Barbora Krejcikova and Qinwen Zheng will fight against each other in the final of the Zhengzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.8
Barbora Krejcikova -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Barbora Krejcikova vs. Qinwen Zheng
There is no head to head record between Barbora Krejcikova and Qinwen Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Barbora Krejcikova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-16 | 7-7 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 22-11 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-15 | 12-10 | 2-3 | 9-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 27-13 | 15-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 7-4 | 9-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Krejcikova reached the final after beating Petra Martic 7-5 6-1, Lesya Tsurenko 6-3 ret. and Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-0.
In the semifinal, Krejcikova had a good straight sets win against Kasatkina (6-3 6-0). During the match, Krejcikova scored 72 points vs Kasatkina’s 46. Krejcikova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Krejcikova couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Barbora Krejcikova was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Krejcikova broke Kasatkina 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points she played.
Krejcikova has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of her matches (297-178). 22-10 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Krejcikova has a composed 113-79 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title in Dubai where she beat Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-2 and in San Diego where she defeated Sofia Kenin in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.
Krejcikova has an overall 32-17 win-loss record in 2023, 22-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Zhengzhou
Barbora has never competed in this tournament before.
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, Zheng got to the final after beating Kateryna Volodko 6-4 6-3, Maria Sakkari 7-62 6-3, Anhelina Kalinina 6-3 6-2 and Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Paolini (6-2 6-3). During the match Zheng scored 58 points vs Paolini’s 44. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Zheng blasted 5 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Qinwen Zheng lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 45% of her first serves in, winning 85% (17/20) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Qinwen broke Paolini 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Palermo where she overcame Jasmine Paolini in the final 6-4 1-6 6-1.
Qinwen has an overall 33-18 win-loss record in 2023, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krejcikova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 75 |
| Pts | 169-118 | 274-211 |
| Total Points | 287 | 485 |
| Winners | 55 | 102 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Krejcikova played 3 matches while Zheng competed in 4 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Krejcikova has played 2 set(s) less than Zheng (6 vs 8). Therefore, Krejcikova played 32 games less than Zheng. Barbora scored 55 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese bagged 102 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krejcikova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 65/118 | 121/218 |
| %1st in | 55% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 55/65 | 102/121 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 27/53 | 44/97 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 45% |
Krejcikova bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Zheng blasted 37 aces (9.3 per match). Krejcikova won 85% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 84% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krejcikova | Zheng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 17 |
| Converted | 13/30 | 17/40 |
| % Converted | 43% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Krejcikova broke her opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Chinese broke her opponents 17 times with a 43% conversion rate. Qinwen conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Krejcikova | |||||
| R2 Martic |
1/4 Tsurenko |
1/2 Kasatkina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 ret. | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 9 | 15 | 43 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 31-27 | 72-46 | 169-118 | |
| Total points | 111 | 58 | 118 | 287 | |
| Winners | 24 | 10 | 21 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 32% | 29% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 14/25 | 25/46 | 65/118 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 10/14 | 21/25 | 55/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 71% | 84% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 5/11 | 11/21 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 45% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/6 | 5/16 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 31% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zheng | ||||||
| R1 Bondarenko |
R2 Sakkari |
1/4 Kalinina |
1/2 Paolini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-62 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 75 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 77-65 | 70-50 | 58-44 | 274-211 | |
| Total points | 121 | 142 | 120 | 102 | 485 | |
| Winners | 20 | 39 | 26 | 17 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 51% | 37% | 29% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 21/45 | 50/79 | 30/50 | 20/44 | 121/218 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 63% | 60% | 45% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/21 | 39/50 | 26/30 | 17/20 | 102/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 78% | 87% | 85% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 14/29 | 9/20 | 10/24 | 44/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 48% | 45% | 42% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/6 | 4/12 | 6/10 | 17/40 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 33% | 33% | 60% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 5/6 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 83% | 75% | 33% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
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