Shuai Zhang and Viktoria Kuzmova will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Tallinn Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 1. 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 Shuai Zhang who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shuai Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Shuai Zhang -> 1.128
Viktoria Kuzmova -> 6
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Viktoria Kuzmova
This will be the 2nd time that Shuai Zhang and Viktoria Kuzmova play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Zhang won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Indian Wells back in 2019.
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. 26, Shuai will start her run in Tallinn after she played her last match in Tokyo where she lost 7-6(4) 6-2 to Samsonova in the semifinal on the 24th of September.
Zhang has a compiled 34-24 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Lyon where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, The Chinese has an overall 494-364 record. She has a positive 26-22 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Tallinn
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Viktoria Kuzmova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-15 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 9-4 | 0-4 | 6-1 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 16-16 | 2-3 | 11-7 | 6-3 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 41-24 | 22-11 | 7-6 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-21 | 13-10 | 6-7 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, the Slovakian got to the 1st round after beating Caty McNally 5-7 7-5 6-2 and Eva Lys 1-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Lys, Kuzmova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Kuzmova scored 85 points vs Lys’s 79. Kuzmova was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmova bagged 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Viktoria Kuzmova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmova put 54% of her first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Viktoria broke Lys 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Viktoria started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.
Viktoria’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W60 Poertschach.
Viktoria has a compiled 29-18 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Tallinn
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Xinyu WangWang (6-3 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Xiyu WangWang (3-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Donna VekicVekic – Maileen NuudiNuudi (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ann LiLi – Claire LiuLiu (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-4 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Shelby RogersRogers (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Mirjam BjorklundBjorklund (7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Madison KeysKeys (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Bernarda PeraPera (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Jessika PonchetPonchet (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Diane ParryParry (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-1 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Belinda BencicBencic – Elena MalyginaMalygina (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon HoltHolt – Ryan ShaneShane (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Korey LovettLovett (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna GojoGojo – Jonathan ChangChang (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – David HopkinsHopkins (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Felix CorwinCorwin – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jared HiltzikHiltzik – Yuval SolomonSolomon (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henry CraigCraig – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jesse WittenWitten – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Isaiah StrodeStrode – Tyler MercierMercier (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Eric QuigleyQuigley – Keegan SmithSmith (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin KingKing – Andrew CarterCarter (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kaia KanepiKanepi – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
