Karolina Pliskova and Qinwen Zheng will face off in the quarter of the National Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on Centre Court. 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 Karolina Pliskova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karolina Pliskova is the pick to win this match.
Karolina Pliskova -> 1.82
Qinwen Zheng -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Karolina Pliskova vs. Qinwen Zheng
There is no head to head record between Karolina Pliskova and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Karolina Pliskova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 1-1 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 19-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-21 | 12-9 | 6-6 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-19 | 23-12 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, the Czech reached the quarter after defeating Barbora Krejcikova 6-3 6-4, Amanda Anisimova 6-1 6-1 and Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-79 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Karolina defeated Sakkari (6-1 6-79 6-3). During the match, Pliskova scored 122 points vs Sakkari’s 97. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pliskova recorded 10 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Karolina Pliskova lost the serve twice and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Pliskova put 63% of her first serves in, winning 73% (52/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Pliskova broke Sakkari 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pliskova has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points she played.
Pliskova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (402-206). 4-3 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pliskova has an aggregate 236-112 record in the last years on hard.
Pliskova’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Strasbourg.
The Czech has a composed 13-12 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-8 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 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. 51, Qinwen reached the quarter after defeating Rebecca Marino 3-6 7-65 6-4, Ons Jabeur 6-1 2-1 ret. and Bianca Vanessa Andreescu 7-5 5-7 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Zheng defeated Andreescu (7-5 5-7 6-2). During the match Zheng scored 106 points vs Andreescu’s 92. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Zheng scored 8 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Qinwen Zheng was quite effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of her 1st serve and 54% (29/54) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 4 times. Zheng broke Andreescu 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Qinwen has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in the Valencia where she overcame Xiyu Wang in the final 6-4 4-6 6-3.
Zheng has an aggregate 30-13 win-loss record in 2022, 19-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
Zheng has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pliskova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 74 |
| Pts | 252-189 | 255-227 |
| Total Points | 441 | 482 |
| Winners | 101 | 87 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Both Pliskova and Zheng played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karolina Pliskova lost 1 set, while Qinwen Zheng conceded 2 sets. Pliskova has played 2 set(s) less than Zheng (7 vs 9). Therefore, Pliskova played 12 games less than Zheng. Karolina scored 101 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese managed to score 87 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pliskova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 143/231 | 113/227 |
| %1st in | 62% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 101/143 | 87/113 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 45/88 | 60/114 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 53% |
Pliskova recorded 24 aces (8 per match). Zheng scored 21 aces (7 per match). Pliskova won 71% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 77% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pliskova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 11 |
| Converted | 15/34 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 44% | 42% |
| Conceded | 20 | 12 |
| Saved | 15 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Karolina broke her opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. Karolina dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Qinwen broke her opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Pliskova | |||||
| R1 Krejcikova |
R2 Anisimova |
R3 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-79 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 29 | 62 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 58-34 | 122-97 | 252-189 | |
| Total points | 130 | 92 | 219 | 441 | |
| Winners | 31 | 18 | 52 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 25/45 | 71/112 | 143/231 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 18/25 | 52/71 | 101/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 72% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 13/20 | 20/41 | 45/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 65% | 49% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/11 | 5/17 | 15/34 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 45% | 29% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 9 | 20 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 2/2 | 7/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 78% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Zheng | |||||
| R1 Marino |
R2 Jabeur |
R3 Andreescu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-4 | 6-1 2-1 ret. | 7-5 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 10 | 32 | 74 | |
| pts | 108-108 | 41-27 | 106-92 | 255-227 | |
| Total points | 216 | 68 | 198 | 482 | |
| Winners | 43 | 13 | 31 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 8 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 55/96 | 16/35 | 42/96 | 113/227 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 46% | 44% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 43/55 | 13/16 | 31/42 | 87/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 81% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/41 | 11/19 | 29/54 | 60/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 58% | 54% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/7 | 6/11 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 43% | 55% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/0 | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 60% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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