LIVE RANKINGS. Zheng reaches a new career-high just before facing Samsonova in Tokyo

See the the live rankings of Qinwen Zheng before playing Liudmila Samsonova in the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open

Saturday Live Ranking Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng is about to play against Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday the 25th of September in Tokyo. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Qinwen Zheng is right now ranked no.36 with points positioned as Chinese no.2 after Shuai Zhang who is her compatriot no.1 with 1530 points ranked no.28.

On the opposite side, Liudmila Samsonova is at the moment ranked no.30 with 1502 points with the status of Russian no.4.

Live Rankings

Zheng is 9 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.28 which is also her career high.

Depending on the other results, Qinwen Zheng may gain 2 places to be the new world no.26 if she wins the next match.

Zheng will have only 1 point to defend in the next 4 weeks. The point will be dropped on the 17th of October (W25 Reims)

In her live rankings, out of 1602 points, Qinwen has gained 1111 points (69%) on Hard Court, 440 points (27%) on Clay and 51 points (3%) on Indoor.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Zheng is still ranked no.24 as the Chinese no.2.

H2H Qinwen Zheng vs. Liudmila Samsonova

Zheng and Samsonova played each other only once. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng.

The last time that they played each other it was Palermo (Palermo Ladies Open) when Zheng won 6-3 6-2. The prediction is Samsonova to win in 3 sets.

Zheng in Tokyo, ranking, and results in 2022

Qinwen Zheng

49 - 16win/loss

Hard
31-10
Clay
17-4
Grass
1-2
22 year old
WWWWLWWWWL
2024 Highlights

Currently the world no.36 (career-high), Qinwen has achieved a 36-15 record in 2022. Zheng is currently playing in Tokyo where she bested Misaki Doi 6-2 6-4, Paula Badosa Gibert 6-3 6-2, Claire Liu 6-4 7-5 and Veronika Kudermetova 5-7 6-3 7-63.

Qinwen Zheng will compete against the world no.30 Ludmilla Samsonova in the final on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. Their actual record is 1-0 for Zheng.

Qinwen conquered 2 titles in 2022 Orlando and in the Valencia.

Zheng
Tokyo
Zheng's Record
Zheng
Projected
Draw

Samsonova in Tokyo, ranking, and results in 2022

Liudmila Samsonova

26 - 23win/loss

Hard
12-15
Clay
6-5
Grass
8-3
25 year old
LLLLWWWLWW
2024 Highlights

Currently ranked no.30, the Russian owns an overall 27-15 match record in 2022. Ludmilla is currently competing in Tokyo where she defeated Elena Rybakina 6-2 6-4, Xinyu Wang 7-65 6-3, Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-2 and Shuai Zhang 7-64 6-2.

Ludmilla Samsonova will fight against the world no.36 Qinwen Zheng in the final on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Centre Court. Their actual record is 1-0 for Zheng.

Ludmilla conquered 2 titles in 2022 in Washington and in Cleveland.

Samsonova
Tokyo
Samsonova's Record
Samsonova
Projected
Draw