Shuai Zhang and Patricia Maria Tig will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 12. 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 -> 1.109
Patricia Maria Tig -> 6.65

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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Patricia Maria Tig

There is no head to head record between Shuai Zhang and Patricia Maria Tig since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Shuai Zhang

Shuai Zhang

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Rank
102
High
22
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-15 26-9 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. 22 (career-high), Zhang will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Bogdan in the qualifications on the 7th of January.

Shuai has a compiled 0-2 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Shuai has an overall 499-373 record. She has a positive 337-223 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See her history.

Australian Open
Zhang's Record

Patricia Maria Tig

Patricia Maria Tig

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Rank
355
High
56
LWLWLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-18 0-2 23-15 0-0 1-1 0-0
2024 66-20 1-2 53-12 12-6 0-0 0-0
2023 9-16 2-6 4-5 3-5 0-0 0-0
2022 18-4 0-0 18-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 4-11 2-5 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 777, Patricia will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Paolini in the 1st round on the 9th of January.

Maria Tig has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Patricia has an overall 155-119 record. She has a positive 81-57 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017 and 2021. See her history.

Australian Open
Maria Tig's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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