Shuai Zhang and Qinwen Zheng will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on Court 3. 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 Qinwen Zheng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.33
Shuai Zhang -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Shuai Zhang vs. Qinwen Zheng
This will be the 2nd time that Shuai Zhang 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, Zheng won 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in the W100+H Dubai back in 2021.
Shuai Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-9 | 7-3 | 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), Shuai will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 7-5 6-2 to Kvitova in the 1st round on the 14th of February.
Zhang has an overall 4-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Zhang has an overall 503-377 record. She has a positive 340-226 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2011 and 2019. See her history.
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-11 | 7-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 24 (career-high), Zheng will start her run in Dubai after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-2 3-6 6-3 to Sakkari in the 1st round on the 14th of February.
Zheng has a compiled 8-5 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Qinwen’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
In terms of her career, Qinwen has an overall 147-63 record. She has a positive 71-37 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Zheng has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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