Shuai Zhang and Petra Martic will clash against each other in the quarter of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuai Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.87
Petra Martic -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Petra Martic
This will be the 3rd time that Shuai Zhang and Petra Martic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Martic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Martic won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Miami back in 2019.
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-14 | 23-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 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. 28, the Chinese got to the quarter after beating Mai Hontama 6-0 6-3 and Caroline Garcia 4-6 7-65 7-65.
In the 2nd round against Garcia, Zhang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 7-65).During the match, Zhang scored less points (11) than Garcia. In fact, the world no. 28 won 112 points vs Garcia’s. That means that Zhang was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhang bagged 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Shuai Zhang lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 65% of her first serves in, winning 67% (56/84) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (26/46) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Garcia once after converting 50% of her break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points she played.
Zhang has winning record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (301-232). 16-12 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Zhang has an aggregate 203-133 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Lyon where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Zhang has an aggregate 33-23 win-loss record in 2022, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Petra Martic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-14 | 6-7 | 2-5 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-24 | 9-10 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-22 | 8-13 | 6-4 | 5-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-21 | 11-10 | 18-6 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-21 | 7-12 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 46, the Croatian reached the quarter after beating Rina Saigo 6-1 6-1 and Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Martic had a good straight sets win against Pliskova (6-3 6-4). During the match Martic scored 69 points vs Pliskova’s 59. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Martic struck 4 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Petra Martic lost the serve once and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Martic put 56% of her first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Pliskova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Martic hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in in Lausanne where she beat Olga Danilovic in the final 6-4 6-2.
Petra has an overall 32-18 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhang | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 33 |
| Pts | 168-155 | 130-91 |
| Total Points | 323 | 221 |
| Winners | 82 | 55 |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% |
Both Zhang and Martic played 2 matches. At the moment, Shuai Zhang surrendered 1 set while Petra Martic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zhang has played 1 set more than Martic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Zhang played 18 games more than Martic. The Chinese scored 82 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Martic bagged 55 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhang | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 119/178 | 70/118 |
| %1st in | 67% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 82/119 | 55/70 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 35/59 | 22/48 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 46% |
Zhang bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Martic managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zhang won 69% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Martic won 79% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhang | Martic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 71% | 53% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 75% | 91% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Chinese broke her opponents 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Zhang dropped her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Martic broke her opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Martic conceded her serve once and she saved 91% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zhang | ||||
| R1 Hontama | R2 Garcia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 4-6 7-65 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 36 | 51 | |
| pts | 56-32 | 112-123 | 168-155 | |
| Total points | 88 | 235 | 323 | |
| Winners | 26 | 56 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 50% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/48 | 84/130 | 119/178 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 65% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 56/84 | 82/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 26/46 | 35/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 57% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 1/2 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Martic | ||||
| R1 Saigo | R2 Pliskova | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 33 | |
| pts | 61-32 | 69-59 | 130-91 | |
| Total points | 93 | 128 | 221 | |
| Winners | 25 | 30 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 39/70 | 70/118 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 30/39 | 55/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 14/31 | 22/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 45% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/6 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 67% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 9/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 90% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Desirae Krawczyk/Demi SchuursKrawczyk/Demi Schuurs – Sofia Kenin/Liudmila SamsonovaKenin/Liudmila Samsonova (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Tyler LuLu (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Kento TakeuchiTakeuchi (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Shinta FujiiFujii (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel NguyenNguyen – Nicholas S. HuS. Hu (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Claire LiuLiu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra MarticMartic – Shuai ZhangZhang (2-0) – H2H and prediction