Elena Rybakina and Shuai Zhang will face off in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on John Cain Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.24
Shuai Zhang -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Shuai Zhang

This will be the 3^rd time that Elena Rybakina and Shuai Zhang fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rybakina won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Strasbourg back in 2020.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs Shuai Zhang – Strasbourg 24-September-2020

Elena Rybakina

Ranked no. 12 (career-high), Elena got to the 2^nd round after beating Zarina Diyas 6-7³ 7-6³ 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Diyas, Rybakina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 7-6³ 6-1). During the match, Rybakina scored 119 points vs Diyas’s 101. Rybakina was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rybakina scored 9 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Elena Rybakina was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (51/70) of her 1st serve and 57% (26/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Kazakhstani broke Diyas 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Rybakina has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 68% of her matches (208-97). 6-1 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rybakina has an overall84-44 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Rybakina’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Adelaide.

Elena has an overall 6-1 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Shuai Zhang

Ranked no. 74, the Chinese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Viktorija Golubic 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Golubic (6-3 6-4). During the match Zhang scored 64 points vs Golubic’s 53. Shuai was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Zhang made 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Shuai Zhang lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 61% of her first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Shuai broke Golubic 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

The Chinese has an aggregate 1-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rybakina	Zhang
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	33	19
Pts	119-101	64-53
Total Points	220	117
Winners	51	27
%Winners	43%	42%

Both Rybakina and Zhang played 1 match. At the moment, Elena Rybakina dropped 1 set while Shuai Zhang hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rybakina has played 1 set more than Zhang (3 vs 2). Therefore, Rybakina played 14 games more than Zhang. The Kazakhstani scored 51 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Shuai scored 27 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rybakina	Zhang
Aces	9	6
Avg per match	9	6
1st in	70/116	39/64
%1st in	60%	61%
1st pts	51/70	27/39
%1st pts	73%	69%
2nd pts	26/46	16/25
%2nd pts	57%	64%

Rybakina scored 9 aces . Zhang fired 6 aces . Rybakina won 73% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rybakina	Zhang
Won	4	3
Converted	4/12	3/6
% Converted	33%	50%
Conceded	10	3
Saved	8	2
% Saved	80%	67%
Times Broken	2	1

The Kazakhstani broke her opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani surrendered her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Shuai broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Rybakina
	R1 Diyas	Total
Score	6-73 7-63 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	119-101	119-101
Total points	220	220
Winners	51	51
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	70/116	70/116
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	51/70	51/70
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	26/46	26/46
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	8/10	8
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	2	2

Zhang
	R1 Golubic	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	64-53	64-53
Total points	117	117
Winners	27	27
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	39/64	39/64
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	27/39	27/39
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	16/25	16/25
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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