Nao Hibino and Carol Zhao will play each other in the qualifications of the Zhengzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Court 2. 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 Nao Hibino who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nao Hibino is the pick to win this match.
Nao Hibino -> 1.45
Carol Zhao -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Carol Zhao
This will be the 2nd time that Nao Hibino and Carol Zhao face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hibino (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Hibino won 6-0 6-0 in the qualifications in Hong Kong back in 2018.
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 12-10 | 2-7 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-21 | 1-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 9-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 93, Hibino got to the qualifications after defeating Xichen Zhao 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Zhao (6-0 6-1). During the match, Hibino scored 52 points vs Zhao’s 23. Hibino was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hibino scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 79% of her first serves in, winning 73% (19/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (3/7) on the 2nd serve. Hibino broke Zhao 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Hibino has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (304-252). 23-16 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hibino has a composed 222-169 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the season was conquering the title the W25 Kashiwa where she beat Su Jeong Jang in the final 6-4 6-3 and in Prague where she beat Linda Noskova in the final 6-4 6-1.
The Japanese has a compiled 36-26 win-loss record in 2023, 23-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Zhengzhou
Hibino has never competed in this tournament before.
Carol Zhao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-19 | 5-10 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 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. 229, Carol reached the qualifications after beating Xinyu Jiang 6-3 4-6 7-68.
In the qualifications, Zhao defeated Jiang (6-3 4-6 7-68). During the match Zhao scored 119 points vs Jiang’s 111. Zhao was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Zhao struck 3 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Carol Zhao lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Zhao put 65% of her first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Zhao broke Jiang 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).
The Canadian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the W60 Fukuoka.
Zhao has a compiled 23-26 win-loss record in 2023, 11-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hibino | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 32 |
| Pts | 52-23 | 119-111 |
| Total Points | 75 | 230 |
| Winners | 19 | 49 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Hibino and Zhao played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Carol Zhao dropped 1 set while Nao Hibino hasn’t lost a set so far. Hibino has played 1 set(s) less than Zhao (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hibino played 19 games less than Zhao. Hibino scored 19 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Carol blasted 49 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hibino | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 26/33 | 75/116 |
| %1st in | 79% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 49/75 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 3/7 | 19/41 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 46% |
Hibino made 1 ace . Zhao also bagged 3 aces . Hibino won 73% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Zhao won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hibino | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 58% | 46% |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Nao broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Hibino surrendered her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Canadian broke her opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hibino | |||
| Q1 Zhao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-23 | 52-23 | |
| Total points | 75 | 75 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhao | |||
| Q1 Jiang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 119-111 | 119-111 | |
| Total points | 230 | 230 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 75/116 | 75/116 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/41 | 19/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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