Timea Babos and Vera Zvonareva will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Zhengzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vera Zvonareva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vera Zvonareva is the pick to win this match.
Vera Zvonareva -> 1.58
Timea Babos -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Timea Babos vs. Vera Zvonareva
There is no head to head record between Timea Babos and Vera Zvonareva since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Timea Babos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-8 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-18 | 18-10 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-26 | 14-11 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 10-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-13 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, Babos got to the qualifications after beating Miyu Kato 6-72 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Kato, Timea recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 6-4). During the match, Babos scored 114 points vs Kato’s 113. Timea was very aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Regarding the service games, Babos fired 14 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Timea Babos lost the serve twice and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Babos put 62% of her first serves in, winning 71% (57/80) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (20/49) on the 2nd serve. Timea broke Kato 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Babos has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of her matches (262-237). 16-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Babos has an overall 132-119 record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W25 Jackson where she overcame Whitney Osuigwe in the final 7-5 7-5 and the W25 Sharm ElSheikh where she defeated Maria Timofeeva in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Larnaca where she defeated Raluca Georgiana Serban in the final 6-4 5-7 7-6(5).
The Hungarian has an aggregate 34-13 win-loss record in 2023, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Zhengzhou
Babos has never competed in this tournament before.
Vera Zvonareva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-14 | 9-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-16 | 8-7 | 9-4 | 7-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-10 | 9-4 | 2-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 397, Vera reached the qualifications after beating Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 1-6 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications against Camila Osorio Serrano, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Zvonareva scored 84 points vs Camila Osorio Serrano’s 72. Vera was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Zvonareva bagged 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Vera Zvonareva lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zvonareva put 67% of her first serves in, winning 62% (31/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Camila Osorio Serrano 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).
Zvonareva has a compiled 9-11 win-loss record in 2023, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Babos | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 23 |
| Pts | 114-113 | 84-72 |
| Total Points | 227 | 156 |
| Winners | 57 | 31 |
| %Winners | 50% | 37% |
Both Babos and Zvonareva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Timea Babos lost 1 set, while Vera Zvonareva dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Babos and Zvonareva have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Babos played 9 games more than Zvonareva. Timea scored 57 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 31 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Babos | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 2 |
| 1st in | 80/129 | 50/75 |
| %1st in | 62% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 57/80 | 31/50 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 20/49 | 10/25 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 40% |
Babos scored 14 aces . Zvonareva made 2 aces . Babos won 71% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Zvonareva won 62% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Babos | Zvonareva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 57% | 54% |
| Conceded | 12 | 11 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Timea broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Timea lost her serve twice and she saved 83% of the break points that she conceded. Vera broke her opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 55% of the break points that she conceded.
| Babos | |||
| Q1 Kato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 114-113 | 114-113 | |
| Total points | 227 | 227 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 80/129 | 80/129 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 57/80 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/49 | 20/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zvonareva | |||
| Q1 Camila Osorio Serrano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 84-72 | 84-72 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 50/75 | 50/75 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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