Qinwen Zheng and Venus Williams will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.165
Venus Williams -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Venus Williams
There is no head to head record between Qinwen Zheng and Venus Williams since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-12 | 8-6 | 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, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Sasnovich (6-1 6-4). During the match, Zheng scored 60 points vs Sasnovich’s 40. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zheng blasted 7 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Qinwen Zheng conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 51% of her first serves in, winning 96% (26/27) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Sasnovich 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Zheng has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 69% of her matches (163-73). 13-8 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zheng has an aggregate76-40 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Palermo where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-4 1-6 6-1.
The Chinese has a compiled 24-15 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Zheng has never competed in this tournament before.
Venus Williams
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 533, Venus got to the 2nd round after beating Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-4 7-5). During the match Williams scored 74 points vs Kudermetova’s 64. Venus was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Williams scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Venus Williams lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Williams put 64% of her first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Williams broke Kudermetova 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
The American has an aggregate 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2012. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 |
| Pts | 60-40 | 74-64 |
| Total Points | 100 | 138 |
| Winners | 26 | 29 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Zheng and Williams played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Williams have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zheng played 5 games less than Williams. The Chinese scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 29 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 27/53 | 45/70 |
| %1st in | 51% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 26/27 | 29/45 |
| %1st pts | 96% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 11/25 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 44% |
Zheng scored 7 aces . Williams scored 1 ace . Zheng won 96% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Williams won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 60% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Qinwen broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Qinwen had a solid display on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Venus broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Williams conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | |||
| R1 Sasnovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 60-40 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/53 | 27/53 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 26/27 | 26/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Williams | |||
| R1 Kudermetova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 74-64 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/70 | 45/70 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 11/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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