Anett Kontaveit and Shuai Zhang will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Sydney Tennis Classic for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Anett Kontaveit who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.139
Shuai Zhang -> 6.1
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 4th time that Anett Kontaveit and Shuai Zhang fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Zhang won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2019.
Anett Kontaveit
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-16 | 13-9 | 6-4 | 9-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-17 | 24-12 | 5-3 | 15-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-11 | 14-7 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 27-16 | 17-9 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Anett will start her run in Sydney after she played her last match in Guadalajara where she lost 6-3 7-5 to Muguruza in the final on the 17th of November.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
Talking about her overall career, The Estonian has an overall 371-183 record. She has a positive 148-89 record on hard.
Previously in Sydney
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See her history.
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-13 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 17-14 | 4-7 | 10-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-28 | 8-11 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-11 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, Shuai will start her run in Sydney after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 6-3 7-6(6) to Burel in the 1st round on the 5th of January.
Shuai has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Zhang has an overall 460-341 record. She has a positive 320-208 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
Win Loss
Kontaveit
Zhang
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2024
2023
2022
0 - 0
5 - 13
0-0
Hard
5-11
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