Arantxa Rus and Carol Zhao will face off in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 18. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arantxa Rus who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arantxa Rus is the pick to win this match.
Arantxa Rus -> 1.24
Carol Zhao -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Arantxa Rus vs. Carol Zhao
There is no head to head record between Arantxa Rus and Carol Zhao since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Arantxa Rus
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-20 | 5-8 | 6-8 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-22 | 10-10 | 43-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 9-10 | 29-17 | 7-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-23 | 5-9 | 33-11 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 13-8 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Rus reached the qualifications after beating Daria Snigur 7-61 6-4.
In the qualifications, Rus had a good straight sets win against Snigur (7-61 6-4). During the match, Rus scored 85 points vs Snigur’s 72. Rus was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rus blasted 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Arantxa Rus lost the serve 4 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Rus put 67% of her first serves in, winning 58% (32/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Snigur 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).
Rus has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (417-243). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rus has a compiled 10-15 match record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W40 Anapoima where she defeated Sinja Kraus in the final 6-3 6-7(3) 6-2 and the La Bisbal D’Emporda where she beat Panna Udvardy in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.
Rus has a compiled 34-10 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Carol Zhao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-20 | 5-10 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 4-2 |
| 2023 | 26-30 | 14-16 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 32-25 | 18-17 | 10-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 24-19 | 11-9 | 13-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 166, the Canadian reached the qualifications after beating Emily Appleton 4-6 7-64 6-4.
In the qualifications against Appleton, Zhao recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-4). During the match Zhao scored 111 points vs Appleton’s 108. Zhao was exceptionally aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Zhao scored 6 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Carol Zhao lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhao put 77% of her first serves in, winning 71% (57/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 29% (7/24) on the 2nd serve. Zhao broke Appleton 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).
Zhao’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Fukuoka.
The Canadian has an aggregate 14-17 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rus | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 33 |
| Pts | 85-72 | 111-108 |
| Total Points | 157 | 219 |
| Winners | 32 | 57 |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% |
Both Rus and Zhao played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Carol Zhao surrendered 1 set while Arantxa Rus hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rus has played 1 set(s) less than Zhao (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rus played 10 games less than Zhao. Arantxa scored 32 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Zhao struck 57 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rus | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 55/82 | 80/104 |
| %1st in | 67% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 32/55 | 57/80 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 7/24 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 29% |
Rus struck 5 aces . Zhao managed to score 6 aces . Rus won 58% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zhao won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 29% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rus | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 63% | 40% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Dutch broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Dutch surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Zhao broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Rus | |||
| Q1 Snigur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 85-72 | 85-72 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 55/82 | 55/82 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/55 | 32/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Zhao | |||
| Q1 Appleton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 111-108 | 111-108 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 80/104 | 80/104 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 57/80 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/24 | 7/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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