Anett Kontaveit and Shuai Zhang will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anett Kontaveit who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anett Kontaveit is the pick to win this match.
Anett Kontaveit -> 1.53
Shuai Zhang -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Anett Kontaveit vs. Shuai Zhang
This will be the 6th time that Anett Kontaveit and Shuai Zhang square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Kontaveit (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they played, Zhang won 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2022.
Highlights Shuai Zhang vs Anett Kontaveit – Cincinnati 18-August-2022
Anett Kontaveit
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-16 | 13-9 | 6-4 | 9-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-17 | 24-12 | 5-3 | 15-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-11 | 14-7 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 27-16 | 17-9 | 4-4 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, the Estonian will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Linette in the 2nd round on the 19th of January.
Anett has an aggregate 1-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Anett has an overall 401-202 record. She has a positive 162-101 record on hard.
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See her history.
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-8 | 7-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 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. 23, Shuai will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match in Lyon where she lost 6-2 6-0 to Zanevska in the 2nd round on the 2nd of February.
Shuai has a compiled 4-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, The Chinese has an overall 503-375 record. She has a positive 340-224 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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