Shuai Zhang and Xin Yu Wang will square off in the 2nd round of the Courmayeur Ladies Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Mont Blanc Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Xin Yu Wang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Xin Yu Wang is the pick to win this match.
Xin Yu Wang -> 1.6
Shuai Zhang -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Xin Yu Wang
This will be the 2nd time that Shuai Zhang and Xin Yu Wang face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Yu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Yu won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Tenerife back in October 2021.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 58, Shuai got to the 2nd round after defeating Jessica Pieri 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Pieri (6-1 6-3). During the match, Zhang scored 58 points vs Pieri’s 37. Shuai was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Shuai Zhang lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 60% of her first serves in, winning 76% (19/25) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Pieri 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
Zhang has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (291-227). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has an aggregate 9-10 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Shuai’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Nottingham.
The Chinese has a compiled 18-24 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Courmayeur
Shuai has never competed in this tournament before.
Xin Yu Wang
Ranked no. 110 (career-high), Xin got to the 2nd round after beating Cristina Bucsa 6-1 5-0 ret..
In the 1st round, Xin had a good straight sets win against Bucsa (6-1 5-0 ret.). During the match Yu scored 57 points vs Bucsa’s 34. Yu was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Yu made 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Xin Yu Wang conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Yu put 50% of her first serves in, winning 77% (17/22) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Bucsa 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W60 Charlottesville and the Columbus.
Xin has an overall 30-23 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Yu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 12 |
| Pts | 58-37 | 57-34 |
| Total Points | 95 | 91 |
| Winners | 19 | 17 |
| %Winners | 33% | 30% |
Both Zhang and Yu played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Zhang has played 1 set(s) less than Yu (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Zhang played 4 games more than Yu. Shuai scored 19 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Yu scored 17 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Yu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 25/42 | 22/44 |
| %1st in | 60% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 17/22 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 50% |
Zhang didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Yu managed to score 4 aces . Zhang won 76% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Yu won 77% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Yu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 46% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Shuai broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Chinese lost her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Xin was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Zhang | |||
| R1 Pieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 58-37 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Yu | |||
| R1 Bucsa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 57-34 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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