Elena Rybakina and Qinwen Zheng will face off in the 1st round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:30 pm on DIAMOND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.64
Qinwen Zheng -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Elena Rybakina vs. Qinwen Zheng

This will be the 2nd time that Elena Rybakina and Qinwen Zheng clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Rybakina won 7-6(4) 7-5 in the 3rd round in at the Wimbledon back in 2022.

Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina

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Rank
5
High
3
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 59-19 37-13 9-3 8-0 5-3 0-0
2024 43-11 23-5 12-2 2-2 6-2 0-0
2023 47-15 31-11 11-2 0-0 5-2 0-0
2022 40-21 18-12 9-5 5-2 8-2 0-0
2021 33-23 18-14 6-4 2-2 7-3 0-0

Ranked no. 5, the Kazakhstani will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4 to Cirstea in the 3rd round on the 1st of September.

Rybakina has an aggregate 42-12 win-loss record in 2023, 26-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Indian Wells where she beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final 7-6(11) 6-4 and in Rome where she overcame Anhelina Kalinina in the final 6-4 1-0 ret..

Talking about her overall career, Elena has an overall 284-129 record. She has a positive 122-63 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Beijing
Rybakina's Record

Qinwen Zheng

Qinwen Zheng

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Rank
24
High
4
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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. 23, the Chinese will start her run in Beijing after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Sabalenka in the quarter on the 6th of September.

The Chinese has a composed 29-17 win-loss record in 2023, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the year was conquering the title in Palermo where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-4 1-6 6-1.

In terms of her career, Zheng has an overall 168-75 record. She has a positive 81-42 record on hard.

Beijing
Zheng's Record

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