhang | Davis |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
Tot Games | 67 | 74 |
Pts | 243-199 | 238-227 |
Total Points | 442 | 465 |
Winners | 93 | 97 |
%Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Zhang and Davis played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Shuai Zhang surrendered 1 set, while Lauren Davis surrendered 3 sets. Zhang has played 2 set(s) less than Davis (7 vs 9). Therefore, Zhang played 7 games less than Davis. Shuai scored 93 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 97 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Zhang | Davis |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 2 |
Avg per match | 1 | 0.7 |
1st in | 136/211 | 136/228 |
%1st in | 64% | 60% |
1st pts | 93/136 | 97/136 |
%1st pts | 68% | 71% |
2nd pts | 39/75 | 51/92 |
%2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Zhang fired 3 aces (1 per match). Davis blasted 2 aces (0.7 per match). Zhang won 68% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Davis won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Zhang | Davis |
---|---|---|
Won | 14 | 9 |
Converted | 14/36 | 9/23 |
% Converted | 39% | 39% |
Conceded | 18 | 19 |
Saved | 10 | 13 |
% Saved | 56% | 68% |
Times Broken | 8 | 6 |
Zhang broke her opponents 14 times with a 39% conversion rate. Shuai dropped her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Davis broke her opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Davis conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 68% of the break points that she conceded.
Zhang | |||||
R2 Rodionova |
R3 Diyas |
1/4 Mladenovic |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 3-6 6-2 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 30 | 67 | |
pts | 81-64 | 61-44 | 101-91 | 243-199 | |
Total points | 145 | 105 | 192 | 442 | |
Winners | 38 | 21 | 34 | 93 | |
%Winners | 47% | 34% | 34% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
1st in | 58/85 | 27/52 | 51/74 | 136/211 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 52% | 69% | 64% | |
1st pts | 38/58 | 21/27 | 34/51 | 93/136 | |
% 1st pts | 66% | 78% | 67% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 14/27 | 11/25 | 14/23 | 39/75 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 44% | 61% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 5/11 | 5/17 | 14/36 | |
Converted % | 50% | 45% | 29% | 39% | |
Conceded | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |
Saved | 6/8 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 10 | |
Saved % | 75% | 50% | 33% | 53% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Davis | |||||
R2 Dart |
R3 Riske |
1/4 Boulter |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-73 6-4 6-4 | 6-76 2-0 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 33 | 15 | 74 | |
pts | 82-81 | 99-95 | 57-51 | 238-227 | |
Total points | 163 | 194 | 108 | 465 | |
Winners | 35 | 43 | 19 | 97 | |
%Winners | 43% | 43% | 33% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
1st in | 50/78 | 57/99 | 29/51 | 136/228 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 58% | 57% | 60% | |
1st pts | 35/50 | 43/57 | 19/29 | 97/136 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 75% | 66% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 14/28 | 27/42 | 10/22 | 51/92 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 64% | 45% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/14 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 9/23 | |
Converted % | 21% | 50% | 80% | 39% | |
Conceded | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
Saved | 6/9 | 5/5 | 2/5 | 13 | |
Saved % | 67% | 100% | 40% | 69% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Nottingham
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (3-6 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Johanna KontaKonta – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-76 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (3-6 6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Lauren DavisDavis – Katie BoulterBoulter (6-7(6) 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Johanna KontaKonta – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Lauren DavisDavis (2-1) – H2H and prediction