Shuai Zhang and Kristina Mladenovic will square off in the quarter of the Open Angers Arena Loire for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on Central P21. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.87
Kristina Mladenovic -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Kristina Mladenovic
This will be the 7th time that Shuai Zhang and Kristina Mladenovic play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Mladenovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Zhang won 3-6 6-2 7-6(4) in the quarter in Nottingham back in June 2021.
Shuai Zhang
Ranked no. 62, Shuai got to the quarter after beating Ylena In-Albon 6-3 6-3 and Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-1 6-1). During the match, Zhang scored 53 points vs Blinkova’s 28. Shuai was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang bagged 8 aces and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Shuai Zhang conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 72% of her first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Blinkova 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 63% of the points she played.
Zhang has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (294-229). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has a composed 11-11 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Zhang’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Nottingham.
The Chinese has an overall 21-26 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Angers
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Kristina Mladenovic
Ranked no. 93, Mladenovic got to the quarter after defeating Nina Stojanovic 2-6 6-4 5-3 ret. and Jessika Ponchet 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Ponchet, Kristina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Mladenovic scored 78 points vs Ponchet’s 77. Mladenovic was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Mladenovic fired 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Kristina Mladenovic was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (41/54) of her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Mladenovic broke Ponchet twice after converting 29% of her break points (2/7).
The French player has a compiled 24-27 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 54 |
| Pts | 117-70 | 164-161 |
| Total Points | 187 | 325 |
| Winners | 55 | 76 |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% |
Both Zhang and Mladenovic played 2 matches. At the moment, Kristina Mladenovic lost 2 sets while Shuai Zhang hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhang has played 3 set(s) less than Mladenovic (4 vs 7). Therefore, Zhang played 22 games less than Mladenovic. Zhang scored 55 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 76 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 66/91 | 104/169 |
| %1st in | 73% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 55/66 | 76/104 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 34/65 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 52% |
Zhang made 12 aces (6 per match). Mladenovic struck 12 aces (6 per match). Zhang won 83% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Mladenovic won 73% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Mladenovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 83% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Shuai broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zhang conceded her serve once and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Mladenovic broke her opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Mladenovic conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 In-Albon |
R2 Blinkova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 14 | 32 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 53-28 | 117-70 | |
| Total points | 106 | 81 | 187 | |
| Winners | 31 | 24 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/52 | 28/39 | 66/91 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 72% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 24/28 | 55/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 86% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 5/11 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 45% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mladenovic | ||||
| R1 Stojanovic |
R2 Ponchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 5-3 ret. | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
| pts | 86-84 | 78-77 | 164-161 | |
| Total points | 170 | 155 | 325 | |
| Winners | 35 | 41 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 53% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 50/94 | 54/75 | 104/169 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 72% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/50 | 41/54 | 76/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 13/21 | 34/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 62% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/7 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 29% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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