Qinwen Zheng and Mayar Sherif will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Palermo Ladies Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.39
Mayar Sherif -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Mayar Sherif
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Mayar Sherif since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-12 | 14-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 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. 26, Qinwen got to the semifinal after beating Sara Errani 6-0 6-0, Diane Parry 7-5 3-6 6-3 and Emma Navarro 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Navarro (6-4 6-2). During the match, Zheng scored 68 points vs Navarro’s 50. Zheng was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zheng made 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Qinwen Zheng was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Navarro 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Qinwen has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points she played.
Zheng has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 69% of her matches (159-71). 9-4 on clay in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Zheng has a compiled63-21 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Chinese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.
The Chinese has an overall 20-13 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Palermo
Mayar Sherif
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-13 | 0-3 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-25 | 4-12 | 24-10 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 1-12 | 26-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 10-11 | 26-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-10 | 2-5 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 38, the Egyptian got to the semifinal after beating Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 3-6 7-66 7-5, Sofya Lansere 6-3 6-3 and Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Sherif had a good straight sets win against Camila Osorio Serrano (6-4 6-1). During the match Sherif scored 66 points vs Camila Osorio Serrano’s 49. Sherif was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Sherif scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mayar Sherif conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Sherif put 78% of her first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the 2nd serve. Mayar broke Camila Osorio Serrano 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Egyptian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the Makarska where she defeated Jasmine Paolini in the final 2-6 7-6(6) 7-5 and the Valencia where she overcame Marina Bassols Ribera in the final 6-3 6-3.
Mayar has an overall 27-16 win-loss record in 2023, 22-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 69 |
| Pts | 217-165 | 248-224 |
| Total Points | 382 | 472 |
| Winners | 86 | 108 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Zheng and Sherif played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Qinwen Zheng surrendered 1 set, while Mayar Sherif lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Sherif have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Zheng played 9 games less than Sherif. Zheng scored 86 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mayar fired 108 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 111/197 | 181/235 |
| %1st in | 56% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 86/111 | 108/181 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 45/86 | 29/54 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 54% |
Zheng managed to score 18 aces (6 per match). Sherif bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Zheng won 77% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sherif won 60% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 15 |
| Converted | 13/22 | 15/29 |
| % Converted | 59% | 52% |
| Conceded | 16 | 20 |
| Saved | 13 | 12 |
| % Saved | 81% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
The Chinese broke her opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Qinwen conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 81% of the break points that she conceded. Sherif broke her opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Egyptian conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | |||||
| R1 Errani |
R2 Parry |
1/4 Navarro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 30 | 18 | 60 | |
| pts | 51-23 | 98-92 | 68-50 | 217-165 | |
| Total points | 74 | 190 | 118 | 382 | |
| Winners | 20 | 38 | 28 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 52/103 | 33/53 | 111/197 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 50% | 62% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 38/52 | 28/33 | 86/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 85% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 27/51 | 11/20 | 45/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 53% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/8 | 3/7 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 50% | 43% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 7/10 | 2/2 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 70% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Sherif | |||||
| R1 Bouzas |
R2 Lansere |
1/4 Camila Osorio Serrano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-66 7-5 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 18 | 17 | 69 | |
| pts | 122-126 | 60-49 | 66-49 | 248-224 | |
| Total points | 248 | 109 | 115 | 472 | |
| Winners | 47 | 31 | 30 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 52% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 90/120 | 45/56 | 46/59 | 181/235 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 80% | 78% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 47/90 | 31/45 | 30/46 | 108/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 69% | 65% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 5/11 | 9/13 | 29/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 45% | 69% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 4/6 | 4/7 | 15/29 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 57% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 3 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 6/13 | 2/3 | 4/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 46% | 67% | 100% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Mayar SherifSherif – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
