Jelena Ostapenko and Qinwen Zheng will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Stadium Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.72
Jelena Ostapenko -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Jelena Ostapenko vs. Qinwen Zheng
This will be the 2nd time that Jelena Ostapenko and Qinwen Zheng square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Zheng won 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2022.
Jelena Ostapenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 14-10 | 8-6 | 4-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 21-15 | 7-4 | 1-1 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-19 | 19-10 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-19 | 12-9 | 5-4 | 7-4 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-8 | 3-2 | 4-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, Jelena reached the 2nd round after defeating Danielle Rose Collins 7-5 1-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Jelena defeated Collins (7-5 1-6 7-5). During the match, Ostapenko scored 101 points vs Collins’s 99. Jelena was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ostapenko bagged 6 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Jelena Ostapenko lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ostapenko put 53% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Ostapenko broke Collins 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
Ostapenko has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (294-188). 6-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Ostapenko has a composed 105-88 record in the last years on hard.
The Latvian has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Abu Dhabi
Jelena has never competed in this tournament before.
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-18 | 31-10 | 17-4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-19 | 23-11 | 11-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-19 | 27-12 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-11 | 7-1 | 16-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Rebecca Marino 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Qinwen had a good straight sets win against Marino (6-3 6-3). During the match Zheng scored 64 points vs Marino’s 47. Zheng was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Zheng managed to score 10 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Qinwen Zheng was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (25/28) of her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Marino 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Qinwen has a composed 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ostapenko | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 |
| Pts | 101-99 | 64-47 |
| Total Points | 200 | 111 |
| Winners | 33 | 25 |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% |
Both Ostapenko and Zheng played 1 match. At the moment, Jelena Ostapenko lost 1 set while Qinwen Zheng hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ostapenko has played 1 set more than Zheng (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ostapenko played 13 games more than Zheng. Jelena scored 33 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese scored 25 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ostapenko | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 10 |
| 1st in | 48/91 | 28/51 |
| %1st in | 53% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 25/28 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 61% |
Ostapenko managed to score 6 aces . Zheng made 10 aces . Ostapenko won 69% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 89% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ostapenko | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 31% | 43% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
The Latvian broke her opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Ostapenko dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Qinwen broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Zheng was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Ostapenko | |||
| R1 Collins |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-99 | 101-99 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 48/91 | 48/91 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 21/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Zheng | |||
| R1 Marino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 28/51 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Abu Dhabi
- Shelby RogersRogers – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Claire LiuLiu (3-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Belinda Bencic/Elise MertensBencic/Elise Mertens – Alicja Rosolska/Erin RoutliffeRosolska/Erin Routliffe (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Elise MertensMertens – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (7-5 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Shuai ZhangZhang (4-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Claire LiuLiu (3-6 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Shelby RogersRogers – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-4 6-7(5) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Elise MertensMertens (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Shelby RogersRogers (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Belinda BencicBencic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
