Maria Sakkari and Qinwen Zheng will play each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.32
Qinwen Zheng -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Qinwen Zheng
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Maria Sakkari
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-8 | 12-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-25 | 26-17 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-23 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 4-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-20 | 23-13 | 9-4 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8, Sakkari reached the 2nd round after beating Tatjana Maria 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Maria (6-4 7-62). During the match, Sakkari scored 80 points vs Maria’s 69. The Greek was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakkari struck 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Maria Sakkari was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of her 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Greek broke Maria twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).
Sakkari has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of her matches (332-208). 2-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakkari has a compiled155-103 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Maria has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-7 | 14-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108 (career-high), Zheng reached the 2nd round after beating Coco Vandeweghe 1-6 7-65 6-1, Seone Mendez 6-3 6-2, Mai Hontama 6-3 6-73 6-3 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 1-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, Qinwen defeated Sasnovich (6-3 1-6 7-65). During the match Zheng scored 99 points vs Sasnovich’s 98. Qinwen was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Zheng struck 6 aces and she was not very solid on her 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 43% of her first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (25/54) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Sasnovich 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
The Chinese’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
The Chinese has a composed 9-1 win-loss record in 2022, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Zheng has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 104 |
| Pts | 80-69 | 354-314 |
| Total Points | 149 | 668 |
| Winners | 32 | 128 |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% |
Sakkari played 1 match while Zheng competed in 4 matches. Zheng started her run from the qualifications while Sakkari had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Qinwen Zheng surrendered 3 sets while Maria Sakkari hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sakkari has played 9 set(s) less than Zheng (2 vs 11). Therefore, Sakkari played 81 games less than Zheng. Maria scored 32 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Qinwen scored 128 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 44/73 | 172/346 |
| %1st in | 60% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 128/172 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 86/174 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 49% |
Sakkari blasted 4 aces . Zheng fired 30 aces (7.5 per match). Sakkari won 73% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakkari | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 15 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 15/27 |
| % Converted | 33% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 32 |
| Saved | 3 | 20 |
| % Saved | 75% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 12 |
Sakkari broke her opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Greek dropped her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Zheng broke her opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Qinwen conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sakkari | |||
| R1 Maria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-69 | 80-69 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/73 | 44/73 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zheng | ||||||
| Q1 Vandeweghe |
Q2 Mendez |
Q3 Hontama |
R1 Sasnovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-65 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-73 6-3 | 6-3 1-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 | 31 | 29 | 104 | |
| pts | 84-82 | 59-37 | 112-97 | 99-98 | 354-314 | |
| Total points | 166 | 96 | 209 | 197 | 668 | |
| Winners | 35 | 19 | 45 | 29 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 32% | 40% | 29% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 32 | |
| 1st in | 45/87 | 23/47 | 63/117 | 41/95 | 172/346 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 49% | 54% | 43% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 19/23 | 45/63 | 29/41 | 128/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 83% | 71% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/42 | 15/24 | 28/54 | 25/54 | 86/174 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 63% | 52% | 46% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/5 | 4/6 | 4/13 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 80% | 67% | 31% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 32 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 2/3 | 11/13 | 3/8 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 85% | 38% | 240% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
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