Shuai Zhang and Vitalia Diatchenko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Open 6 Sens for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on Court Central. 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 -> 1.66
Vitalia Diatchenko -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Vitalia Diatchenko
This will be the 5th time that Shuai Zhang and Vitalia Diatchenko square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Diatchenko won 6-0 6-4 in the final in the Angers back in 2021.
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-5 | 7-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 64, the Chinese reached the quarter after defeating Kristina Mladenovic 7-63 7-5 and Arantxa Rus 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Rus (6-4 6-4). During the match, Zhang scored 75 points vs Rus’s 63. Shuai was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhang scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Shuai Zhang was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (32/41) of her 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zhang broke Rus twice after converting 20% of her break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhang hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points she played.
Zhang has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (274-215). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhang has a composed 15-11 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Chinese has an overall 6-6 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Vitalia Diatchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-14 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 10-4 | 0-3 | 4-1 |
| 2023 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 19-12 | 0-2 | 15-8 | 0-2 | 4-1 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 6-5 | 1-4 | 10-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Vitalia got to the quarter after defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Viktorija Golubic 7-64 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Vitalia defeated Golubic (7-64 4-6 6-4). During the match Diatchenko scored 105 points vs Golubic’s 101. Diatchenko was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Diatchenko struck 5 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Vitalia Diatchenko lost the serve 9 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Diatchenko put 56% of her first serves in, winning 61% (35/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (14/44) on the 2nd serve. Vitalia broke Golubic 9 times after converting 60% of her break points (9/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vitalia has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Diatchenko has an overall 7-4 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Diatchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 60 |
| Pts | 167-148 | 194-185 |
| Total Points | 315 | 379 |
| Winners | 63 | 71 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Both Zhang and Diatchenko played 2 matches. At the moment, Vitalia Diatchenko lost 2 sets while Shuai Zhang hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhang has played 2 set(s) less than Diatchenko (4 vs 6). Therefore, Zhang played 15 games less than Diatchenko. Zhang scored 63 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Vitalia scored 71 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Diatchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 93/151 | 103/185 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 63/93 | 71/103 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 33/58 | 30/82 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 37% |
Zhang scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Diatchenko also scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zhang won 68% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Diatchenko won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Diatchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 13 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 39% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 15 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 13% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 13 |
The Chinese broke her opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Zhang conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Vitalia broke her opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Diatchenko conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 13% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Mladenovic |
R2 Rus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 | 45 | |
| pts | 92-85 | 75-63 | 167-148 | |
| Total points | 177 | 138 | 315 | |
| Winners | 31 | 32 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/90 | 41/61 | 93/151 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/52 | 32/41 | 63/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 78% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 13/20 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 65% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/10 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 20% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 100% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Diatchenko | ||||
| R1 Friedsam |
R2 Golubic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 7-64 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 33 | 60 | |
| pts | 89-84 | 105-101 | 194-185 | |
| Total points | 173 | 206 | 379 | |
| Winners | 36 | 35 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 46/84 | 57/101 | 103/185 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 35/57 | 71/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 61% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 14/44 | 30/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 32% | 37% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 9/15 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 2/11 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 18% | 9% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
Head 2 Head
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