Victoria Azarenka and Shuai Zhang will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Guadalajara Open Akron for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on Akron Tennis Stadium. 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 Victoria Azarenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.4
Shuai Zhang -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Shuai Zhang

This will be the 4^th time that Victoria Azarenka and Shuai Zhang face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Azarenka won 6-2 6-1 in the 1^st round in Chicago back in 2021.

Victoria Azarenka

Ranked no. 24, Victoria will start her run in Guadalajara after she played her last match in Ostrava where she lost 6-4 4-6 6-2 to Alexandrova in the 1^st round on the 3^rd of October.

Victoria has an aggregate 20-12 win-loss record in 2022, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Victoria has an overall 592-224 record. She has a positive 356-120 record on hard.

Previously in Guadalajara

The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.

Shuai Zhang

Ranked no. 27, Zhang will start her run in Guadalajara after she played her last match in San Diego where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Montgomery in the qualifications on the 8^th of October.

Zhang has a compiled 35-27 win-loss record in 2022, 17-14 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Her best result of the year was winning the title in Lyon where she defeated Dayana Yastremska in the final 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In terms of her career, Shuai has an overall 495-367 record. She has a positive 337-221 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Guadalajara

• Cheong-Eui KimKim – Dong-Kyu LeeLee (1-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yunseong ChungChung – Ji Hoon SonHoon Son (7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Shuai ZhangZhang (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Fernanda Contreras GomezContreras Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Madison KeysKeys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shelby RogersRogers – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – Alize CornetCornet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Kaia KanepiKanepi (2-0) – H2H and prediction