Qinwen Zheng and Anhelina Kalinina will play each other in the quarter of the Zhengzhou Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Qinwen Zheng who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Qinwen Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Qinwen Zheng -> 1.61
Anhelina Kalinina -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Qinwen Zheng vs. Anhelina Kalinina
This will be the 3rd time that Qinwen Zheng and Anhelina Kalinina face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kalinina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kalinina won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in the W100 Contrexeville back in 2021.
Qinwen Zheng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 38-8 | 3-3 | 26-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, the Chinese reached the quarter after defeating Kateryna Volodko 6-4 6-3 and Maria Sakkari 7-62 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (7-62 6-3). During the match, Zheng scored 77 points vs Sakkari’s 65. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zheng struck 13 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 63% of her first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Sakkari twice after converting 33% of her break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Zheng has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 69% of her matches (170-76). 20-11 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Zheng has an overall83-43 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Palermo where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-4 1-6 6-1.
Zheng has an overall 31-18 win-loss record in 2023, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Zhengzhou
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Anhelina Kalinina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-24 | 8-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-25 | 18-16 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 8-10 | 8-5 | 13-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-15 | 5-6 | 31-4 | 9-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-11 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, Kalinina got to the quarter after defeating Ellen Perez 6-1 6-3 and Vera Zvonareva 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Kalinina had a good straight sets win against Zvonareva (7-5 6-1). During the match Kalinina scored 75 points vs Zvonareva’s 58. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Kalinina wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Anhelina Kalinina lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kalinina put 71% of her first serves in, winning 65% (30/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Zvonareva 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.
Kalinina’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Rome.
Anhelina has a compiled 27-24 win-loss record in 2023, 18-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zheng | Kalinina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 35 |
| Pts | 146-117 | 136-97 |
| Total Points | 263 | 233 |
| Winners | 59 | 51 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Zheng and Kalinina played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Kalinina have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zheng played 6 games more than Kalinina. Qinwen scored 59 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Anhelina blasted 51 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zheng | Kalinina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 71/124 | 79/115 |
| %1st in | 57% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 59/71 | 51/79 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 25/53 | 21/36 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 58% |
Zheng blasted 24 aces (12 per match). Kalinina made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Zheng won 83% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kalinina won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zheng | Kalinina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 11 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 11/19 |
| % Converted | 39% | 58% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Qinwen broke her opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Zheng surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Ukrainian broke her opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Anhelina conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded.
| Zheng | ||||
| R1 Bondarenko |
R2 Sakkari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 77-65 | 146-117 | |
| Total points | 121 | 142 | 263 | |
| Winners | 20 | 39 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 51% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 13 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 21/45 | 50/79 | 71/124 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 63% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/21 | 39/50 | 59/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 78% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 14/29 | 25/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/6 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 5/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 83% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kalinina | ||||
| R1 Perez |
R2 Zvonareva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 75-58 | 136-97 | |
| Total points | 100 | 133 | 233 | |
| Winners | 21 | 30 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 46/65 | 79/115 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 30/46 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 11/19 | 21/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/10 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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