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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-15 | 30-9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 6-14 | 6-12 | 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 |
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.
Tennis Scores in Sydney
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (7-5 6-4 6-76 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jamie Murray/Bruno SoaresMurray/Bruno Soares – Janko Tipsarevic/Viktor TroickiTipsarevic/Viktor Troicki (6-3 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Dustin BrownBrown (6-4 7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas BerdychBerdych – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 6-1 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- John IsnerIsner – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 4-6 7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hyeon ChungChung – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-64 2-6 4-6 7-63 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Laurent LokoliLokoli (7-64 6-3 4-6 0-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-2 6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-2 7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandr DolgopolovDolgopolov – Carlos BerlocqBerlocq (7-5 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Martin Del PotroMartin Del Potro – Guido PellaPella (6-2 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis IstominIstomin – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-63 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-0 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Malek JaziriJaziri (7-64 6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andy MurrayMurray – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-4 4-6 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kyle EdmundEdmund – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 3-6 7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas AlmagroAlmagro – Marcos BaghdatisBaghdatis (6-73 6-4 6-3 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-3 7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 6-3 6-74 6-73 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Marcel GranollersGranollers (6-3 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jared DonaldsonDonaldson (6-4 7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Konstantin KravchukKravchuk – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-2 3-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna CoricCoric – Mathias BourgueBourgue (7-65 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – John MillmanMillman (6-2 6-2 0-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rafael NadalNadal – Benoit PairePaire (6-1 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Steve DarcisDarcis (6-3 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Santiago GiraldoGiraldo (4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Andrey RublevRublev (0-6 6-4 6-2 6-73 9-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Yen-Hsun LuLu (6-3 6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-3 3-6 1-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Mischa ZverevZverev (4-6 7-5 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Jack SockSock (7-5 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Maxime HamouHamou (6-3 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor TroickiTroicki – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-64 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David GoffinGoffin – Paul-Henri MathieuMathieu (6-2 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marin CilicCilic – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-3 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-4 7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Mikhail YouzhnyYouzhny (4-6 7-65 2-6 7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Victor EstrellaEstrella – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-79 2-6 7-63 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao SousaSousa – Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic (4-6 7-63 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David FerrerFerrer – Donald YoungYoung (5-7 6-3 4-6 6-3 13-11) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-4 6-0 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Gilles SimonSimon (1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas PouillePouille – Julien BenneteauBenneteau (7-66 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Florian MayerMayer (6-4 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Horacio ZeballosZeballos – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-2 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Marius CopilCopil (6-77 6-1 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tommy RobredoRobredo – Daniel EvansEvans (5-7 6-4 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Robin HaaseHaase – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Taro DanielDaniel – Jerzy JanowiczJanowicz (6-4 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Quentin HalysHalys (3-6 6-74 7-62 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (5-7 6-4 6-1 3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-65 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Dusan LajovicLajovic (4-6 7-5 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stephane RobertRobert (6-2 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Gilles MullerMuller (7-64 6-72 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Jessica PegulaPegula – Caroline GarciaGarcia (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Shuai ZhangZhang (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Arantxa RusRus (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Astra SharmaSharma – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sofia KeninKenin – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Gabriela DabrowskiDabrowski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Vivian HeisenHeisen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Fiona FerroFerro (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oceane DodinDodin – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Claire LiuLiu – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giuliana OlmosOlmos – Diane ParryParry (0-0) – H2H and prediction