Shuai Zhang and Heather Watson will play each other in the 2nd round of the Birmingham Classic for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on Ann Jones Court. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.76
Heather Watson -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Heather Watson
This will be the 5th time that Shuai Zhang and Heather Watson play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Zhang won 6-3 2-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in 2014.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 36, Zhang reached the 2nd round after beating Vitalia Diatchenko 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Diatchenko (6-2 7-5). During the match, Zhang scored 68 points vs Diatchenko’s 50. Shuai was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhang was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Shuai Zhang lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 64% of her first serves in, winning 62% (23/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Diatchenko 7 times after converting 64% of her break points (7/11).
Zhang has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (279-213). 5-1 on grass in 2021. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has a compiled 22-21 match record in the last years on grass.
Shuai’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Nottingham.
The Chinese has a compiled 6-10 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Birmingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014. See her history.
Heather Watson
Ranked no. 70, Watson got to the 2nd round after defeating Viktorija Golubic 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Golubic, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Watson scored 94 points vs Golubic’s 82. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Watson recorded 9 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 68% of her first serves in, winning 75% (40/53) of the points behind her 1st serve and 28% (7/25) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Golubic 6 times after converting 35% of her break points (6/17).
Watson has an aggregate 5-10 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 |
| Pts | 68-50 | 94-82 |
| Total Points | 118 | 176 |
| Winners | 23 | 40 |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% |
Both Zhang and Watson played 1 match. At the moment, Heather Watson lost 1 set while Shuai Zhang hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhang has played 1 set(s) less than Watson (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zhang played 5 games less than Watson. The Chinese scored 23 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit managed to score 40 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 9 |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 53/78 |
| %1st in | 64% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 23/37 | 40/53 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 7/25 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 28% |
Zhang didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Watson managed to score 9 aces . Zhang won 62% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Watson won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 28% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Watson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 64% | 35% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 43% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Chinese broke her opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Watson conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhang | |||
| R1 Diatchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-50 | 68-50 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/37 | 23/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Watson | |||
| R1 Golubic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 94-82 | 94-82 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/78 | 53/78 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/25 | 7/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 28% | 28% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWLWLW Tennis Scores in Birmingham
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (5-7 7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Yafan WangWang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Elise MertensMertens (7-65 6-75 7-64) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Madison BrengleBrengle (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Vitalia DiatchenkoDiatchenko (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Harriet DartDart (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Giulia Gatto-MonticoneGatto-Monticone (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Heather WatsonWatson – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (3-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Coco VandewegheVandeweghe – Kristyna PliskovaPliskova (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Samantha StosurStosur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Donna VekicVekic – Francesca JonesJones (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Elixane Lechemia/Ingrid NeelLechemia/Ingrid Neel – Sarah Beth Grey/Emily Webley-SmithBeth Grey/Emily Webley-Smith (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Polona HercogHercog (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Madison BrengleBrengle (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Lauren DavisDavis (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (5-7 7-6(8) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fiona FerroFerro – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Heather WatsonWatson (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Donna VekicVekic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
