Simona Halep and Shuai Zhang will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on National Grand Grands. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.157
Shuai Zhang -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 6th time that Simona Halep and Shuai Zhang square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but Zhang has a winning record of 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Halep won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid back in April 2022.
Simona Halep
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-11 | 23-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-10 | 12-5 | 4-3 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 13-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 15, Halep reached the 2nd round after defeating Donna Vekic 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, Halep had a good straight sets win against Vekic (6-0 6-2). During the match, Halep scored 61 points vs Vekic’s 29. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Halep managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Simona Halep was quite effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of her 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Halep broke Vekic 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Halep has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 75% of her matches (412-138). 17-5 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has an aggregate 209-76 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-3.
Halep has a compiled 33-10 win-loss record in 2022, 17-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 45, Zhang got to the 2nd round after beating Cristina Bucsa 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Shuai had a good straight sets win against Bucsa (6-1 6-3). During the match Zhang scored 67 points vs Bucsa’s 45. Zhang was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhang scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Shuai Zhang lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 75% of her first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 21% (3/14) on the 2nd serve. Zhang broke Bucsa 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Lyon where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 3-6 6-3 6-4.
The Chinese has an aggregate 24-19 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halep | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 |
| Pts | 61-29 | 67-45 |
| Total Points | 90 | 112 |
| Winners | 20 | 32 |
| %Winners | 33% | 48% |
Both Halep and Zhang played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Halep and Zhang have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Halep played 2 games less than Zhang. Simona scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Zhang managed to score 32 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halep | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 23/39 | 42/56 |
| %1st in | 59% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 32/42 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 3/14 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 21% |
Halep made 4 aces . Zhang managed to score 1 ace . Halep won 87% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 21% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halep | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 36% | 55% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Romanian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Chinese broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Shuai conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Halep | |||
| R1 Vekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-29 | 61-29 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 20/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhang | |||
| R1 Bucsa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 67-45 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/56 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 21% | 21% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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